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

Location : Tangerang, behind Jakarta’s international airport

No. of Children : 400

No. of Library :  0

Socio-Economic Profile : Factory workers, trishaw riders, maids

Issue: This was a school with relatively good resources. They had more than 400 children and enough teachers. However, they did not own a library. There was however, part of the staff room which stores old books and text books which are shared by students. The existing books were tied up in strings and were yellowish in colour. Students had no interest to read.As there were some students of Chinese descendants, the principal requested Chinese dictionaries and writing books as well.

Books for Hope’s Approach:

• Provided new, colourful children storybooks
• Provided Chinese dictionaries and books
• Provided text books and work books so that more students can have their own text books

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