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December 2018 | Vol 20December 2018 | Vol. 9 18 2 | Wadah Chronicles | April 2018 December 2018 | Wadah Chronicles | 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Message from the Wadah President Message from the Wadah President From the Editor’s Desk 3 From the Editor’s Desk Dear Wadah Chronicles Readers and Friends, ffective communication, close coordination, regular interaction, and diligent At the Forefront of the Future: EDITORIAL implemention of Wadah programs and activities are the active ingredients 4 (The Would-Be) "Solar Engineers" from oodbye 2018, and Welcome 2019! We all of Wadah’s success! Alor and Koa Publishing & Copyright WADAH Foundation know that there is no instant solution when Editor Alfredo P. Torno III E we talk about issues concerning people YAD Editor Zul Herman Anyone who gets to attend or join a Wadah meeting would definitely hear Wadah National Meeting: Graphic Design & Layout Alodie Faye Torno someone uttering the words, “Komunikasi, Koordinasi, Interaksi dan Kerjakan” or 7 Gdevelopment. “There is more to this than meets the Preparing for the Years to Come eye,” is a well-known phrase that very well fits with "KKIK" in short. In English, it’s “Communication, Coordination, Interaction and WADAH FOUNDATION Action or CCIA.” These words have actually become the guiding principle in Wadah. Impressions: RAKERNAS 2018 what we are doing in Wadah. Thus, we never stop 12 discussing, searching and finding ways to address Patron Hashim Djojohadikusumo Absence of one of these four elements may mean disaster or failure of the program. Advisory Board Dewi Djarot In the same manner that when all four elements were conducted effectively and WADAH FOUNDATION: them. This year, we conducted our National Meeting Tuti Mashuri properly, it would more likely turn out to be a success. 17 An Official Member of J-WEL thrice for various levels. Our first and second National Justi Josopandojo meeting or RAKERNAS involved the Head Office President Anie Djojohadikusumo executives, regional and district coordinators. For our Executive Director Retnaning Tyas At the recent Wadah National Meeting held in November 2018, those words A Blessing To Remember: A Report Secretary Paula Stella Landowero 18 third and most recent RAKERNAS, we have included reverberated as everyone feels, believes, and adheres to them. From the on the Accreditation Process of PAUD Treasurer Lilik Juniarti our field coordinators, and district administrative staff. Our RAKERNAS was not administrative staff to the Field Coordinators, District Coordinators, to the Regional HUMUS Bekasi only aimed to discuss our plans and programs for the incoming year, but more Coordinators and even those in the Head Office, all agree that “KKIK or CCIA” are importantly to reflect on our past performances. WADAH INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE very important in fulfilling their tasks. 19 Uniting Hearts for Lombok (WIC) Last August, the MIT-Jameel World Education (J-WEL) Laboratory officially Chairperson Jenifer Gilio Studies show that the success of a business could be attributed to a well-planned Community Economic Empowerment Co-Chairperson Alfredo Torno III 20 announced Wadah Foundation as its latest member. Our certificate of Babli Kalha communication strategy and 70% of why businesses fail are due to the lack or Through Joint Savings and Loan Program membership was handed over to us at the 3rd J-WEL Week in Boston last October. Members Carol Butera absence of a proper communication strategy. We all know that miscommunication (UBSP) On September 26, we sent another batch of five (5) solar grandmama trainees Farhani Grace is mostly likely to occur when there is no proper coordination and interaction. Ian Rose to India for a six-month training on Solar Electrification. This was again made BRIGADA ESKWELA MISSION Jane Hawkins possible through the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) of the Linda Linsmayer With Wadah Foundation’s steady growth and achievements for the past 10 years, 22 At Paril Elementary School Indian Government in cooperation with the Barefoot College International (BCI). Margaret Connor it has become even more evident to everyone at Wadah Foundation that at all Mary Beth Lopresti levels, there is a need to improve not just their communication skills but also their Neeru Singh 23 Wadah Global Gathering: interpersonal skills. Everyone agrees that each one should be able to cope with all A Soul-Shaking Experience Truly, we would never have accomplished all of these by ourselves alone. We Rasmini Gardner therefore would like to acknowledge all of your support, and especially the Timothy Stanton the developments, progress and opportunities within and outside of Wadah. Thus, Tina Ferreros at the end of Wadah’s National Meeting last November, it has been the resolve of Our Loving Neighbor, Indonesia guidance from our Creator. We continue to ask and pray for His grace to be reign 24 upon us all for this coming year and beyond! Wadah management to focus on strengthening its human capital in order to be more effective in delivering its services. 