Impacting Lives,
Transforming
Communities
Introducing Cinta Baca TV!
Introducing Cinta Baca TV!
Cinta Baca is rapidly expanding its online resources to extend its reach beyond the areas where Cinta Baca has a physical presence. Now, many of our programs are available to be freely accessed wherever you may be. The resources are for children, parents, teachers, students… in short, anyone with an interest in literacy.
Najwa Shihab’s visit to Cinta Baca Medan
Besides being a TV personality, Najwa Shihab was also an Indonesian Literacy Ambassador (2016-2020). Najwa Shihab visited the Cinta Baca Library in Medan on March 16, 2017 as part of her role as a Literacy Ambassador, visiting various libraries and reading posts in North Sumatra.
Testimony of a Cinta Baca Reading Post Volunteer
Located in Tanjung Morawa, North Sumatra, this dedicated volunteer shares how she runs a Cinta Baca Reading Post in her village, and why she thinks the Cinta Baca programs are important.
Our Stories
How To Brush Your Teeth
At the fourth session of the Smart Health program at the Syafina Reading Post in Tanjung Morawa, North Sumatra, participants were invited to discuss oral hygiene. “We learned the proper way to brush our teeth and identified [...]
Smart Learning Program in Sulawesi
The Smart Learning program at the Tunas Bangsa Reading Post in Sulawesi have now reached their seventh session. Participants happily shared that their children are now hooked on having books read to them; many of [...]
Wisata Pustaka
The Cinta Baca Library offers schools in the surrounding area the opportunity to visit and enjoy the books. For example, Imam Muhtar Kindergarten in Bogor, West Java, visited the Cinta Baca City Library in Bogor. The teacher from Class B took [...]
Closing Two Reading Posts in North Sumatra
On March 30,2026, Cinta Baca in Medan, North Sumatra, closed two of its reading posts: the Oma Zemi Reading Post and the Tebu Hijau Reading Post, each located about an hour away from the Cinta Baca City Library in Medan. [...]
Playing Chess in the Library
During the fasting month, many school children are returning home earlier than usual, including school children in the city of Bogor, West Java. While waiting for the time to break their fast, many children come [...]
We Miss Cinta Baca
When Cinta Baca staff visited the Aisyah Reading Post in Aceh, the children welcomed them enthusiastically. Apparently, they thought that Cinta Baca staff would come to read stories to them, something that Cinta Baca staff routinely do once a month. “We didn't go to the reading post to [...]
Our
Impact
TOTAL VISITORS
(2017-2025)
The number of people that have
used the facilities in our Cinta
Baca libraries and Reading Posts
throughout Indonesia
SMART PROGRAMS
(2017 – 2025)
Lives that have been transformed thanks to our holistic approach to Community Development
