BALIGE (June 12, 2022) - Located in the yard of the Sibolahotang SAS Village Office, Balige District, Toba Regency, North Sumatra Province, Toba Family Hope Program (PKH) held a children's literacy week activity for the KPM PKH Toba children, by targeting elementary school-age children. This activity was carried out to increase the awareness of PKH Toba children, and how important it is to read and recognize reading materials. In terms of providing reading materials in the Mobile Library car, this activity is supported by the Toba Regency Library Service.

 

"This activity, carried out, apart from the low literacy level of children, is also expected to provide a reasoning stimulant for KPM PKH Toba children, thus making them intelligent," said PKH Toba Coordinator, Rammen Andino Sinaga, at the Activity KPM PKH Toba Children's Literacy Week.

 

Meanwhile, the Social Companion for Pintu Pohan Meranti Sub-district, Denty Monica, in her report as the chief executive of the activity, said that the activity was attended by 145 children from Balige District, and also invited literacy activists from Samosir Regency, Pandri Sitanggang.

 

In his remarks, the literacy activist, Pandri Sitanggang, said that this activity was sustainable, not merely ceremonial, "There must be PKH reading gardens in every village initiated by PKH Companions to become a Literacy Cultivation Roadmap," he said.