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Buk bilong Pikinini (books for children) is an independent not-for-profit organisation based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, which aims to establish children's libraries and foster a love of reading and learning. In PNG there are few functioning libraries outside the school system and most children do not have access to books at all.
The purpose of Buk bilong Pikinini is to focus on early childhood learning as a key to literacy. Only half of school-age children go to school and the literacy rate in PNG is well under the 50% officially claimed. We aim to bring the books to the children via the creation of small Buk bilong Pikinini libraries in community based localities such as near settlements, clinics and market places. We collect books from private individuals and publishing houses and seek to obtain funding for our libraries through various fundraising efforts as well as through corporate sponsorships.
Buk bilong Pikinini was established in 2007 and has so far set up eight children's libraries with many more to come. You can visit all of our libraries by going to the Libraries category in the drop down menu. Please support us in our effort to make PNG children happy readers!
These days you are more likely to see children lining up outside a tech store rather than outside a library. Not so in Papua New Guinea - Buk bilong Pikinini libraries are literally bursting with children! We counted over 20,000 library visits to our eight libraries in March alone. Every day of the week offers Literacy- and Numeracy-based Learning programme with a syllabus that has been especially developed for Papua New Guinea. The programme is designed to provide the children with the basic necessary skills, such as letter and number recognition, pencil grip and discipline, to successfully start school. We aim to inspire the children to pick up the reading habit and keep it for life!
Buk bilong Pikinini re-opened the Koki Markets Community Library in November 2011 previously established by Dame Carol Kidu. Buk bilong Pikinini is now going to create a pilot programme of adult literacy to be available at the Koki Markets Library and which will be called Buk bilong Papamama. 
Buk bilong Pikinini opened it's 8th library on the of October 2011 at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) campus in Port Moresby. This library is sponsored by Oxford University Press and Hastings Deering. The new library is already bustling with energetic children