Volunteer Diary | Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading Gardens] https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org Non-profit organisation to establish children's libraries in remote areas of Eastern Indonesia. Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:26:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Volunteer Diary | Taman Bacaan Pelangi [Rainbow Reading Gardens] https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org 32 32 Three Meaningful Days: Indira’s Story as a Taman Bacaan Pelangi Volunteer https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2025/10/29/three-meaningful-days-indiras-story-as-a-taman-bacaan-pelangi-volunteer/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2025/10/29/three-meaningful-days-indiras-story-as-a-taman-bacaan-pelangi-volunteer/#respond Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:15:33 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=16201 Every big movement begins with the initiative to do good. That spirit is what motivated Indira to join as a volunteer at the Taman Bacaan Pelangi booth during the Jakarta Literacy Festival, organized by the Provincial Library and Archives Office of DKI Jakarta on October 14–19, 2025. She came to greet children, help manage the […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2025/10/29/three-meaningful-days-indiras-story-as-a-taman-bacaan-pelangi-volunteer/feed/ 0 Our Volunteer’s Diary (7): Wherever You Go, Go with All Your Heart https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/08/our-volunteers-diary-7-wherever-you-go-go-with-all-your-heart/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/08/our-volunteers-diary-7-wherever-you-go-go-with-all-your-heart/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:46:39 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=9834 At the beginning of 2019, I sat in a Buddhist sanctuary, did meditation with my mother and other Buddhists at Kanchanaburi province of Thailand. During the night, a monk taught us various moral and religious teachings. One of them I remembered was about the value of life. Buddhism’s perspective is taught us to believe in […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/08/our-volunteers-diary-7-wherever-you-go-go-with-all-your-heart/feed/ 0 Our Volunteer’s Diary (6): Non-Stop Changing https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/08/our-volunteers-diary-6-non-stop-changing/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/08/our-volunteers-diary-6-non-stop-changing/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:29:31 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=9828 Being one of the Youth Changemaker of ASEAN foundation, I have been motivated and learned many varieties. Through this opportunity, it taught me the importance of being a social person and the real change maker with regards to responsibilities I had to undertake. Not until the end of project, I found some useful life experiences […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/08/our-volunteers-diary-6-non-stop-changing/feed/ 0 Our Volunteer’s Diary (4) https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/07/our-volunteers-diary-4/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/07/our-volunteers-diary-4/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:41:09 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=9740 The two weeks that I spent serving in the community of Ende has made me realize three important takeaways: (1) First is that kindness knows no language. My highly limited ability to speak the local language did not prevent me and my teammates from benefitting from the overly warm reception we received from the community. […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/07/our-volunteers-diary-4/feed/ 0 Our Volunteer’s Diary (3): The Change Starts With You https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/06/our-volunteers-diary-3-the-change-starts-with-you/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/06/our-volunteers-diary-3-the-change-starts-with-you/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:34:12 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=9730 Being a part of the youth changemaker has given me the chance to benefit the community. The experiences in helping Taman Bacaan Pelangi to increase the literacy rate in Ende have widened my knowledge in terms of facilitating with parents and kids. With the collaboration of 10 members of ASEAN Youth changemaker proving the BudiBaca […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/06/our-volunteers-diary-3-the-change-starts-with-you/feed/ 0 Our Volunteer’s Diary (2) : A Path Untold https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/06/our-volunteers-diary-2-a-path-untold/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/06/our-volunteers-diary-2-a-path-untold/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:15:41 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=9720 The path was bumpy with minor cracks and challenges, but beautiful in a way that I could never perfectly describe. The first step was filled with excitement, yet I was nervous because I never know what I might stumble upon. I decided to put my expectation aside, knowing that this would not be easy. I […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/06/our-volunteers-diary-2-a-path-untold/feed/ 0 Our Volunteer’s Diary (1) https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/05/our-volunteers-diary-1/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/05/our-volunteers-diary-1/#respond Tue, 05 Mar 2019 07:45:43 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=9710 A wonderful experience in Ende! It was a great pleasure for me to be a volunteer in Ende, which is a very far place from my country, Myanmar, together with my other 9 team mates from different ASEAN countries for two weeks. This was my first volunteering experience in overseas and so I had so […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2019/03/05/our-volunteers-diary-1/feed/ 0 The boys are back to Flores! https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2017/11/14/boys-back-flores/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2017/11/14/boys-back-flores/#respond Tue, 14 Nov 2017 04:00:30 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=7689 It’s summer break at the University! For Lukas, Leon and me (Henrik), the plan was crystal clear – we wanted to go back to the places where we lived for one year: The island of Flores. Back when we volunteered for Taman Bacaan Pelangi – Rainbow Reading Gardens, we fell in love with Flores – […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2017/11/14/boys-back-flores/feed/ 0 Student Volunteer : “Ma’am… Please Do Not Fire Me” https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2017/08/07/student-volunteer-maam-please-not-fire/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2017/08/07/student-volunteer-maam-please-not-fire/#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:38:23 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=7373/ One of the different issues to highlight in the library development program with Rainbow Reading Gardens is the involvement of every part in the school community, including principal, teachers, school committee as well as students. During the library establishment, librarians will be overwhelmed if they are to get things done all by themselves; therefore, in […]

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]]> https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2017/08/07/student-volunteer-maam-please-not-fire/feed/ 0 Volunteer’s Diary: Hello Miss, Good Morning! https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2016/09/27/volunteers-diary-hello-miss-good-morning/ https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/2016/09/27/volunteers-diary-hello-miss-good-morning/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2016 06:34:37 +0000 https://tamanbacaanpelangi.org/?p=5095 I spent two weeks in a beautiful  Werang village, two hours drive by car and three by local bus from Labuan Bajo,  Flores.  I worked for Taman Bacaan Pelangi. What a long name you have…in the library at the primary school of headmaster Hendrikus. I also stayed in his house, together with his lovely wife Veronica […]

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