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The project
Significance and aims
Results
Plans and needs



Project name: Wale Tu'ana Library ('Big House' in the local Tumbulu language)		Location: Tomohon, North Sulawesi

The project

The library manages a collection of 12,000 books, including those on the subjects of language, environment, culture, law and the Minahasa people in Sulawesi. It also publishes its own books; for example, in 2010 it produced three books on the history of the Minahasa. In 2009, an educational regional novel and various schoolbooks were published in the local Tumbulu language and distributed to all schools. The library also has a collection of historical images. Finally, the library coordinates English lessons and awards and administers scholarships by Masarang.

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Significance and aims of the project

Collecting, managing and exhibiting the heritage of local residents

Allowing easy access to knowledge by which the local people can inform and develop themselves

Employing traditional knowledge and laws to better protect nature.

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Results

The library collects and preserves the heritage of local people, with has the additional benefit that Masarang and its sustainable projects occupy a central place in the local community

Making accessible and promoting knowledge of nature, culture and history, allows local people develop themselves. Through this education, sustainability gains a higher priority

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Future plans and needs

Computers are needed so that people can search for information online
The collection should be supplemented; for example, old books about Indonesia are needed

Project leaders
William Smits
Ben Palar

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