Millions of children in Eastern Indonesia do not have access to quality books

 

Let's change that

Taman Bacaan Pelangi

(Rainbow Reading Gardens)

We are a non-profit organisation working to establish children’s libraries
in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia since 2009.

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Our Impact

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207

Libraries established

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287.962+

Books delivered

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42,189+

Children served

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5,892+

Teachers trained

Our Libraries

Check out all the children’s libraries that Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading Gardens] has stablished in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia.

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Our Programs

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Establish Children Libraries

We establish child-friendly libraries in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia. We work together with the local schools and transform their library into a child friendly learning environment that will foster the love of reading in each of the student.

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Capacity Building Workshops

We provide a series of capacity building workshops for the local teachers that enable them to have the skills and knowledge needed in nurturing the habit of reading on their students and promoting literacy in their village.

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Basic Literacy Course

In each of our library, reading activities are regularly conducted. Each class has reading activities weekly at the library, lead by the classroom’s teacher. Through reading activities, children will slowly grow the love of reading.

Inauguration of the 229th of Taman Bacaan Pelangi’s Child-friendly Library at SD Inpres Madambake

"With the presence of this child-friendly library, all students should be able to enhance their creativity and critical thinking skills". This was conveyed by the Vice Regent of Nagekeo, Marianus Waja, during the inauguration of the child-friendly library at SD Inpres...

After Reading, Works are Created

In short, this is the story of two students at SDI Towak who were able to create works after reading books at the Child-Friendly Library. Their names are Anaya Marcia Claire, a third-grade student, and Maria Helena Goa, a fifth-grade student. They are familiarly...

The Journey of SDI Rata Library Building

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is SDI Rata Library Building. You can call me Gedu, hahaha just kidding. I am a building located in a school in Nagekeo District, Flores, NTT. I am situated near the self-built gate of the school committee. My building is white in...

SDI MBONGAWANI IS READY TO START A FUN READING PROGRAM WITH TB PELANGI

After the online training for 3 days about how to do fun online reading activities, the next schedule was to visit the partner schools to ensure that all schools have no problems with this program. The focus of the 2021 Fun Reading Program for teachers in schools was...

2021: TB PELANGI IS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING DIGITAL LIBRARY

During the pandemic, in almost all fields is switch to online systems. The covid-19 pandemic forces us to adapt and find concrete solutions that can be worked out. Nowadays, we are familiar with "Work from Home" or "Learning from Home" term. This is a change where...

Donation From 12th Batch Student Council Binus School Serpong

We are forever grateful for the donation from 12th Batch Student Council Binus Schools Serpong. The donation will be used to continue our literacy program in eastern Indonesia. What a beautiful day! Alma Kayana, the PIC of the Hope Project informed us about the...

Magical Moment With Mrs.Thres

Mrs. Theresia Menge, the first grade teacher from Ende 10 elementary school has shown a significant progress in reading activity. I have watched Mrs. Thres several times when she read the book to her students. Her smooth and gentle carrying turns out to have its own...

Job Vacancy: Project Manager

Taman Bacaan Pelangi is looking for someone with an experience in managing projects and passionate in education to be our next Project Manager! If you are longing for a job that is meaningful and contributing to the betterment of education in Indonesia, then this job...

ROLE OF MOTHER LANGUAGE IN HELPING THE CHILD TO READ FLUENTLY

Source of photo: vidio.com Simply, mother tongue can be interpreted as a first learned language by a person before learning a foreign language. Mother tongue is the first language used by someone since birth. The census conducted by BPS (central statistic) in 2010 –...

Pandemic being an opportunity to teach children on an inclusive basis

In recent months, since March – June, face-to-face learning is no longer effective. Many teachers have the initiative to come to visit student homes to simply ask the news and convey the teaching materials that have been left behind. In this new school year, learning...

Library Visits The Kids At Home

Since the Covid-19 outbreak in February 2019, schools in Indonesia has been closed due to preventing the spread of the virus among people and children. All of our school partners in eastern Indonesia automatically follow the decree from the Ministry of Education about...

Travel with a Cause

Want to visit our libraries and have a great holiday in Flores at the same time?

Contact Travel Sparks to make it happen!

In the News

NET. Lentera Indonesia (August 2014)
TV One - Aku Bangga (May 2015)
Trans7 - She Can! (May 2015)
DAAI TV - Mutiara Indonesia (April 2016)