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lifelong access to drinking water for one person

Burn for Good

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hour(s) of training for people with mental and cognitive disabilities

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Training adults with mental or cognitive disabilities in catering professions

Source de joie

Reintroducing cheetahs and securing their future

Global Humane Conservation Fund of Africa

Mantis

Mantis Impact

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Together against exclusion - ACCOR MATCHES YOUR DONATION

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Funding research to preserve the oceans

Pure Ocean

lifelong access to drinking water for people

Providing drinking water to vulnerable populations

1001fontaines

Training the unemployed in catering trades

La Table de Cana

Protecting endangered coral reefs

Coral Guardian

Combating deforestation in threatened areas

Coeur de Forêt

Helping vulnerable people become entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs du Monde

schoolchildren sensitized through an immersive visit to the Blue Panda

schoolchildren introduced to the Blue Panda through immersive tours

schoolchildren awareness through an immersive visit to the Blue Panda

Protecting the Mediterranean with WWF France's sailboat: the Blue Panda

WWF France

Novotel

book(s) and game(s) distributed to young girls

Lauréat La France S'Engage 2015

Label IDEAS

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Bibliothèques Sans Frontières

<div>Dear difteurs,</div><br><div>Designed in 2014 by Philippe Starck for Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, the <strong>Ideas Box </strong>has established itself as the flagship tool at the heart of our actions in favor of a fair sharing of access to knowledge around the world.</div><br><div>Designed to meet the needs of each beneficiary population and the specific objectives of each project imagined with local partners, each of our Ideas Boxes is unique because populated with <strong>content created and/or selected to measure</strong>.</div><div>Thoughtfully designed to reach the populations furthest from culture, education and information, they are deployed in humanitarian crisis contexts as well as in support of development programs or the fight against inequality.</div><div> </div><div>
<strong>This year, in 2024, we celebrate 10 years of impact for our Ideas Box</strong>. Today, there are <strong>161 Ideas Boxes</strong> that are deployed in <strong>25 countries</strong> and have enabled <strong>2.7 million beneficiaries</strong> to take refuge, resist, reconcile, emancipate and cultivate hope for a better future. </div><br><div>Relive, with our sponsor Augustin Trapenard, these last 10 years within our Ideas Boxes!</div><br><div><strong>A big thank you to you, dear difteurs, for your precious support and donations ✨</strong></div>

10 years of impact for BSF's Ideas Boxes!

<div>Dear Captains, <br><br>Thanks to your difts, in 2023, <strong>Libraries Without Borders' actions benefited 497,000 people in 22 countries.<br><br></strong>From the libraries deployed in Turkey and Morocco following the earthquakes, to those accompanying women survivors of sexual violence in the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the creation of an educational kit to combat illiteracy through radio in French Guiana, our teams have not ceased to innovate and reinvent themselves this year in order to respond as effectively as possible to the needs of the most vulnerable populations.<br><br>
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<strong>In this activity report, explore the outstanding projects of recent months, dive into the NGO's highlights with us and discover our ambitions for tomorrow!</strong><br><br><a href="https://www.bibliosansfrontieres.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BSF_Rapport-Annuel-2023_web.pdf">Here's where you can find our annual report! </a>
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Discover our new annual report!

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<strong>In June, BSF donated backpacks filled with books to 3,000 French-speaking students who have recently arrived in France and are attending school in Amiens, Aix-Marseille, Créteil and Paris, as well as in Strasbourg, which has been designated World Book Capital in 2024 by UNESCO.<br></strong><br>
</div><div><strong>In each of these backpacks: books chosen especially for them by peers their own age. This program, supported by BSF for the sixth consecutive year, is a large-scale educational project aimed at students enrolled in UPE2A - <em>Unité pédagogique pour élèves allophones arrivants</em>. This National Education scheme enables children newly arrived in France to be enrolled in an "ordinary" class, while benefiting from adapted support to learn French. Fully included in the school system, these students can meet new people and regain their self-confidence.<br><br>Throughout the month of June, 3,000 pupils from CP to 3ème received <strong>a bag of five books chosen especially for them</strong> - according to their age, level of French, interests - thanks to a <strong>pedagogical work carried out with their teachers and classmates</strong>, based on a bibliography and activity sheets drawn up by BSF. </strong></div>

