Read Idea Box, Write, Build New and Increase Contacts

Refugees wearing humanitarian crisis need immediate help. For example, supply of food and clean water, accommodation and medical facilities. When that demand is addressed adequately, other needs become headaches soon. For example, the need to access information and express themselves creatively.

A new project called 'Idea Box' has been started to "read, write, create new ones, and increase communication" for refugees. Through this project, their equipment, content and resources will be provided. According to the project launched by the Library Without Borders (LLDU) in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 'Idea Box' is a self-contained system, through which 15 laptops, 4 laptop computers accessible through satellite connections, 50 e- Readers, a movie projector with curtains as well as tables and chairs in 20 minutes And the less time will be provided in the community. Also included as free content for 5,000 e-books and 100 movie Idea Box users. Also, offline content will provide Wikipedia, Khan Academy and other e-learning tools, which provide courses on coding and computer programming.

In this short video, the LWB activists said about the Idea box:

Using something like HD cameras and handheld GPS units, the importance of creating something new has been given. These will encourage communities to create their own films, photographs and participatory maps.

The new Idea box project was first held in Burundi refugee camp in February 2014. There are plans to set up the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan and Lebanon. This video focuses on deploying Burundi:

The initial report has been documented on this deployment in the Idea box blog. There the site coordinators shared their work experience with the local community. Benjamin said that in Burundi, 1000 users utilized the resources in the first month. He is Burundi