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Every library starts with a room
\nnobody was using yet<\/h2>\n

ARISE Foundation’s school library programme turns repurposed shipping containers and unused rooms into fully stocked reading spaces for students near ARISE’s Special Economic Zones \u2014 stocked through both direct purchase and an internal employee donation campaign, and formalised with a signed MOU with each partner school and local ministry.<\/p>\n

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Gabon \u2014 Paul Moukambi High School<\/pre>\n
The first Read2Rise library<\/h3>\n
446 students who had no dedicated reading space now have one. This was the pilot site for the programme \u2014 the model every later opening builds on.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”StoryBox” el_id=”Cameroon”][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n
Cameroon \u2014 Lyc\u00e9e Bilingue de Missole 2<\/pre>\n
A solar-powered library, and 45 trees on launch day<\/h3>\n
The container library runs on solar power and now serves the full school community \u2014 teachers included.[\/vc_column_text][vc_message message_box_color=”alert-warning” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-solid fa-circle”]45 trees planted on-site at launch, linking literacy with environmental stewardship[\/vc_message][caw_testimonial_slider_c slidestoshow=”1″][caw_testimonial_slider style=”6″ title=”\u2014 School leader, Lyc\u00e9e Bilingue de Missole 2″]”The students are no longer bored \u2014 they’re always in the library now.”[\/caw_testimonial_slider][\/caw_testimonial_slider_c][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”right” offset=”vc_col-md-6″][vc_single_image image=”1071″ img_size=”full” css=””][caw_info_box heading=”500+” box_bg_color=”#CDEB5B” box_border_radius=”10px” box_padding=”10px 16px” heading_font_size=”22px” heading_color=”#3B4A0E” subheading_font_size=”10.5px” subheading_color=”#3B4A0E”]students \u00b7 50 teachers[\/caw_info_box][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row_content” el_class=”StatiCampaign”][vc_row el_class=”container”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n
How the shelves got stocked<\/pre>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”The employee donation campaign” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23FBF8ED” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]The book collection drive ran across ARISE offices in UAE, India, Gabon, Benin, and Togo turning an internal\u00a0logistics\u00a0challenge into a company-wide moment of engagement. Over 1,500 books were donated by colleagues, forming the core stock of the first libraries.<\/p>\n
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  • UAE<\/span><\/li>\n
  • India<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Gabon<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Benin<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Togo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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