"MY BAG OF BOOKS": SHARING THE JOY OF READING AND WELCOMING VISITORS

<div>As part of the <em>Inside Out</em> photography project, initiated by French artist JR, <strong>Bibliothèques Sans Frontières organized an exhibition in the Kavumu refugee camp in Burundi</strong>, honoring those who are too often forgotten behind the numbers. Because being a refugee is a status, not an identity: that's what fifty Congolese women, men and teenagers wanted to express through their portraits, which lined the walls of the camp's library.<br><br>
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<strong>The aim?</strong> <em>"To deconstruct prejudices about refugees and give a voice back to those who are too often invisibilized"</em> explains Paulin Bulakali, in charge of the project in Burundi. The setting for the exhibition: the library in the Kavumu camp, where BSF deployed its first Ideas Box in 2015.<br><br>
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<em>"The Kavumu camp is currently home to 17,700 Congolese. Most of them have fled armed conflict and ethnic violence. Some have been here for twenty years, others were even born here. Their living conditions can be difficult, and their prospects limited. However, they are not the vulnerable people portrayed, disconnected from the world and without hope. On the contrary! They make music, are comedians, entrepreneurs or teachers. Above all, they have dreams, just like everyone else.<br></em><br>
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<em>With </em>Inside Out<em>, their story and message become a work of art on an international scale; it's very powerful for them. On the day of the exhibition, I felt their joy, pride and recognition."</em> <strong>Paulin Bulakali</strong>. </div><div>
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</div><div><strong>In June 2023, Alexandra Guiral and Louis Villers, volunteer journalists at BSF, traveled to Burundi for the exhibition's inauguration. Discover their report!</strong></div>

WHEN ART CHANGES THE WORLD!

<div>In Madagascar, <strong>access to education for young people, particularly girls, is a major challenge, especially in rural areas</strong>. <br><br>Bibliothèques Sans Frontières has been deploying a <a href="https://www.bibliosansfrontieres.org/ideas-box/">Ideas Box</a> within the Fianarantsoa campus and five <a href="https://www.bibliosansfrontieres.org/nos-actions/des-outils/ideas-cube/">Ideas Cubes</a> in several surrounding "success boarding schools" since 2022 to improve the quality of education for disadvantaged middle-school students.Trained by BSF teams, the teachers use these tools and their tailor-made content on a daily basis to reinforce their skills and combat school dropout.</div>

Madagascar: education in action in rural areas

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<em>"Building, every day, a more open and peaceful world through better sharing of knowledge."<br></em><strong>Patrick Weil, president and founder of BSF<br></strong><br>
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<strong>In 2022, the actions of Bibliothèques Sans Frontières benefited 450,000 people in 18 countries. </strong>From emergency libraries installed on the borders of Ukraine to the creation of a French learning app for refugees and the development of an educational kit on media literacy, our teams have continued to innovate and reinvent themselves this year in order to respond as effectively as possible to the needs of the most vulnerable.<br><br>Discover in particular our <strong>project against conflict-related sexual violence in partnership with the UN</strong>. <br><br><strong>1/5: that's the proportion of refugee or displaced women who have already been victims of sexual violence</strong>(source: UN).<br><br>In October 2022 in Paris, Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Patrick Weil, President and Founder of BSF, signed a groundbreaking partnership agreement. The main thrust of this partnership will be the deployment of Ideas Box libraries to support victims of sexual violence in areas where these war crimes are committed. Staffed by professionals, our secure spaces will help victims rebuild their lives through psychological and legal support, as well as vocational training. <br><br>
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<strong>In this </strong><a href="https://www.bibliosansfrontieres.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BSF-Rapport-annuel-2022.pdf"><strong>activity report</strong></a><strong>, explore the key projects of recent months, dive with us into the association's highlights and discover our ambitions for tomorrow!<br><br></strong><a href="https://www.bibliosansfrontieres.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BSF-Rapport-annuel-2022.pdf">Link to our activity report</a>
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<div>In Lebanon, where 4/5 of the population lives below the poverty line, Bibliothèques Sans Frontières and local association Amel are working together to strengthen access to education and autonomy for local and refugee populations.</div><div> </div><div>Since 2021, 3 of our mobile "Ideas Box" media libraries have been deployed throughout the country to enable participants to regain their confidence and benefit from support towards professional integration. Regular slots are set aside for women to take computer training, look for a job or set up their own business in a secure space.</div><div> </div><div>Early this year, our sponsor Augustin Trapenard travelled to Lebanon to visit these Ideas Boxes and meet the animators as well as the beneficiaries of these projects to bear witness to the essential role of education in emergency situations with vulnerable publics.</div><div> </div><div>Find out more about the video!</div>

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