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(Last website update: June 10, 2009)

 

Summary of Sabre Foundation's Work with Iraqi University Libraries, the Iraq National Library and Archive, and Other Educational Institutions
Details 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.

Latest Shipment to Sierra Leone
See report with photos.

Sabre's Africa Milestone: $100 Million in New Books and Educational Materials Donated
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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.
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"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.

Humanitarian Aid for the Mind


Save the date! Join Sabre Foundation for its 40th Anniversary Celebration on Friday October 23, 2009.
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Assessment Visit to Liberia, March 21 – 30, 2009.
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Sabre-Svitlo presentation of a special collection to the National Library for Children, Kyiv, Ukraine
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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.