Progress Report of Children Learning Community in June 2014

Dear friends,

In June 2014, the learning activities ran well. The children, the team and I are so grateful for your prayer and support.

In the early June 2014, to be exact on Saturday, June 7th, 2014, four facilitators had the assignment to follow the human right workshop for interfaith youth. The workshop held by ICRP (Indonesian Commission on Religion and Peace) and Wahid Institute at the secretariat of Wahid Institute, in Matraman, Central Jakarta.

The workshop was about the education of law, human right, and democracy. It followed by the NGOs, the indigenous figures, and youth from the civil society organizations and school organizations.

This sustainable workshop is teaching and giving the good value and moral which respect the human rights. It is excepted to have the open-minded youth with wider understanding and applicable in nation’s life.

We thank for the support and the attention of the ICRP caretakers of the worth provide workshop.

On Sunday, June 8th, 2014, a facilitator of Cakung attended the Parenting Class in Bunda Hospital. It’s about the prevention of sexual abused of the children. It facilitated by the psychologist and the educator.

Almost all young family attended this activity. It is really worth provide as the anticipation of sexual abused that happened to the children lately. The parents’ role and responsibility are needed in caring and nurturing their children. The early sex and ethics education must have introduced by the parents based on age and understanding.

We thank for the attention and support of Ms. Gite Eleonora Bergite who connect us with the organizer of this activity.

On Friday, June 13th, 2014, we had a visitor from Belgium, Mr. Aki Baihaki who would like to know the Cakung children after the learning time. He talked to the facilitators to know more about the background of the learning activities. He had a plan to support us broadcasting the information by making a website.

We are so thankful for Mr. Aki’s attention and support. We thank for his kindness spending the time during his limited worktime to visit the learning house. We hope this cooperation will continue well.

In the afternoon on the same day, we had a deal to rent another learning house nearby. We had to make a decision because the owner will increase the rent almost 20%. Almighty God gave a way for us to have the new one with the lower price. We are so grateful for the dealing of both sides has the win win solution. The new owner needs the money immediately while we need time to start on the due date; in the early November 2014.

Now we can prepare everything well. We are grateful for the support of Laftavi and Tontey families, who really understand us and our problem. Thank you very much for your donation.

A day after, on Saturday, June 14th, 2014, Ms. Meltari who ever followed live-in exposure few years ago and facilitated the children learning for few days in Cakung, visited us and brought cakes and some food which she cooked, also secondhand materials. She missed the children so much and said goodbye for her beginning new life in Australia.

We were sad to know will be far apart but we’re glad for her determination on beginning new life. We really thank for her attention and support. Have a blessed new life, your memories of your kindness and patient will be our foothold in life.

On Thursday, June 19th, 2014, we prepared 2 big boxes and 4 small boxes to give for the social service event of Pondok Bangsa at the fisherman village, Muara Karang.
Let’s share the people in need.

Alternative Learning Activities

a. Cakung Children Community

The learning activities ran well. There is a new children in the 0 category since mid June 2014.

After learning the theoretical knowledge, on Friday, June 27th, 2014, the children learning gardening. We gave them a pot and must write their name in a small sheet, sticked in each pot and free to choose whatever seed they want to plant.

We provide the seeds of red spinach, green spinach, kangkung, and mustard greens. After the pot filled with soil mixed with organic fertilizer by the facilitators, each child in group started to plant the seeds that is given by a facilitator. The children were so enthusiastic to do this.

The children from 0 to 2 category learned gardening and share the task to pouring the seed in group. The children who live near the learning house have to do it every morning and afternoon except on Friday and Saturday where all the children come to learn together.

The life-skill activity for teenagers and mothers in Cakung during this month focused in producing Lebaran paper quilling cards and preparing for the creation from the coffee sachettes.

We are gladly receiving your plastic garbages for supporting the income generating program for the teenagers and the mothers of Children Learning Community. Together we move the action of reduce, reuse, and recycled the plastic garbages.

