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
Iraq
Goals: 9, 11
Iraqi libraries build infrastructure and expertise to safeguard and give access to documentary heritage
Heritage can be a strategic asset and driver for peace. Cultural heritage, including documentary heritage...
India
Goals: 1, 4, 9, 11, 17
Mobile library increases rural students’ engagement by providing access to technology and learning resources
The Mobile Library Programme for primary and secondary schools is offered to communities located in...
Nigeria
Goals: 4, 7, 16
24/7 university library reading room provides equitable access to energy and information
In the Kenneth Dike Library (KDL) University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, an increasing number of...
South Africa
Goals: 2, 5, 8, 17
Library-led community garden feeds people, builds skills and boosts employability
In Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, a project “One House, One Garden” has transformed the library’s open...
Kazakhstan
Goals: 3, 4, 5, 10, 11
“Human library” in Kazakhstan provides safe space for discriminated communities
In Kazakhstan, communities which are not a part of the country’s five main religious groups...
South Africa
Goals: 1, 2, 8, 9, 17
Library gives rural farmers access to ICT, skills and support to grow their businesses
In Edenville, a small rural farming community situated in the Free State Province, South Africa,...
Czechia
Goals: 4, 17
Public libraries team up with primary schools to increase reading literacy
In the 2006 PISA survey, which tests 15-year-old students from all over the world in...
Czechia
Goals: 4, 17
“Start Life with a Book” project seeks to improve reading literacy
Until recently, only a handful of Czech libraries offered special services to newborns, toddlers and...