Distributing 1001 Books

A book lovers’ community is helping community libraries in remote areas. They believe it is not people’s low interest in reading but the lack of access to books that deters them from reading.

March 9, 2011

INDO Ninjang, 50, a traditional healer in Lipu (village) Ueviau, Dataran Bulang subdistrict, Tojo Unauma, Palu, Central Sulawesi, meticulously planted the seeds, one by one. He said that he loved tending his medicinal herb garden at the backyard of his house. “I was inspired after reading a tabloid article about medicinal plants,” he recalled. He came upon the tabloid in Banoa Baca, a public reading room in his village. Prior to that, it neve

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