There have been a lot of things going on at Cinta Baca West Java in honor of Indonesia’s Child Day (Hari Anak Indonesia) which officially fell on July 1, 2012. Besides activities for kids there have also been programs for parents and a number of seminars for educators. Here are examples of some of the activities held in the Western Java region:

  • A drawing competition using the Paint Brush computer programs (June 30, 2012)

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  • A nutritional seminar focusing on the influence nutrition has on the physical growth and mental development of young children (July 9, 2012)

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  • A seminar for parents about a good and healthy diet (July 9, 2012)
  • A seminar for teachers (July 11, 2012)
  • REPLICA, a special “amal” program together with students of the Regina Pacis Bogor High School (July 13, 2012)

In addition to these programs, Cinta Baca’s Community Empowerment programs continue to work with students, teachers and parents in a number of other ways throughout the region. This expansion of the work continues despite the small staff of Cinta Baca in western Java.

Reading Post Autonomy
The releasing of Reading Posts for the community to operate autonomously has officially begun in West Java this month. All Reading posts that were opened more than a year ago will no longer be receiving the monthly subsidy from Cinta Baca for local operators. It has been a real blessing to see how local volunteer operators and Cinta Baca field staff have been working so well together as these posts move into this new phase of operation. Local operators have had a positive response to this program and most are planning to continue to manage the reading posts currently under their care, even without this subsidy.
As of July 2012, Cinta Baca in West Java operates 73 libraries, 65 of which are Reading Posts, 7 are Reading Gardens (Village Libraries) and 1 is a City Library. 68 of these libraries grew out of Reading Gardens and Reading Posts more than a year ago and are already self sustaining and no longer receiving a monthly subsidy for their local operators.

Rebuilding Ciapus Branch
Cinta Baca has also continued to raise funds to rebuild the Ciapus branch that was damaged by floods. At this time we have already raised some 7 million Rp in cash and another 30 million in books, but still need an addition 63 million.

Family Reading Program (FRP)
The Family Reading Program continues to operate and spread in West Java. As of July, CB Western Java has already opened 46 (FRP) in West Java and Banten provinces.