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.

Promoting sustainability, reviewing the development of children’s reading interests at SDK Pautola with the School Committee

Last year, the partnership between Rainbow Reading Gardens and Nagekeo district government had established 40 child-friendly libraries in selected primary schools. Nagekeo district government, through the Department of Education and Culture, assists schools in...

Child-Friendly Library for All

The concept of a child-friendly library at SDI Tibakisa has been running for almost six months since its inauguration in November 2023. Its utilization and management have started to run smoothly. Several students were observed coming and going into the library room....

Reflecting Together for Sustainability

On Thursday, 4 April 2024, TBP conducted a Reflection Meeting virtually, which was attended by 40 school partners. In this meeting, all schools were asked to reflect on what had worked well and what needed to improve in their library management in order to ensure the...

New Book Collection for Our Library at SD YPK Kanda, Papua

The kids at our library at SD YPK Kanda, West Sentani, Papua just received new book collection for their library. We delivered 300 pcs of books from Jakarta in collaborate with JNE. Thank you, JNE! These books were purchased from five publishers and using the 10...

50 Million Donation from Yayasan Generasi Peduli Kabar Baik

We are forever grateful for the donation which we had received from Yayasan Generasi Peduli Kabar Baik. The 50 million rupiah donation will be using to establish a new child friendly library in Atambua, Belu Regency, NTT. Yeay! Yayasan Generasi Peduli Kabar Baik will...

Book Delivery to Papua with JNE

On November 21st, 2019, JNE helped Taman Bacaan Pelangi to deliver books from Jakarta to Sentani, Papua. Those books will be adding the book collection at the library at SD YPK Kanda, Papua. The books, packaged by our staff in Jakarta, were picked up by JNE and...

33 Million Donation From “Di Kaki Langit” Book Writers

We are forever grateful for the donation which we had received from the fifth grader students of Mentari International School, Jakarta. The 33 million rupiah donation will be using to establish a new library for our upcoming project in Nagekeo Regency, Flores, NTT....

112 Packs of Book Donation from Rabbit Hole

#TBPelangi just received 112 packs of book donation from Rabbit Hole. These books will be distributed to our libraries in eastern part of Indonesia. Thank you, Rabbit Hole! for your continuous support for our organisation. Our little friends in the libraries will be...

10 Million Donation from Panin Sekuritas

We are forever grateful for the donation which we had received from Panin Sekuritas. The 10 million rupiah donation will be using to purchase additional book collection in our library at SD YPK Kanda, West Sentani, Papua. Yeay! What a beautiful day! We would like to...

Thank you, JNE!

We are forever grateful for the continuous support from JNE. This year, we were supported through their CSR called #Connectinghappiness which helped us to deliver books to our library in eastern part of Indonesia for free. Yeayy!! Our project Manager, Monika Harahap...

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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)