Explore how libraries worldwide contribute to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Use the search bar to find SDG stories by country or select goals below to navigate stories around topics.
Total SDG Stories
61Stories
Countries with SDG Stories
37Countries
Canada
Goals: 3, 4
Library’s intergenerational outreach programme promotes early childhood development and well-being of seniors
Together We Grow, an innovative intergenerational programme implemented by the Edmonton Public Library (EPL), brings...
Canada
Goals: 4, 5, 8, 10, 17
Library’s mentorship programme for girls ignites motivation to pursue a career in a STEAM sector
The Girls in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), a community-based mentorship programme, implemented by the Markham...
United States of America
Goals: 4, 10, 17
EMMA enhances sharing of accessible educational materials for students with disabilities in the US and Canada
Educational Materials Made Accessible (EMMA), a repository infrastructure that enables institutions of higher education in...
Türkiye
Goals: 3, 4, 17
Library’s makerspace operationalised Tech Bank to reduce health risks during COVID-19 pandemic
Makerspaces are collaborative workspaces inside an educational institution, library, or separate public/private facility in which...
Myanmar
Goals: 4, 17
Library Association’s volunteers help to increase access to reading and learning about sustainable development
In Myanmar, it is estimated that 4% of the country’s 53 million children have access...
Philippines
Goals: 4, 10
Library’s outreach programme provides growth opportunities to street children
According to research based on 2017 data gathered by the Government of the Philippines and...
Malaysia
Goals: 4, 17
Reading Seeds programme provides early childhood development and increases reading rate
The Sarawak State Library in Malaysia, hosts Reading Seeds as one of the reading promotion...
Croatia
Goals: 4, 12
School library helps to implement an educational programme for sustainable development
Education for sustainable development is one of the general principles that directs the Republic of...