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New at Sabre
(Last website update: September 22, 2011)
Sierra Leone Book Trust Report download here
Rule
of Law Project with the Dhi Qar Provincial Reconstruction Team, Iraq
Details here.
Sabre works with Vancouver-based CNIS (Canadian Network for International Surgery): shipment to Tanzania - Details here.
Book Presentation Ceremony in Jakarta with the First Lady of Indonesia, Hj. Ani Bambang Yudhoyono - Details here.
Video
of Palestine Program
Details
here.
Sabre's
Africa Milestone: $100 Million in New Books and Educational Materials Donated
See full story.
Sabre
Foundation and Shipments to Arab/Muslim Countries
Between 2001
and 2007 Sabre Foundation sent more than 530,000 new books and CD-ROMs—with
a fair market value of over $19 million—to Arab and/or Muslim countries.
See
full Story.
Download
press release
"Strengthening Library Collections at University and Other Libraries in Iraq," a presentation by Executive Director Tania Vitvitsky at the Society for International Development (SID), SID-Washington, Development Information Workgroup, November 14, 2007. Download here. (Powerpoint slideshow 4.5 MB) Download report
Executive
Director Tania Vitvitsky Interviewed by Kate Brosnan of Plum TV (Nantucket)
Click
here for
interview in 13 minute documentary about Sabre.
Sabre
Foundation is not a grant-making foundation.
The Foundation relies on external sources of funding to underwrite its programs.
Indonesia
Program, 2005-2010 Download
here.
Trip
to Kenya, February 2011 Download
here.
Visit
to Kurdistan, Iraq, January 2011
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here.
Sharing
a Wealth of Books and Knowledge with the World: Testimonials from MIT
grad students volunteering at the Sabre Foundation warehouse in Lawrence,
Massachusetts. Download here.
Sabre
Foundation’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, Friday October 23, 2009, at the
Four Seasons, Boston, Massachusetts.
Indonesia Program, 2005-2010 Download here.
Trip to Kenya, February 2011 Download here.
Visit to Kurdistan, Iraq, January 2011 Download here.
Download Dinner Program here.
Summary
of Sabre Foundation's Work with Iraqi University Libraries, the Iraq National
Library and Archive, and Other Educational Institutions
Download here
Assessment
Visit to Liberia, March 21 – 30, 2009.
Download slidehow here
(.pdf 14MB)
Sabre-Svitlo presentation
of a special collection to the National Library for Children, Kyiv, Ukraine
Download
here.
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Many fine charitable organizations attend to humanitarian needs associated with displacement and hunger. What is often lacking is the foresight to provide humanitarian aid for the mind: support for the educational infrastructure vital to countries in either conflict, or in transition, or countries that are already on the road to development. Education must surely be the long-term key to not only ensuring localized stability and prosperity, but also to peaceful co-existence and understanding between nations. With over 20 years of experience, the Sabre Foundation's Book Donation Program is a highly effective and creative way to assist in areas of the world where access to learning, for one reason or another, has been inhibited. See highlights of Sabre's achievements. Sabre's Book Donation Program is renowned for its quality - for a statement of Sabre's Book Donation Philosophy - click here.
