On Tuesday 6 September 2011 three boxes of books were send to the Theological College, I S Kijne in Jayapura. Among the books was the 60 volume series of Great Books of Western Civilization, published by Britannica. The books were donated by the Foundation Books for the People (Boeken voor Mensen) in Maastricht, which also, generously, accepted to pay for the costs of sending the books.
Books for the People was established as a social service by the Rotary Club of Maastricht East to help worthy causes benefiting people by selecting and selling books.An additional goal of Books for the People is to enable people to acquire good books at a very low price.
Its last book sale took place on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November 2011 at the Maartens College, Noormannensingel, Maastricht.
The Foundation received in January 2011 an estimated 2,000 books in 45 boxes from the library of the Hendrik Kraemer Institute (HKI) in Utrecht. The beginning of next month these books will all be sorted out and then send to Indonesia. The Foundation is building up a long time relationship with the libraries of the Indonesian Christian University in the Moluccas (UKIM), the Theological College I S Kijne in Jayapura and the Theological College in Banjermasin. Medical books will be send to the Christian University in Tomohon, which has a medical school. The remainder of books in French, Dutch and German will be donated to the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Louvain (Leuven), (Belgium).
Op dit moment is de Stichting actief voor de uitbreiding van de bibliotheek van de Theologische Hogeschool Jakarta (STT Jakarta) met Nederlandstalige wetenschappelijke werken op de terreinen antropologie, ethnografie, geschiedenis, en missie en zending. De Stichting schaft de werken aan bij Nederlandse antiquaars, gespecialiseerd in Nederlands-Indië / Indonesië
Het LDI verleent hulp in de vorm van boeken aan particuliere (niet-overheids) bibliotheken
die door een noodsituatie (brand, oorlogsgeweld, natuurrampen enz) in de problemen zijn gekomen.
Het LDI geeft tevens hulp aan bibliotheken in regio’s waar de bevolking relatief
achter is wat betreft de ontwikkeling, zoals West-Papoea, Kalimantan, en West-Timor.
Yayasan LDI memberikan sejak tahun 2004 bantuan dalam bentuk buku-buku ilmiah kepada perpustakaan swasta yang datang dalam kesulitan oleh darurat (kebakaran, perang, bencana alam dll) seperti di Ambon.
Yayasan LDI juga memberikan bantuan kepada perpustakaan di daerah di mana penduduk mengalami kebelakangan yang relatif dalam pembangunan, misalnya di Papua Barat, Kalimantan dan Timor Barat.
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