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.

As Retirement Looms, Mama Gina’s Love for Literacy Continues to Inspire

Regina Agho, commonly known as Mama Gina, is the most senior teacher at SDK Lena and will retire in December 2025. Despite her upcoming retirement, Mama Gina remains enthusiastic about contributing to improving literacy among the children at SDK Lena. In 2023, Mama...

Students Flock to the Library During School Break

SDN Mauwaru is a school partner of Taman Bacaan Pelangi starting from 2023. It is located in Lokalaba Village, Mauponggo District, Nagekeo Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. The reading habits of SDN Mauwaru students have already developed. They are accustomed to borrowing...

From the Library to the Winner’s Stage: Raina’s Journey in a Short Story Writing Competition

"The library has become the source of inspiration for Raina to enrich her ideas and vocabulary through the children's storybooks available there, enabling her to craft beautiful and engaging stories for her future readers (in this case, the judges). Raina often visits...

Hundreds of Books from a Loving Mother

We have received 3 big boxes full of children books from Ibu Prima, a loving Mother who lives in Pondok Kelapa, Jakarta. The books are varies, from Japanese comics, famous children magazines (such as Bobo, Mombi), to children novels such as Goosebumps and the Famous...

Japanese Comis for Kids in Flores

On one fine day, there was a mail in my inbox: “Dear Nila, I read about Rainbow Reading Gardens that you established and I want to donate my kids’ books as they’re all grown up now” “I got info about Rainbow Reading Gardens from ‘Google’. At that time I was looking...

“These books are for our friends in Flores”

Those are the words from Elang and Scarlett, a little boy and a little girl who live in Seattle, USA. They donated 30 children books, all were in Indonesian language, for Taman Bacaan Pelangi (Rainbow Reading Gardens). These two mixed blood kids, raised in the USA,...

Yacht Aid Global Donates More Than 150 Children English Books

One day, Yacht Aid Global, a charitable organization that utilizes the luxury yacht fleet to help communities in need, contacted us saying that they wanted to support our project in Flores. Wow, of course we're very thrilled! They knew that Taman Bacaan Pelangi were...

Femina Magazine Publishes an Article on Book Worms

  Femina, a leading women magazine in Indonesia, published an article titled, “A story about Book Worms “Virus”". This article basically discusses about people who have a concern about education and take an initiative to help the communities by setting up...

The US Embassy Supports Rainbow Reading Gardens

The US Embassy expressed their support to our reading gardens by donating 99 books, written in Indonesian language. They sent us the package all the way from their office in Jakarta to our coordinator’s house in Labuan Bajo, Flores! The 99 books consisted of novels...

A Reading Gardens for the Kids in Nara Village

Nara Village is a tiny village located in West Flores. From Labuan Bajo, one needs to take a car/motorbike and drive for about 2 hours, continued by walking for another half hour, passing a dirt and rocky path. My friend Andreas from Germany still joined us on this...

Taman Bacaan Pelangi is On Kukusan Island!

It was such a beautiful day… the sky was so blue and the sea looked so calm. We departed from Labuan Bajo to Kukusan Island by a small fisherman boat. It took us only 30 minutes to get to this small island.. what an easy ride, especially with such a stunning view all...

200 Books from Coca-Cola for Kids in Flores!

Do you remember the Coca-Cola’s campaign “Happiness Goes Around”? About two months ago, Coca-Coladedicated “Happiness Goes Around” campaign for Rainbow Reading Gardens (Taman Bacaan Pelangi) in Flores! Read here for detailed information. As a result of that campaign,...

Travel with a Cause

Want to visit our libraries and have a great holiday in Flores at the same time?

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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)