Pondok Baca Rotary System

1 . AIMS

· To increase children reading interest
· To make Pondok Baca, as an interesting place for local community
· To increase society's awareness in reading

2 . TARGET

People live in remote and suburb areas and outskirt parts

3 . LOCATION

For the first time, location chosen that’s easier to be reached by every Rotary Club. To maintain the early stage of monitoring system, each Rotary Club suppose to select easy location
Example :

· A complex of primary school.
· Communities area such as RT – RW.
· The worship places.

4 . USABLE SPACE AND SUPPLY

Rotary Club does not set up the building for the small libraries. We only provide based on support or cooperative work. The MoU must be signed first for running the complete 5 years of Pondok Baca Program. A dependence individual will be needed as a correspondent between small libraries (Pondok Baca) and theRotary Club
The reading corner should be better if the place have a good air circulation, clean and provide bright lighting

5 . PERSONNEL

There must be two Rotarians in charge to manage the Pondok Baca during five years. Every six months, the Pondok Baca have to make report to continue the program to Rotary Club involved The small library must select three members of management :

· Chairperson
· Secretary
· Treasurer

Two assistants will be needed to operate the Pondok Baca activities. The previously must be trained to have a basic knowledge of library. Accordingly, they will be given monthly based salary

6. OUR FOUNDATION STRATEGY

· For the first year, we support books with $ 575 USD and the for the second year $ 585 USD For the third, forth, and the fifth year, did not know yet.
· Help the assistants who run the Pondok Baca’s fee every month during the five years @ Rp 100.000,-.
· Only for the first year, we support for making three bookshelves with $ 150 USD and support the training on basic library’s skill, (2 Pondok Baca assistants @ Rp. 200.000,-).

. Supporting books for the second year will start at the first of the Rotary Year in July.

7. OUR FOUNDATION ASPIRATION

Within five years, we wish every Pondok Baca could expand and succeed in getting their autonomy

8. THE STRATEGY OF ROTARY CLUB’S PARTICIPATION

As we know, the literacy promotion in recent and following years, will become one of the main agendas of Rotary International. Likewise, we also acknowledgement that there’s need to increase our children potential in improving their future, particularly what it takes in the globalization era.
Thus, we must start from now on, to help them by increasing their reading interest so that they can grasp something better and come out of the box.

9. WHAT CAN BE DONE

· Variety of books. It will be good to balance the selection of books, such as formal

education, popular knowledge, good comics, novel, hobby books, religious books,

music, sports, reference books and others.
· Pondok Baca gives away member card.
· Pondok Baca gives away small award for the best member / reader of the month.
· Pondok Baca’s book keeper or treasurer who is in charge in the school areas and

community areas, must be a dependence individual.
· To assist the Pondok Baca finance, we would be glad to receive donation and

contribution from Rotarians or anyone who visit the library.

10. OUR FOUNDATION AND ITS ASSOCIATES

· We would like to get regular report based on six months of our Pondok Baca’s

member’s activity. It’s important to make decision of any progress of each Pondok

Baca.
· We are looking forward to share the experiences, thoughts and ideas of our Pondok

Baca’s members. By setting up regular meeting.
· We would like to discuss proposed events to make the involvement of Pondok Baca’s

members throughout the D3400.

Alamat: Jl. Taman Cibeunying Selatan no 39 Bandung 40114

T/F. +62227279507

Email: pondokbacarotary@yahoo.com

lies_nusyirwan@yahoo.com

Bandung , 4th March 2006