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Volume 3 No.2, 2010 Jakarta making a difference life-changing gift Newsletter Rp. 5,000 Rp. 500,000 Alleviates the effects of malnutrition in a Pays for dance teacher for children in a Capacity Building Workshop child by providing a month’s worth of food community for one month. supplements to augment his diet Membayar guru tari untuk anak-anak di Mengurangi malnutrisi pada anak melalui komunitas selama 1 bulan pemberian suplemen makanan selama 1 a Multi-Purpose Venture bulan Rp. 500,000 Supplies the capital to enable a micro- he Capacity Building Workshop held in Cipayung university graduates who became resources and sat side by side Rp. 15,000 entrepreneur to start a business and make actually serves a multi-purpose objective”, says Patron with those of lower rank and education,” continued Mrs. Anie Purchases a children’s story book for a a decent living out of her work Tof the Wadah Foundation Mrs. Anie Hashim Hashim. Her view was that “if you want to create a strong community library Menyediakan modal untuk memulai usaha Djojohadikusumo who funded the 5-day event held at a youth society, the leader must be able to set an example” so as a Membeli sebuah buku cerita anak untuk mikro dan memperoleh penghasilan yang hostel, about an hour's drive from Jakarta, from April 11 to 15. sponsor she felt that she not only had to learn policies and taman bacaan masyarakat layak dari usahanya procedures to be applied but also how to implement them. Organised by the SOS Children's Villages Indonesia - Rp. 80,000 FSP(Family Strengthening Programme) and the Wadah SOS-FSP-Wadah Partnership Rp. 1,000,000 Foundation, the workshop was attended by coordinators and The concept of the partnership between SOS-FSP and Wadah Pays for the tutorials of a school child for a Purchases a sewing machine to empower field operators from their network throughout the country and is aimed to empower families and communities at the month an unemployed wife to use her skills to consisted of a series of classes to intensify their knowledge and grassroots levels to attain self-reliance so as to protect and care Membayar biaya kursus/bimbingan belajar generate income and improve the lives of skills. for their children and it is the duty of the coordinators to seorang anak sekolah selama 1 bulan her family recognize and manage every single family's needs. Membeli 1 buah mesin jahit untuk “This was just part of the aim of the workshop. What was more Rp. 150,000 memberdayakan isteri yang tidak memiliki important was the networking and sharing amongst them who Originally the 8 SOS Children's Villages namely in Lembang Provides the monthly living expenses of a pekerjaan menggunakan keterampilannya came from different areas, belonging to diverse races, religions (West Java), Cibubur (Greater Jakarta area), Semarang school teacher memperoleh penghasilan dan mengangkat and social and, educational levels. It was impressive to watch (Central Java), Tabanan (Bali), Maumere (Flores), Medan Menyediakan biaya hidup seorang guru kesejahteraan keluarganya them melting to become one,” said Mrs. Anie Hashim who (North Sumatra), Meulaboh (Aceh) and Banda Aceh had sekolah selama 1 bulan stayed at the hostel throughout the workshop. their own family based programmes. This was extended to the Rp. 1,000,000 Family Strengthening Programmes, now numbering 9 with “We had 193 participants, consisting of 170 coordinators and Yogyakarta, to be able to care for children who could not be Provides a month’s supply of medicines for Rp. 200,000 field workers, some just of school level but who are truly admitted into the villages. They included children from a community clinic Pays for music teacher for children in a dedicated to education for children and are hardworking - (like impoverished families, abused children, orphans, children of community for one month. Membeli persediaan obat untuk klinik myself as an example, admitted Mrs. Anie Hashim) - and many single parents and street children. Membayar guru musik untuk anak-anak di pedesaan selama 1 bulan komunitas selama 1 bulan After the official opening of the Capacity Building workshop, participants pose with Mr. and Mrs. Hashim Djojohadikusumo (centre) and National Director of SOS Villages Indonesia Gregor Hadi Nitihardjo (in stripped Batik shirt). WADAH Foundation Yayasan WADAH Titian Harapan Patron : Anie Hashim Djojohadikusumo (WADAH Foundation) MidPlaza 2 Level 2 Advisory Board : Dewi Djarot Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 10-11 Janti Notowidigdo Jakarta 10220 Indonesia Phone: +62 21 570 7789 Tuti B. Wahyudi Fax +62 21 570 7630 Executive Board Email: [email protected] Chairperson : Retnaning Tyas www.wadah.or.id Secretary : Paula Stella Nova Published by WADAH Foundation Copyright by WADAH Foundation Treasurer : Yekti P Suradji Editor: Daisy Hadmoko Creative Design: Omar Satriyo Vice Treasurer : Jane Maramis Production: PT. PernikDivaNirwana 12 www.pernik.co.id 1 Topics Mrs. Indrajani