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Dear Supporters,

We’re happy to share another update on our work in Eastern Indonesia with you!

Timor Suka Membaca 2
Since September, we’ve entered the next phase of our Timor Suka Membaca program (East Indonesia Loves Reading). With several years of experience and a second office established in the region, Eastern Indonesia continues to be one of our key focus areas. Last school year, we ended the first year of Timor Suka Membaca program with the Pesta Literasi (Literacy Festival), which you can read more about in our previous newsletter. We’re excited to build on that success as we continue the program into its second year. This extension allows us to strengthen partnerships with local governments, reach new schools, and further spread the love of reading.

Training
In addition to this full-year program, we’re also grateful to provide training for volunteers and charities who also want to use our materials. In recent months, we’ve had several of these sessions, which have been inspiring for both our team and the teachers (volunteers) we’ve trained.

Looking Ahead
As we approach December, we’re preparing for the new year. We’re working hard to find new funding—both locally and internationally—to continue training teachers and volunteers, to reach more children in Eastern Indonesia. If you or someone you know would like to support this important work, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us!

Thank you, as always, for your support in our work here in Eastern Indonesia.

Salam Literasi,

Dear Supporters,

We're pleased to share another update on our work in Eastern Indonesia with you. And this is a special update, as over the past few months we reached a big milestone to celebrate the end of Phase 1 of our ongoing project in Kupang, NTT: Pesta Literasi (The Literacy Celebration).

Pesta Literasi
Last June, we brought together children, teachers, and government officials to celebrate the program's results of last schoolyear. Why? Because we are grateful for the hard work of the teachers over the past year and the progress the children have made throughout this year’s program. Our endline testing data shows the positive changes in the schools where we have carried out interventions, and that children in our partner schools are making greater progress in learning to read than children in similar schools that have not received our program. That is a reason for a celebration, right?
We also want to include local government officials in the celebration so that they celebrate the impact of our partnership too. It was encouraging for the teachers and our team to see their positive reactions to the results. And we trust that this helps our partnership and that we can continue to work together in the coming years to bring real change to Kupang and across Eastern Indonesia.

Preparation for new program
A result of this partnership is that we have the opportunity to start a new program with interventions in a new district in East Indonesia. Looking back over the past years, we see that, through partnership, we have grown in this particular area of Indonesia. It is an area with great needs but also great potential for impact. That is why we are thankful to start an intervention program with 8 new schools this month. As usual, the teachers at these schools will be trained in the Saya Suka Membaca materials, and we will provide the schools with books and other reading materials to foster a love for reading.

And the best part is, your donation makes this work possible. Thank you so much; it means a lot to the teachers, the students, and our team. If you know someone who might also be interested in supporting our work, please let them know!

Salam Literasi,