Erin Sumarsini, Gemas Literary Movement
Erin Sumarsini tries to create a family link app, so that children’s and parents’ accounts are connected. In this way, they can monitor whatever is seen and read by their children in the cyber world.
Erin Sumarsini
Reading and writing has made the life of Erin Sumarsini, 43, even more meaningful. The former migrant worker in Taiwan is attempting to share her fondness for reading and writing with others. Along with her fellow migrant workers, Eric initiated Gemas or Gerakan Masyarakat Sadar Baca dan Sastra(literacy-conscious movement) and opened a library for housewives.
Since 2015, Erin and Nanik Riayati, a migrant worker from Kroya (Cilacap), along with 23 migrant workers in Taiwan, have set up five libraries, called Library for Mom, in several regions. It began in Erin’s village in Karangjati, Sampang district, Cilacap regency, Central Java. Later, they built the same libraries in Kediri, East Java; Lampung; and Kroya and Surakarta, Central Java.