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...

Our 25th Library: Banda Neira Island, Maluku

Closing the year of 2012, Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading Gardens] decided to celebrate it by establishing its 25th library! This time was in... Banda Neira Island in Maluku! Banda Neira Island is one of the nine islands of Banda. Back in the days, Banda Islands...

Kids in Banda Neira Island, Here We Come!

We would like to end the 2012 by establishing one more children's library in Eastern Indonesia. This time, we want to greet the kids in... Banda Neira Island, Maluku!!! We're very excited! This will be the first location of Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading...

“Taro Adventures” Visits Melo Village

After visiting Roe Village, the team from "Taro Adventures" (Petualangan Taro) also dropped by at our library in Melo Village for several hours. They played together with the kids and taught them some songs, too. It was so much fun! One song imitated a monkey movement...

“Taro Adventures” (Petualangan Taro) Visits Us in Roe Village

It was a beautiful Saturday morning when "Petualangan Taro (Taro Adventures)" came to visit us in Roe Village. Ibu Tata and Ibu Christine from Taro came with a group of 10 people and they were all ready to have fun with us. We greeted them with "Caci Dance" (a...

Thank You, PT PGN Persero Tbk

We would like to thank PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk for donating a series of folktales books about Indonesian heroes for Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading Gardens]. These books will broaden children's knowledge about inspiring individuals who have made a...

Always Happy to Receive Book Donation!

These books below were delivered to us from Ibu Sitti Rahmani Alwan - Majalah Kartini (Kartini women's magazine). Thank you so much, Ibu Sitti and Majalah Kartini! 🙂 For those of  you who would like to donate books to us, please drop us an email at...

Motherly Book Donation

Last Sunday afternoon, we received books from Ibu Yayi Koesman. She asked her brother, Nugi Kusman, to drop off these books to our secretariat. The books were awesome and perfect for the kids at Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading Gardens]! Apparently, these books...

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)