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.

Stories That Grow at Home: Viona Reads with Her Family

“Mom, listen to me reading this book.”“Sis, have you read this one before?” Those sentences are often heard in Viona’s house after school. Viona, a sixth-grader at SDK Lena, has developed a new habit: borrowing books from the school library and reading them with her...

Three Meaningful Days: Indira’s Story as a Taman Bacaan Pelangi Volunteer

Every big movement begins with the initiative to do good. That spirit is what motivated Indira to join as a volunteer at the Taman Bacaan Pelangi booth during the Jakarta Literacy Festival, organized by the Provincial Library and Archives Office of DKI Jakarta on...

Empowered Girls: The First Girl Empowerment Class in Buton, Kalukku, and Bambangan

SEPTEMBER 2025 – This year, Taman Bacaan Pelangi once again collaborates with Pitulung Ministry to run the Girl Empowerment program, targeting female students in three partner schools: SMPN 33 Buton, SMPN 7 Kalukku, and SMPN 7 Bambangan. The participants will learn...

Book Donation from Yayasan Adidhana

The Rainbow Reading Gardens has just received a generous book donation from Yayasan Adidhana. In total, Yayasan Adidhana donated 1,400 children books for our libraries. Around 700 of them have already been received by our library in Flores, while the other 700 are...

Volunteer’s Diary Simon: Round Up

It has been a long time since my last Volunteer Diary so here is a roundup. Around New Year, I took part in a seminar from my German organisation “World Horizon”, where we evaluated our service and also made plans for the upcoming months. After I returned from Bali,...

Sharing a Smile with Surfer Girl

Surfer Girl, a well known lifestyle brand for young women selling girls surf products, launched a “Share a Smile” campaign in collaboration with the Rainbow Reading Gardens!   Through the “Share a Smile” campaign, Surfer Girl invites everyone to get involved in...

Eight New Libraries of the Rainbow Reading Gardens!

In January 2015, the team from the Rainbow Reading Gardens went to Flores, East Nusa Tenggara with the aim to set up, not one, not two, but eight new libraries in the area. The setting up of the eight libraries is part of Rainbow Reading Gardens’s collaboration with...

The Ever-so-High-Spirited Children of Rinca Village

After a lot of considerations, I decided to make time and visit the Rainbow Reading Gardens’ location at Rinca Village, Manggarai Barat district, NTT. Simon, our volunteer in Roe village, had kindly agreed to accompany me on the trip. Using a simple, local fisherman...

One Fine Day at the Garden in Melo

With the help of a motor driver from Labuan Bajo, I decided to visit the Rainbow Reading Garden’s location in Kampung Melo. We can reach the place in 30 minutes by motorbike through the twisting trans-Flores road. But I arrived at the place in much less than 30...

Travel with a Cause

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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)