[1]Bubisher..Books for Western Sahara children in refugee camps
Bubisher means “a bird bringing good news.” According to Roge Blog [2], it is also the name of a Saharaui poetry book. But for hundreds of children living in refugee camps in Western Sahara, it is the name of a bus full of books, explains Haz lo que debas [3].
Gonzalo Moure, a children's book author and the man behind Bubisher [4] says:
El Bubisher no lleva libros regalados o sobrantes, sino un plan de lectura, con 4 o 20 ejemplares por titulo, para un fondo inicial de 1400 libros.
Abueliki blog [5] encourages us to read the Bubisher blog, meet the creative bus and support the endeavour – not only with funding but through sharing experiences and learning about the exemplary way in which volunteers engage in the project and love it. Among them are politicians, universities, publishing houses and ordinary people.
EL PAJARO QUE TRAE LA BUENA SUERTE [6] from Irene Bailo [7] on Vimeo [8].
Kalandra Blog explains more [9]:
Además de libros en castellano, donados por editoriales como KALANDRAKA, el Bubisher también incorpora una selección de literatura infantil y juvenil en árabe, lo que afianza los lazos de la multiculturalidad. Frente a la carencia de libros y de espacios de lectura, el Bubi supone “una biblioteca abierta y que se acerca a los lectores”, tal y como ha expresado Gonzalo Moure. Una biblioteca rodante, en constante movimiento.
Would you like to volunteer with Bubisher? You can do it by joining their 120 Bubisher friends [10] initiative which partners with classrooms or even schools to collect some funds or you can donate books or funds on your own. You can also translate their materials [11] from Spanish to other languages or you can just forward the Bubisher poster [12] to your friends and print it to show it to your offline community. And there is more, you can visit the refugee camps as a volunteer [13] and share some good readings with the children.
In conclusion, I would like to quote Bubisher creator Gonzalo Moure [14], discussing literature and books:
Eso es la literatura: corazones que no dejan de latir, pensamiento sin la barrera del tiempo. El corazón del abuelo latiendo en nuestro pecho. El aliento de Homero en nuestros oídos. Leer es vencer al tiempo, tener mil corazones