In 2016 Cinta Baca Medan went to elementary and pre-schools in the Sunggal sub-districk to do a research on school libraries. They found that, out of 41 schools, only 9 schools had libraries. During the survey, one of the schools, Rapha preschool, communicated that they felt the need of having a library in their school. So on July 24th, Rapha preschool decided to open a reading post in their school.
The reading post will help impoverished children and families who live around the school to have an easy access to books. Reading post is a library in the smallest scale facilitated and managed by the locals. A reading post has reading groups and non-formal educational programs to encourage reading interest.
