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...

“Pies In The Face” on The Jakarta Globe

The "Pies in The Face" event was a big success!! Taman Bacaan Pelangi thanked "Drive Books, Not Cars", everyone who came to the event - throwing pies to the volunteers' faces, and also.. most importantly, all the volunteers who made this event a success -- letting...

Pies In The Face!

Drive Books, Not Cars is holding an event called "Pies in The Face!" on Saturday, July 14th, at 2pm-4pm at Pizza e Bira, eX Plaza Indonesia. What is "Pies in The Face!" ? It's basically a fundraising event that Drive Books, Not Cars holds to support Taman Bacaan...

Pies In The Face!

Drive Books, Not Cars mengadakan acara yang bernama "Pies in The Face!" pada hari Sabtu, 14 Juli pada pukul 14.00 sampai 16.00 WIB di Pizza e Bira, eX Plaza Indonesia. Apa itu "Pies in The Face!" ? Kegiatan ini merupakan kegiatan pengumpulan dana yang didukung oleh...

The little (feisty!) angels of the Garden

Seeing is believing Reading is bliss And sharing is even more so “Seeing is believing.” Cliché,  I know, but that’s the most appropriate expression I could think of about my recent visit to The Rainbow Reading Garden in Flores. I have heard about the Garden for the...

Thank You, TEDx Jakarta!

TEDx Jakarta's "Deceptive Truths" that was held on April 1st, 2012 at the Jakarta International School went very well with inspiring speakers such as Connie Bakrie and our Minister of Trade Gita Wirjawan. The performance of 57Kustik was incredibly amazing, too! What's...

Deep Indonesia 2012

Dive Mag Indonesia lets us put a drop box of "Drive Books, Not Cars" at their booth during the Deep Indonesia 2012 at the Jakarta Convention Center from March 29, 2012 to April 1, 2012. They even invited us to be part of their talk-show on Saturday, March 31, 2012!...

Save Sharks Campaign by Dive Magazine Indonesia!

Dive Mag Indonesia is holding a "Save Sharks" campaign to raise public awareness on the importance of sharks to the ecosystem. It will be a year long campaign and hopefully there will be more people in Indonesia who understand and try to protect sharks from all sorts...

TEDxJakarta: Deceptive Truths

Today, everyone who has registered to attend TEDx Jakarta next Sunday, April 1st, 2012, received an email from TEDxJakarta. What makes us happy is the email mentioned about us! The TEDx Jakarta crew wrote an additional paragraph as follows: Book Donation Help "Drive...

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)