Prawoto, National Coordinator of Wadah-FSP First aid, recognizing children with problems, marketing, said that actually every SOS children's village has a family- microfinancing, public speaking, making reports, using the based community programme and the Family Strengthening internet, media, the techniques of digital photography and Programme is more recent. She said that this second workshop cinematography, integrated agriculture were part of the was also meant to evaluate the results of last year and for the programme of the workshop . coordinators from each location to share their experiences and Coordinators and field workers share and learn together at informal sessions. exchange case studies with the others. This included Not just depending on funding from the SOS and Wadah, the partnerships they had forged with outsiders, such as participants were exhorted to learn entrepreneurship and When the Wadah Foundation decided to support SOS in approaches to their jobs besides sharing their experiences with government agencies, NGOs (non-governmental search for alternative channels to raise funds. Tagana, the 2007, it went into a partnership with the FSP as its objectives each other. Divided into 2 groups, the first were the 46 organizations) and other organizations and sharing approaches National Disaster Relief Agency of the Social Affairs ministry was in keeping with its own concept of empowering women coordinators in the Bahagia (Happy) group consisting of the they had made and whom were accessible. They also learnt of instructed the participants on the steps to be taken in such an and helping children at the grassroots. Wadah already had its strategists who plan development programmes, and evaluate government policies particularly those to do with rights for emergency situations and suggested one dedicated person to be own projects in the Jakarta area supporting and educatiing progress. The Ceria(Bright) group of 124 field operators were women and children. singled out as the first contact person and leader in a group. underprivileged children in slum areas in Penjaringan, Bekasi, those who work with families, guiding them in the upbringing Kampung Beting and Parung and, as said Mrs.Hashim, the of their children until they are self-reliant. For the field operators with direct contact with families, it was The input received at the workshop would instill in the partnership enabled it to introduce some aspects of the FSP important for them to recognize the potentials of families and coordinators and field operators the necessary knowledge and which were applicable to Wadah's own methods and principles. For instance, Mr. Andi Saputra from Meulaboh, Aceh, which communities and what could be developed according to their skills to be further transferred to their co-workers on return to was completely wiped out by the tsunami in 2004 said what was needs through training and motivation. Each location could their bases. This, in turn, would be applied to help strengthen FSP In Yogyakarta specially beneficial to him at the workshop was being able to have one to three of these field operators assisted by other families and communities so as to improve their economy, in The earthquake which struck Yogyakarta in 2006 had raised meet other coordinators and share experiences, A coordinator volunteers depending on the number of families in a FSP order to reach the goal of self reliance. social consciousness and with it an awareness of helping the from the SOS Children's Village-FSP, Mr. Saputra could location, victims, particularly for trauma-healing of children. Separately compare the obstacles he faced and how to tackle them. The strategies and skills learnt and how they are applied at the Ms Martanti Endah Lestari (better known as “Tata”) a lecturer The coordinators as strategic planners evaluate the Child FSP locations will come under scrutiny in another 3 years when at the Gajah Mada University, who was already involved in It was the session on “Sharing” where a participant from each Status Index (CSI) to see if a family needs help on a holistic an impact evaluation is carried out by an independent social work, drew on her students to help and this laid the basis FSP location could stand up and relate what he or she approach including education, economy, mental and organization, concluded Mr. Nitihardjo. for the large number of volunteers which became affiliated to experienced, the challenges and discuss solutions. healthcare or if it can be treated independently with just FSP. schooling. They try to get assistance for the families to be National Character Building Ms Maria Kristina from Maumere, Flores had been with the documented officially so that they are able to access One important aspect of the Family Strengthening Programme “Tata came with a lot of programmes and knew every 'switch' SOS children's village there for 15 years and has 1,408 children government health care and schools. Social communication is was National Character Building.