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.