IBBY-Yamada Fund
Every Child has the 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 2020
IBBY Argentina: The world is health: stories and tales in hospital ● Books for children at hospital
IBBY Armenia: Reading promotion in rural regions of Armenia
IBBY Bolivia: The challenge of reading where there are no books ● Creating a children's library in a remote village
IBBY Costa Rica: Los libros violetas ● Promoting gender equality through books
IBBY El Salvador: Leer es Maravilloso ● Habits of reading and communicating
IBBY Indonesia: Trauma healing for children affected by flooding and earthquakes in Indonesia
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 ● Storytelling and workshops for children by the sea
IBBY South Africa: Pan-African Book Dash ● Creating new African children’s books
IBBY Sri Lanka: Activities and training to revive the art of storytelling in pre-schools
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2019
IBBY Afghanistan: Book and reading culture workshops
IBBY Argentina: Workshop with storybook selection - Los Favoritos de los Lectores
IBBY Armenia: Reading corner for children and young adults in frontier rural areas of Armenia
IBBY Cuba: We work for children reading promotion workshop emphasising the works of the Andersen Award winners
IBBY El Salvador: Reading promotion programme Leer es Maravilloso
IBBY India: Library and workshops for parents, teachers and librarians
IBBY Nepal: Folktale collection programme - Stories from my Village: 2
IBBY Peru: Develop creative capacities of mothers and teachers - We are creators of children's books
IBBY Rwanda: Establish a library at the Nyanza Palace Museum
IBBY Uganda: Reading camp with visits to the Wildlife Centre
IBBY Zimbabwe: Literacy and reading promotion in vulnerable communities
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.
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2011
IBBY Bolivia: Libros en las plazas (books in public squares)
IBBY France: Workshop for school and public librarians in Cote d'Ivoire
IBBY Indonesia: Seminar and workshop on producing quality children's books
IBBY Mexico: Language stimulation and books for babies
IBBY Mongolia: Reading promotion workshop for librarians, parents and children
IBBY Nepal: Storytelling and creating libraries in a remote region of Nepal
IBBY Pakistan: "Promoting peace through books and reading"
IBBY Peru: Reading promotion in kindergartens
IBBY Uruguay: Reading promotion through reading spaces and book donation
IBBY Venezuela: Strategies to write and illustrate stories for children
IBBY International: Support to attend the first African Regional meeting
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2010
IBBY France: Burkina Faso: Librarian training
IBBY Mexico: A Leer: Installing school libraries
IBBY Nepal: Books where there are no books – creation of reading materials
IBBY Palestine: workshops for Palestinian children in Lebanese refuge camps
IBBY Peru: Training on reading promotion
IBBY Uganda: the importance of book therapy among children
IBBY Zambia: making books and reading promotion
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2009
IBBY Canada: Unknown 2 Known: Children’s book-making project in Cape Town, South Africa.
IBBY Cuba: Two workshops for children's literature
IBBY France: Training workshop for illustrators of children's books in Guinea
IBBY India: Workshop on book therapy
IBBY Indonesia: Picture book illustration workshop
IBBY Indonesia: relief work in Padang, Sumatra
IBBY Mongolia: Workshop to improve publishing methods
IBBY Zimbabwe: Reading promotion workshop
IBBY Venezuela: IBBY Yamada Scholarship
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2008
IBBY Bolivia: To be ourselves: handmade books
IBBY Germany: Professional exchange visit
IBBY Ghana: Workshop for children's publisher
IBBY Guatemala: Workshop for training teachers in reading promotion
IBBY Haiti: The Joyful Caravan of Books: workshops and festivals
IBBY India: creating children's libraries
IBBY Malaysia: Conference and workshop: publishing and marketing
IBBY Nepal: Setting up 2 mobile libraries.
IBBY South Africa (supported by IBBY Canada): Books where there are no books
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2007
IBBY Cuba: Regional Workshop
IBBY India: Creating Libraries
IBBY Indonesia: Publishing Workshop
Madagascar, Antanarivo (supported by IBBY France): The Bobiko Project
IBBY Mongolia: Illustration Workshop
IBBY Palestine: Editing Workshop
South Africa (Supported by IBBY Canada): Books where there are no books
IBBY Uganda: Workshop on writing and illustrating skills for children’s storybooks
IBBY Uruguay: Teacher Training
IBBY-Yamada Fund 2006
IBBY Mongolia: producing picture books
IBBY Rwanda: bringing literary books into the classroom