Project name: Words on Wheels (Bandung)
Host partners: West Java Library Board (BAPUSIPDA) and UBS AG Indonesia
Singapore partner: National Library Board Singapore
Duration: 2012 - 2015
Outcomes: Fitted with over 1,000 English and Bahasa Indonesia books, plus internet and multimedia facilities, our mobile library travelled to 15 schools in Bandung on a daily rotational basis during weekdays. It reached out to students from different socio-economic backgrounds and who had varying levels of access to reading and educational materials. Over the course of this initiative, 200 volunteers travelled with the mobile library, conducting educational activities that gave students a variety of learning experiences.