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...

Drive Books Not Cars: A Story about Kindness

Drive Books Not Cars (DBNC) was held on Sunday, November 23rd 2014. Started from 07.00 AM to 12.00 PM at FX Sudirman. We had a lot of people coming to the event from different walks of life, from children, youth, students, employees, entrepreneurs, artist, and many...

Bookfest University of Indonesia

Bookfest is an annual program holds by the Librarian Student Association, University of Indonesia. The festival involves people, institutions, organizations who share the same passion and/or focuses on literacy.   This year, the Bookfest was held on November...

Charity Program from Wheel Story for Rainbow Reading Gardens

Wheel Story is a project where two travelers, Mario Iroth and Lilis Handayani, travel for months on a motorbike! This year, they traveled around Eastern Indonesia for five months! They have just finished their adventure in October. For the trip around Eastern...

“Books for Messah” Campaign: Reaches Its Goal!

Remember this "Books for Messah" fundraising campaign on KitaBisa?  tamanbacaanpelangi.com/fundraising-campaign for messah island Here's the good news, in just 21 days, we have reached our goal! Isn’t it cool?!!! Even, until the deadline, many volunteers still donated...

The Rainbow Reading Gardens

This post is written by Simon, the captain of Skimpy Sailing boat. http://www.skimpysailing.com/read The Rainbow Reading Gardens or Taman Bacaan Pelangi (www.tamanbacaanpelangi.com) is an amazing volunteer-run organization that establishes libraries in remote...

NET TV Features “Taman Bacaan Pelangi in Roe Village” 🙂

NET TV, one of the rising TV stations in Indonesia, features our library on Roe Village in their documentary program called "Lentera Indonesia"! Check out the 30 minutes of "Lentera Indonesia" documentary about our library in Roe Village here:   What do you...

Fundraising Campaign for Messah Island, NTT

Zack Petersen initiated a fundraising campaign for our library on Messah Island, NTT. Please help him to raise Rp 60mio in the next 17 days!! The fund will be used to renovate our library on Messah Island, buy more books, decorate the library, develop lessons plans,...

How we plan to keep these kids reading, with your help

This article is published on Rappler.com Written by Zack Petersen The kids at the poor island of Messah light up at the sight of a book, the same way we might stare in awe at a priceless painting. For them to have their own books, to go on an imaginative journey, to...

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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)