Since January this year Cinta Baca Aceh has started to open smaller libraries in the villages. The direct benefit of the learning centre and the city libraries for the people in the city has prompted us to initiate the opening of three smaller libraries in three different villages. These three Reading Posts that consist of two hundred books was opened in March and was hopefully intended to help villagers to have access to reading materials. Since the opening of the three Reading posts, the villagers, especially children and students have got a lot of advantages by attending some educational programs and activities we hold at the Reading posts. Last month, some of the activities we hold included teaching alphabet for little children and helping them to read. Competition for making good summary from the books that being checked out from the Reading Posts was held for junior high and elementary school students.

We are so happy to see that the community now appreciate the Reading Posts more than they did in the first two months. Now, more parents encourage their children to come to the Reading Posts and more people have accepted and respected us for our work here.  We feel great because the people finally see that what we are doing in their area is something very important for their community.

Here are some testimonies from the people who regularly come to visit the Reading Posts:

1. “I know that I do not have sufficient education background because I did not go to high school, that's why I try to make the best use of this Reading Post. I really want to take advantage from the books you have provided in our area.”
2. “I am really helped by the availability of the books in this Reading Post. I have to do several assignments given by my school and I often need a number of good books to help me finished the assignments. Unfortunately, my school do not have the collection of books that I need. So, when I found some books that I needed at this Reading Post, I was so thankful. Would you please provide more children books and books about children psychology?”
3. “My life has changed since I came to this Reading Post. I used to get bored staying at home doing nothing. Now, any time I feel the boredom, I just come to the Reading post and check out books.”