In Peques y Más we have previously presented other crowfounding projects, the last one was called 'My name is water', and it was promoted by the Roger Torné Foundation with the aim of financing scholarships for children with respiratory problems.
On this occasion we have brought 'Up and Down', which is hosted in 'Lánzanos' and has emerged at the initiative of Bubisher. This organization builds libraries in the Saharawi camps, and also carries a bibliobus that runs through the territory.
It is an action to promote reading and cooperation through culture. The book and application, available in Spanish, English, French and Arabic, feature one day in the life of a western child and another Saharawi, showing the similarities and differences between the two worlds.
'Up and down' is a project that arises from the sum of many efforts and visions, from the need to unite sometimes near and almost always distant worlds, and from the inquiry in the way of telling stories for children
Bubisher was created in 2008 to support the use of the Castilian language in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria), and has been maintained exclusively with private donations. Thanks to the support of the Saharawi authorities, culture has been brought closer to children first and then to young people.
With the download of the application or the purchase of the book Above and below it helps the construction of a library in the Saharawi camps. But the goal is also the realization of children's workshops in bookstores, libraries and camps.
The cultural activities management company Mr. Garamond supports Bubisher in this project.
It seems to me a beautiful initiative because of bringing culture closer to Sahrawi refugee children, because they will not have too many opportunities to know 'everything' what books offer as a source of knowledge and fun. Something similar to what happened to the protagonist of 'The Secret School of Nasreen', remember?
