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The Unlikely Librarian

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In an Indonesian fishing village where afternoons are spent napping, one fisherman is losing sleep so kids can read. You can help this unlikely librarian put more books in the hands of more children in Indonesia through Rainbow Reading Gardens at http://tamanbacaanpelangi.com/

Film by Peter Wall.

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