Shedding The Light Of Education
A great number of Indonesian children, particularly in remote areas, are deprived of education. UNICEF data shows around 2.5 million Indonesian children will only complete their primary, or at best, middle school education. Several young idealists wishing to improve the situation have established education programs for children living in isolated regions. In South Sulawesi, the Friends of Bulukumba Island, a community organization, dispatches volunteers to teach in three remote villages and has created reading rooms there. In the Bulungan regency, North Kalimantan, education volunteer, Sri Tiawati, runs the Punan Semeriot Indigenous School. Tempo English reports their stories in commemoration of International Children’s Day, June 2.
June 13, 2017
Opening Up Minds In Bulukumba
A youth community in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, offers education to children in remote areas. They established three reading houses.
Scores of children rushed toward Nurrahmat Hidayat when he arrived at the shore of Liukang Loe, a village in the regency of Bulukumba, two weeks ago. The 24-year-old’s presence was like a magnet for the children playing on the beach. Nurrahmat Hidayat - Rahmat, for short - enthusi
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