IBBY-Yamada Fund
The Child’s Right to Become a Reader
In 2005, IBBY launched a campaign to draw attention to the right of every child to become a reader. With the generous funding of the Yamada Bee Farm, the IBBY-Yamada Fund was established to provide funds for IBBY projects that help develop a book culture for children in all regions of the world.
Each year projects are developed by IBBY Members and presented to the Executive Committee. The projects selected thus far have included reading promotion programs, establishing libraries in schools and community centres, training teachers and parents in maintaining libraries and storytelling as well as workshops for writers, illustrators and editors of children's books.
IBBY-Yamada Fund Projects
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2020
IBBY Argentian: Workshop for the use of books in hospitals: including a writers’ workshop, the creation of a small library and training in bibliotherapy.
IBBY Armenia: Reading promotion and workshops in rural areas of Armenia.
IBBY Bolivia: The challenge of reading where there are no books: using books in schools and creating a library.
IBBY Costa Rica: Los libros violetas: promoting gender equity in 30 Costa Rican public schools through children’s literature.
IBBY El Salvador: Reading is Marvelous: developing reading habits, encouraging independent thinking and writing in children.
IBBY Indonesia: Workshop on trauma healing for volunteers working in community libraries in volcanic rural regions along the Ring of Fire.
IBBY Lebanon: Reading promotion for children with special needs.
IBBY Nepal: Developing wordless picture books for Nepalese children.
IBBY Peru: Vengan los niños y niñas a pescar historias en el mar de Chorillos - Children come and fish up stories at the sea in Chorillos: workshops and storytelling for pre-school children at the beach.
IBBY South Africa: Book Dash Pan-African Content Creation Workshop: providing approximately 35 creators from across the African continent with the opportunity to collaborate on new African children’s books.
IBBY Sri Lanka: Kathandara Kadalla – Story Nest: activities and training to revive the art of storytelling in pre-schools.
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2019
IBBY Afghanistan: Book and reading culture workshops in Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul
IBBY Argentina: Workshop on the use of storybooks in schools using the storybook selection: Los Favoritos de los Lectores
IBBY Armenia: Reading promotion for children and young adults in frontier rural areas
IBBY Cuba: We work for children international workshop for reading promoters emphasising the works from winners of the Hans Christian Andersen Award
IBBY El Salvador: Leer es Maravilloso reading promotion programme at Library of Dreams
IBBY India: Workshop to train parents, teachers and librarians in the management of libraries and book related activities (storytelling, story painting and story acting)
IBBY Nepal: A continuation of the folktale collection programme, Stories from my Village
IBBY Peru: Project to develop the creative capacities of mothers and teachers of Obrajillo, San Miguel and Canta
IBBY Rwanda: Installation of a children's library at the Nyanza Palace Museum
IBBY Uganda: Multi-activity holiday camp for 6-14 year old children to promote reading for pleasure
IBBY Zimbabwe: Reading for meaning, promoting reading skills in primary schools
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2018
IBBY Armenia: Creating books for children and young adults - workshop for publishers
IBBY Indonesia: Reading promotion in remote rural areas
IBBY Mexico: Radio and communication workshops for adolescents
IBBY Nepal: Folktale collection programme, Stories from my Village
IBBY New Zealand: Home language books for refugees
IBBY Peru: Creation of a children's Library
IBBY Venezuela: Workshops on editing, publishing, writing, illustrating and using books in schools and libraries
IBBY Zimbabwe: Workshops for reading, writing and planning a library for schools in vulnerable communities
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2017
IBBY Afghanistan: Capacity building workshop for youth volunteers to promote reading
IBBY Armenia: Workshop in reading promotion for librarians
IBBY Italy: Seminar on the use of books in refugee camps
IBBY Peru: Reading and planting a garden
IBBY Zimbabwe: Access reading opportunities for young people in vulnerable communities
IBBY International: Support for regional congresses in Asia (Bangkok) and Africa (Kampala).
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2016
IBBY Armenia: Translation workshop - Young adults and the environment
IBBY Cuba: Quality books for children and young people
IBBY Haiti: Bibliotherapy for Haitian children of migrant families
IBBY Indonesia: 30th Anniversary of the Society for the Advancement of Children's Literature
IBBY Mongolia: Policy workshop
IBBY Peru: Reading promotion: the magic of reading
IBBY South Africa: Intertwining literacy and literature - finding common ground: a policy workshop
IBBY Uganda: The role of reading for pleasure
IBBY Zimbabwe: Developing a reading culture
IBBY Yamada-Fund 2015
IBBY Armenia: Workshop, master classes and contest for young writers and illustrators - Young adults and the environment
IBBY France/Lebanon: Training of librarians in the critical analysis of children's books and digital publications
IBBY India: Creating a central library in the village of Kandela (Uttar Pradesh).
IBBY Mongolia: Raising reading awareness in mining communities in southern Mongolia: Only the best books for children
IBBY Zambia: Training for authors and illustrators of children's books.
IBBY International: Support for participants attending the Asia/Oceania and African Regional Meetings.
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2014
IBBY Bolivia: Creating reading families: encouraging reading and storytelling in families of a working class neighbourhood of Cochabamba, Bolivia.
IBBY Ecuador:"The New Pied Pipers of Hammelin": promoting reading, reading aloud and creativity in children's books through seminars and workshops by international and Ecuadorian specialists.
IBBY Indonesia: Reading workshops for eastern Indonesia: increasing reading opportunities in remote areas of Indonesia through training in storytelling and providing books for motorbike libraries.
IBBY Lebanon: Training for authors and illustrators in the issues and techniques used in creating books in Arabic for children with special needs.
IBBY Mexico:We are equal, we are different: workshop on reading and books for disabled people.
IBBY Peru: improving a school and community library by providing additional books and training for teachers and parents.
IBBY Zambia: Scholarship for a young illustrator: support to allow a young Zambian illustrator to attend a children's book illustration course in South Africa.
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2013
IBBY France: Les doigts qui rêvent - Raouf Karray project creating tactile illustrated books in Arabic.
IBBY India: Promoting book culture through establishing libraries and training in reading promotion.
IBBY Malaysia: Literacy centres for Rohingya stateless children in Malasia.
IBBY Serbia: Summer reading programme.
IBBY Uganda: Reading tents: reading workshops for children.
IBBY Venezuela: Advanced workshop for creating picture books.
IBBY International: First regional conference for Asia and Oceania and second African regional conference.
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2012
IBBY Ecuador: A country that reads 2011 – 2012.
IBBY Finland: Workshops: oral stories to an illustrated book.
IBBY Ghana: Workshop for children's book illustrators.
IBBY Indonesia: Advanced workshops on editing, publishing, writing and illustrating children’s books.
IBBY Mexico: "Adults play too" workshop on reading and playing to stimulate children.
IBBY Nepal: Developing volunteer-readers in rural areas of Nepal.
IBBY Peru: Reading promotion in kindergarten.
Information about the IBBY-Yamada projects from 2006 to 2011 can be found in the Archives.