mobiles libraries

biblio bateau sipar

Born in 2000, the mobile libraries program counts 11 vehicules (7 minivans, 2 boat libraries, 2tuk-tuk libraries). They criss-cross a hundred different sites on the roads and waters of the seven provinces of Cambodia and Phnom Penh in order to bring the book to the underprivileged. The lack of infrastructure, such as public libraries, deprives suburban and rural communities of access to books.

biblio tuk tuk

Déroulé d’une session type

  • Breaking the ice games
  • Storytelling/reading a book aloud by the mobile librarian
  • Children's free reading with the support of librarians
  • Educational activities (coloring, experiences...) and tutoring
  • Book loan service

Au-delà du livre, sensibiliser

Dans le prolongement de nos actions de sensibilisation, nos bibliothécaires-éducateurs ont été formés à divers enjeux de société et abordent régulièrement ces thématiques spécifiques avec les enfants.

 

Environnement

Sensibiliser les bénéficiaires aux problématiques spécifiques touchant à l’environnement, la préservation de la biodiversité du monde.

STEAM

(Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics): to discover the world of science through adapted educational material.

Santé, nutrition

contribuer à améliorer la santé, l’hygiène et la nutrition des petits et grands pour un développement optimal.

Sécurité routière

Sensibiliser au code de la route, au port du casque et à la sécurité routière.

In addition to these themes, our teams have integrated awareness-raising sessions on social issues adapted to each environment and audience: health, hygiene, disability, gender equality, family planning, money management, domestic violence...

The aim is to fundamentally change behaviour and encourage Cambodians to become ambassadors for these issues themselves to their families and local communities.

Learn more 

Every week, I always wait for Sipar's mobile library to arrive in my village so that I can return books and borrow new ones. I have two siblings at home. Whenever I bring new books home, they always read them. Among all the activities of the mobile library, I prefer free reading.

HENG Sreyneath

La pérennité au coeur de nos actions

Sipar sets up micro-libraries in villages, where our mobile libraries have been operating for several years, in close collaboration with volunteers from local communities.

74 micro-libraries with a total of over 30,000 books have been set up and are managed by volunteers. Thanks to autonomous micro-libraries, our mobile libraries reduce the number of trips to new villages. 

micro bibliothèque sipar

7

mobile library

2

tuk-tuk library

2

boat-library

126

sites served

75

micro-libraries in rural villages

12 700

beneficiaries