Weekend library on the floor in Taipei train station / 北車地板圖書館 豐富東南亞移工心靈　　　　　　　　　　

The main hall of Taipei Main Station has become a weekend gathering place for many Indonesians working in Taiwan. Yet near the south-eastern corner of the station, a small group of them would gather in front of several suitcases of books every Sunday afternoon. Let's find out exactly what attracted them. Every weekend, migrant workers in Taiwan gather at Taipei Train Station. Here they make friends and catch up on each other's lives. But if you walk towards the south-eastern corner of the main hall, you will see a few suit cases lying around, all containing books written in Indonesian. This project, called "the library on the floor," is in fact the result of Taiwanese-Indonesian collaboration. ==TANTRI SAKHINA, Founder of Library on the Floor== I'd rather they spend time on books than just running around doing nothing. Reading is good for them, and if they run into trouble, they can come look for me here. After seven years of working as a caretaker in Taiwan, Tantri has become a mother figure for many young Indonesian expats. At first, she was the only one running a library here, but soon, she met a like-minded couple. ==LIAO YUN-CHAN, Founder of Library on the Floor== We already have a book store in Zhonghe called Brilliant Time, but getting there is difficult for many migrant workers. So we thought, maybe we should bring the books to where they gather, and when we came here, we saw Tantri was already here, and the three of us decided to do this together. After making new friends, Tantri got these new suitcases. ==CHANG CHENG, Founder of Library on the Floor== So we had these see-through cases. She used to have hers, but they were regular ones, and every weekend people thought she was running away. In fact, the whole idea of the library originated from a simple yet touching story. ==CHANG CHENG, Founder of Library on the Floor== We got to know an Indonesian girl called Erin. She had been in Taiwan for two to three years, but she rarely got time off. And she told us, if she could read, she would be made free. Last year, the number of Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan exceeded 250 thousand, but despite such a large local presence, books written in Indonesian are still hard to come by. ==RIRI, Library Goer== This one is about how us muslims should go about things. Because here in Taiwan, Indonesian books are hard to find. Most are written in Chinese, which we don't understand. ==SASA, Library Goer== I was a big reader in Indonesia. I've been in Taiwan for quite a while, and I rarely come across Indonesian books. Then I was here one day and I saw them. I asked, why are there so many books here? Can I borrow some? They said yes, just take a look. Nearby, a crowd begins to gather. And we are told it is one of Tantri's spontaneous workplace seminars. ==TANTRI SAKHINA, Founder of Library on the Floor== If we don't try to teach them about the workplace, when the run into problems, they won't know how to deal with them. Through reading, people are made free. The Library on the Floor in the hall of Taipei Train Station not only helps enrich the lives of migrant workers, but also brings people closer together in a busy and sometimes overwhelming city. REPORTER：JEFF CHANG 近年來，台北車站大廳成為移工聚集場所，每到週末，從印尼各地來到台灣工作的朋友，在這裡席地而座，形成特殊的城市景觀，不過就在大廳的一個角落，每個禮拜天下午，都會有一群人圍著書本，有說有笑，究竟是怎麼一回事，讓我們一起來一起究竟。 台北車站裡，每到假日都聚集了許多來自遠方移工，而走向廣場東南側，可以看到地上幾個皮箱，裡頭全是印尼文書籍，原來這是一座「台印合作」的地板圖書館，提供在台灣打拚的印尼朋友，重要的精神食糧。 ==地板圖書館發起人 TANTRI SAKHINA== 我喜歡他們看書 不要浪費時間 一直跑來跑去 沒有用 看書他們就比較可以厲害 如果有怎麼樣 如果有問題的話也可找我 來台灣擔任看護將近七年的Tantri，就像是媽媽一樣照顧著後進同胞，而一個人拖著皮箱來擺攤，沒想到在這裡，也遇見了台灣的有心人。 ==地板圖書館發起人 廖雲章== 我們一開始在中和燦爛時光 本來就有一個書店了 可是我們後來發現那個地方 其實對一般移工來說 交通不是那麼方便 所以就來這個地方 就發現她在擺攤 我們也在擺攤 就想說大家就一起吧 多了奧援，Tantri用的皮箱，也不一樣了。 ==地板圖書館發起人 張正== 我們有這種透明箱子 他本來用自己的行李箱 是不透明的 每個禮拜出門 人家都以為他要逃跑 不過地板圖書館的想法，最早來自一個簡單卻動人的故事。 ==地板圖書館發起人 張正== 一開始是認識一個印尼的朋友叫Erin 她在台灣工作兩三年都不太能放假 可是她告訴我們 如果她能夠看書的話 她就自由了 到去年底為止，在台灣的印尼移工已經超過25萬人，但在台灣，要找到印尼文寫的書，卻不是那麼容易。 ==圖書館讀者 RIRI== 這個裡面是讓我們知道 我們穆斯林是怎麼樣的 也是很開心啊 因為在台灣很少會有印尼的話 都很少的 大部份都用中文的 我們都看不懂嘛 ==圖書館讀者 莎莎== 我以前在印尼也喜歡看書 來台灣蠻久了 都沒有看到印尼文 我來這裡的時候 就看到的 我就問 這裡為什麼有那麼多書 我可不可以借 他們就說可以可以 先看一看 人群在圖書館一旁聚集，仔細一看Tantri已經開始就地講座，教年輕移工遇到問題的時候，怎麼用中文和僱主應對。 ==地板圖書館發起人 TANTRI SAKHINA== 如果我們沒有教他怎麼樣工作 有時候他們很困難嘛 有什麼問題 有什麼問題 他們就不會處理 台北車站的地板圖書館，不只豐富了異鄉遊子的心靈，也讓人與人之間的距離，更加靠近。 記者 張家福 劉漢麟 陳彥霖 採訪報導