ILLITERACY apparently is not only suffered by those who never go to school, but also to children at junior high school. At Tumaluntung village, North Minahasa in North Sulawesi, some children feel inferior in the class as they cannot read easily. Therefore, Marcel Herman Rompis is happy to see more children come to a literacy class in his village.

He is a facilitator for a program carried out by Tumaluntung villagers named PNPM Generasi. It is