New library for poor villagers

JAKARTA: Children from Cinamprak village, Mauk district, Tangerang, will soon be able to read good books when SD Inpres Setia Bakti elementary school opens its new library next month.

The RCTI-Hoka Hoka Bento Reading House, a modest room measuring 16 square meters, cost Rp 25 million, including for the books.

The money was given by the Yayasan Cahaya Hati Bangsa foundation to school principal Yaya S last week.

SD Inpres Setia Bakti, the only school in the poor fishing village with 1,262 families, is in a state of extreme disrepair. Only three of its rooms can be used and its three teachers, including Yaya, are paid just Rp 70,000 per month. --JP