Taming Julu Village, Sumatera
Kampung Taming Julu, Padang, Sumatera
Location : Palm oil plantation, 6 hours from Padang town
No. of Children : 250
No. of School : 1
No. of Library : 0
Socio-Economic Profile: Plantation workers
Issue : A village tucked away in dense jungle, they did not own a library. With 250 children and a make-shift wooden school, resources were insufficient. Children were not exposed to the outside world and had limited awareness about basic general knowledge. Books were almost non-existent.
Books for Hope approach:
- Provide colorful story and enrichment books.
- Provide plantation/botany and handicraft magazines, and children magazines
- Provide textbooks
- Provide books on general and world knowledge
Tags: library
June 16th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Hi Grace,
Got thrill and amaze with your dreams n finally running project now, can’t do much more than tell all my friend for this website and pass forward your story to them. Hopefully this goodwill will have more succes and more and more people here in Indonesia could realize how important ‘a book’ open someone’s mind especially children who have more expectation for their future with their sincerity.
Cheers n SEMANGAT!