Quality Education for Children in Indonesia

Dear generous donors,

We are so excited to let you know that the YUM Community Library in Cipanas has been chosen as the Best Community Library in all of West Java. For your information, the province of West Java is almost as big as the Netherlands (35,378km2), but with 3 times more inhabitants (46.3 million people).

In August, the YUM Cipanas Project Manager was invited to receive the award directly from the West Java Governor himself! All of the hard work of our wonderful teachers and staff, our well-equipped facilities and the various educational programs that we have created has finally been noticed and rewarded by the government. What an incredible feeling!

This achievement could not have been possible without all the donors and partners (including YOU!) who have trusted us in continuing to run the library project. Our wish is that we can operate the library for as long as possible so we are able to give more access to quality education for the people in the area.

As usual, please kindly consider telling your friends and family about this project. We are still in urgent need of donors!

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Dear generous supporter,

First of all, allow us to express our gratitude for your generous support for YUM’s educational projects in Cipanas. The Library and Early Childhood Learning Center have been very successful projects and we plan on continuing to run them for as long as we can, with your help of course!

The YUM Community Library in Cipanas not only provides books for children but also several varied educational activities such as Drawing and Coloring, Storytime, English club, Science Club, Computer club, Health and Nutrition program, etc. One of the children’s most favorite activities though is Arts and Crafts!  They learn to make creative things from used and waste materials, such as boxes, bottles, newspapers, remains of fabric and others.  This activity is held every Monday afternoons. Our librarian, Ms. Agnes, always has new ideas to make from these materials, as you will see in the photos below. Here are a few things the children have to say about our activities:

“I love to follow different activities each time I visit the YUM Library. My favorite activity is Computer Club. I am really interested in learning computer and in mastering it.  My other favorite activity is Arts and Crafts. I have been able to make greeting cards, a key holder and many other creative things.” Sutisna, 6^th grade

“There are so many interesting books to read in the YUM Library.  The borrowing time here is longer than the library at my school. Therefore I often bring more than one book home. My favorite activity is Arts and Crafts. My friends and I come to the YUM Library regularly to read and do several activities. Last Monday we learned to make a brooch from the remains of flannel fabric.   We can bring our works home and show it to our family.” Ayu, 6^TH grade.

Thank you for your trust in us. If you can, please share this report with your friends and family so we can continue to accommodate children in our library, improving their literacy and encouraging them to be more creative and confident.

Kind regards,

The YUM Team