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...

Volunteer Diary – Episode 2

  Hello!   Some days passed since my last entry in the Volunteer Diary, but now it is time to share some new stories from Flores.   I’m still in Roe, West Manggarai, working in the local elementary school and taking care of the Pelangi-Library.   Since...

Periplus Bookstore Supports Us!

Periplus Bookstore launched its new campaign today, called "IREAD" that stands for "Indonesia - Read English and Discover". With this campaign, Periplus wanted to encourage Indonesians to read more English literature. Inline with this campaign, Periplus also announced...

Volunteer Diary – Episode 1

  Hi Folks! Breathtaking nature, rice three times a day and kids asking, whether my skin stays white after shower or not: Welcome to Flores!   Since August I’m in Indonesia and since two weeks I’m living in the tiny Village “Roe” in the western Part of Flores...

Books from Bali Usada

Do you remember this post http://bit.ly/1eJsKqt ? Throughout 2013, Bali Usada collects books from its members, every time they hold any activities. Not only that, Bali Usada's members also drop off their books at our drop boxes directly! Their support has been...

Taman Bacaan Pelangi’s DESIGN COMPETITION !

Yes! We are holding a DESIGN COMPETITION! And everyone of you can take part in the competition. How? It's easy... Design criteria: Unisex The design should have visuals & text File should be submitted < 1 MB The winner should give the original file to Taman...

One Thousand Pair of Shoes from Kick Andy Foundation

A few months ago, we received news from Kick Andy Foundation that they were going to donate 1.000 shoes to the kids at Taman Bacaan Pelangi. Hearing this news, our team started to collect data of the kids' sizes at Taman Bacaan Pelangi spots in East Nusa Tenggara,...

Meet Lukas Beermann, our full time on site volunteer!

World-Horizon, a non-profit organization based in Germany which supports local organizations around the world by providing full time on site volunteers, is now collaborating with Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading Gardens]! After a rigorous series of selections,...

CrossFit For Hope Donates Rp54mio to Taman Bacaan Pelangi

On July 6th, 2013, CrossFit, a well-known gym/sport center held a charity event called CrossFit For Hope. This wasn't like any charity event that people usually went. The difference was that people worked out to help fundraise three social organizations that were...

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)