Setting the script in Marapu Land, Sumba Island, is an important step to improve children's literacy in East Nusa Tenggara. Through a balanced reading program supported by the Indonesian Children's Literacy Foundation (YLAI), the reading skills of grade 1-3 students in West, Central and East Sumba have improved significantly. The literacy challenge in Sumba is still great, but with teacher training and intensive mentoring, a generation of great readers is starting to grow. Let's support the literacy movement in Sumba so that Indonesian children are smarter and ready for the future!