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We are a non-profit organisation working to establish children’s libraries
in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia since 2009.
Libraries established
Books delivered
Children served
Teachers trained
Check out all the children’s libraries that Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading Gardens] has stablished in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia.
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.
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.
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.
Through the “Book a Smile” program, Citibank Indonesia has recently donated 1000 children books to the Rainbow Reading Gardens during its “Global Community Day”. Not only that. Upon receiving the books from the Citibankers, Citi volunteers and their families helped us...
On June 5th – 7th the not-for-profit organisation Jakarta Players held a theatre play titled “Circle Mirror Transformation”. The event was special for both Jakarta Players and Rainbow Reading Gardens. The sole purpose of the three-day perfomance was to raise funds for...
Here I am with a new story out of one of our libraries. This one is from Paka, a small village two hours from the next bigger city Ruteng. It is pretty hard to reach if you compare it with Melo or Roe, which one can reach within an hour from Labuan Bajo, but Paka is...
Hey Folks, I’m happy you find the way to this diary blog again. Maybe you know me already. But nevertheless my name is Paul and I was a fulltime volunteer for TBP for almost one year now. Unfortunately this is my last entry because I just left Indonesia and flew back...
The Unlikely Librarian In an Indonesian village where afternoons are spent napping, one fisherman is losing sleep so kids can read. I can't imagine my childhood without books. Because of books, I could travel the world in one afternoon, every...
One of the messiest events ever to take place in Jakarta returned for its second year last Saturday at the VIP Parking lot of fX Sudirman, South Jakarta, where over 300 whipped cream pies were tossed and smashed on the faces of nominated candidates for a price in the...
In an artsy small town, an unlikely collection of strangers sign up for an "Adult Creative Drama" class: a recently divorced carpenter, a high school junior, a former actress, and the teacher's husband. Unfolding like a charmingly funny indie film, the group plays the...
Our time as volunteers for Taman Bacaan Pelangi has almost lasted nine months. During this course, we have been located at the wonderful Island of Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur. But you may know that TBP has several libraries in the farer east of Indonesia, especially...
Pies in the Face Charity is a fundraising event to support the children with cancer through Komunitas Taufan and to establish the children’s library in eastern Indonesia through Rainbow Reading Gardens. You can participate in this event by throwing the ‘pies’ (whipped...
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