26 Character Building Through Pencak Silat Looking forward for your continued support on all of our endeavors in 2019! Like/Follow us on: This 2019, we can then expect even greater developments, improvements and YAD Dharmasraya Sumatran Tiger 28 achievements from Wadah Foundation. For after all, Wadah believes that the only Rehabilitation Center (PR-HSD) Wadah.Foundation @wadahfoundation constant thing in this world in order to progress is change. Giving Back Made Easy Very truly yours, 31 @wadahfoundation This edition of the Wadah Chronicles gives you a glimpse of what Wadah has wadahfoundation 32 Help Change Someone's Future accomplished and what it plans to do in the coming years. Donate through PayPal: Happy reading everyone! www.paypal.me/wadahfoundation Anie Djojohadikusumo Wadah President Alfredo Torno III Wadah Foundation Editor celebrates its CERTIFICATE NO.: 17ACM4432Q achievements from its formation until 2018. Yayasan WADAH Titian Harapan (WADAH Foundation) Photos courtesy of: Jl. Penjernihan II/7, Bendungan Hilir Alfredo Torno III Qang Jaka (Unsplash) Jakarta 10210, Indonesia Alodie Faye Torno Robby Reppa Phone : +62 21 5799 2162 Gretchen Arcipe Wadah Foundation Archives Email : [email protected] J-WEL RMIT Official Photos Yohanes Ghewa Nyoman Arya Subamia Zul Herman Website : www.wadahfoundation.or.id 4 | Wadah Chronicles | December 2018 December 2018 | Wadah Chronicles | 5 AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE FUTURE (The Would-Be) “Solar Engineers” from Alor and Koa BY YAN GHEWA Photo Above: The Solar Grandmamas visited the "Rumah WADAH" before their departure to India he future" is a phrase which is often uttered by everyone. Most They deserve to be happy because at their age, they still have a THE SOLAR GRANDMAMAS " often, it becomes a goal, a guideline, and also as a motivation bright future ahead of them. "Being at the forefront of the future," in life. “The future” frequently is a part of the theme in many what would that mean to them? Each one of them exclaimed that On 26th September 2018, Wadah Foundation sent the second batch Tseminars, yet for some it remains to be a dream and buried in the they never thought that one day they would ever do something of five (5) grandmamas to India to pursue a solar electricity training at deepest part of an individual. For the 5 grandmamas from 2 villages else other than living their simple life as rice farmers working in the Barefoot College, India. Let us get to know them all and find out what in Alor Island and Koa village in East Nusa Tenggara, their future, their ricefield, working on their garden, tending the kitchen, fetching their aspirations are after attending the 6-month training on Solar dreams, would soon become a reality. The five grandmamas, Sara, water from deep wells, and looking after their children. For them, Elelctrification and Rainwater Harvesting in Tilonia, India: Nora and Merry from Alor Island, Yohana and Rika from Timor Island like for most of the people in their villages, that is their future. Today, are currently knitting their future in the real world. Barefoot College there’s a brighter hope to change that. They would be learning about in Tilonia Ajmer, Rajasthan, India is now the pit stop as they continue solar electricity with 61 other women from all over the world. This their journey reaching for their future and that of their communities’. opportunity is like a great miracle for them. Because of this, they are Yohana Franklin The training program runs from September 21, 2018 to March 16, determined to take on the opportunity seriously and become skillful 2019. to help change the course of their future and that of their villages. Yohana Franklin, a 42-year-old mother, married to Daniel Djanggo (59), hails from Koa Village in the Regency of Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS). Who are they? Why were they selected as trainees to become solar A huge thanks to the Government of India who has awarded the The couple has 5 sons and 2 daughters. Of their 7 children, 2 are still technicians? These are the two most frequently asked questions by ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) scholarship to the in elementary, 1 in junior high school, whilst their other 4 children have the people in the village and even at the airports when they learned 5 women, and to Barefoot College International for this wonderful dropped out of school. Two of them were elementary drop outs and the that Sara, Nora, Merri, Yohana and Rika will take part in the training opportunity. Their names may not be listed on the list of famous other two dropped out of Junior high school. in India. Their responses are simple: “We are just ordinary housewives people, but for Yayasan Wadah Titian Harapan, their names will and women who only know how to tend to our homes, farms, and go forever be etched in the hearts of the people whose lives they will To meet their family’s needs, Daniel and Yohana work on a rented plot of to church everyday.
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