Promote the Dignity of Forest Kids
Widie Nurmahmudy, 40, was concerned, a child who lived near the forest was unable to mention the names of trees.
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Widie Nurmahmudy, a former porter at a Bulog warehouse in Banyuwangi, East Java, is now a journalist. He established the Taman Rimba Reading Village (Batara) to support the education of children in Papring village, adjacent to the forest area in North Banyuwangi.
Widie Nurmahmudy, 40, was concerned, a child who lived near the forest was unable to mention the names of trees. Shortly after, he was shocked to discover that many children in his village had dropped out of school. In 2013, he met Rudianto, 8, at a Bulog warehouse in Banyuwangi while he worked as a laborer. Rudianto, who was supposed to be in Grade II, had dropped out of school and was working as a construction worker.
A year has passed and his sad encounter with Rudianto has not yet disappeared. He again met a small child who lives not far from where he lives. The child played in Widie\'s yard and later Widie took the boy for a tour of the garden around Kampung Papring.