Rainbow In Labuan Bajo
Inspired by a philanthropist, Nila Tanzil established reading rooms in Flores Islands remote places. Twenty-four reading rooms have since been built in the eastern part of Indonesia.
June 6, 2012
Felni turned over the pages of a book titled Tiga Ekor Beruang (Three Bears) in a corner of a reading room in Roeone of the villages in Labuan Bajo neighborhood, West Flores. The local residents recognize the place as the Rainbow Reading Room. "I like fables, she said.
Like Felni, Tusta, a fifth grader boy, also often visits the reading room. But he prefers epics. Since the reading room opened in Roe in December 2009, the place has been crowded b
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