Your rubbish for our books: Indonesian library creates literacy from litter

A novel initiative by Java librarian sees children cleaning up the environment in exchange for books

10 November 2021 - 19:23 By Tommy Ardiansyah and Yuddy Cahya Budiman

A librarian in Indonesia’s Java island is lending books to children in exchange for rubbish they collect in a novel way to clean up the environment and get the children to read more...

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