The Forest Teachers

June 13, 2012

In a hut of 2 x 3 meters with a blue plastic roof, six children from an Orang Rimba community known as the Airban Group, were listening to Tembuku's instructions. "Come on, what's two plus five?" asked the teacher. Soon the six kids were counting.

For more than a year, Tembuku has become an educational assistant of KKI- Warsi. He is tasked with teaching reading, writing and maths. Three other Rimba youths have taken on teaching roles and receive R

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