Thank you very much to Sr. Marcelline, OSU who regularly support the recycled materials.

b. Muara Baru Community

In this month, the learning activities ran twice, on the week I and III.

The learning activities ran well and did in two groups, the first group is the children who aren’t fluently reading, writing, and counting, instead of the second group.

Since May 2014, the learning activities are facilitatated by the facilitators assisted by the children of the 3rd category as the regeneration prepared.

On the week I, the learning activity is facilitated by Kak Indri and Kak Mohandri while on the week III by two facilitators and a child of the 3rd category.

We thank all the collaborative works of the facilitators, the volunteer, the children, and the residents of Cakung and Muara Baru, especially to Mrs Herda, Ms Qori’ah, Ms Uju, Ester, Tino, Mohandri, Indri, and the children coordinator programs.

Bibliotheque

The library activities on this month were finishing the management of 2013 and 2014 registered books.

The administrative works were doing by the team every Thursday and Friday after the learning activity. When they knew the learning house will move to the new location, all 2012 until 2014 registered books storing in boxes so it will ready to move.

The activity has been doing until now so all the children learning participants use the 2009 until 2011 registered books in bookshelves as their reference.

We thank for the attention, support, and the perseverance of the coordinator and her team, who faithfully spent the time to do the assignment.

Nutrition Improvement Program for Children

In June 2014, the program ran well.

Besides drinking milk every Saturday, the healthy menus were hardboiled eggs, papaya with jelly, and lemon ice with scraped jelly and cucumber.

The healthy menu on the first Friday of June 2014 was hardboiled eggs which usually eaten with soyasauce or sprinkle salt while there’s no preparation on the second Saturday of June 2014 because the food and cakes brought by Ms. Meltari.

Thank you very much to Ms. Meltari who prepared the fried tofu in heart shape as her full hearted love to the children. She also brought roll cakes which we sliced and enjoyed together. Thank you for your attention and support.

On the third Friday of June 2014, we enjoyed papaya jelly. The team prepared the jelly which is filled into the two side cut of papaya. They stored this healthy menu in a fridge for few hours and enjoy together after the life-skill activity.

We are so thankful for the attention and support of Sr. Annunciata, OSU for the jelly as our healthy menu. We hope our cooperation will continue well.

On the fourth Friday of June 2014, the team prepared the lemon ice with jelly and cucumber. After finished the gardening activity and wash hands, all the children enjoy biscuits and this menu in the hot afternoon.

Thank you very much for the attention and biscuit support from Sr. Annunciata, OSU and to the team who organised the healthy menu and cooked it during June 2014.

Children Scholarship

In June 2014, we finished the administrative school payment for Mohandri and Tino. On Monday, June 23rd, 2014, a volunteer who register in the vocational high school followed the enroll test from morning til afternoon. On the same day, a university student paid the 4th semester credit. Three days after, a volunteer passed the test. We paid all the enrollment fee on due date, Saturday, June 28th, 2014.

Other student is still in registering to a public high school.

At the end of this month, a university student was preparing the examination while an elementary student has report and passed the examination to the 3rd grade.

On this month, the scholarship expenditures were in providing the students learning materials, including copy learning materials, print school assignment, the fee of school swimming of the junior high school student, and the students weekly accommodation.

We are gladly receiving the support of elementary until high school’s student books. Let’s together support the children for preparing their future.

We are so grateful to our friends who would like to support the program regularly. Thank you very much to Laftavi family and Tontey family who are always support us. We hope the collaboration will continue well and become the worth provide for the children’s future.

July 2014 Activity Plans

1. Learning Activities

a. The learning activities run every Friday and Saturday from 12 PM til 3.30 PM.
b. The life-skill activities run every Tuesday from day until afternoon or evening at the learning house focused on recycled material, Lebaran paper quilling cards, and beads creations.
c. The workshop and production bags of recycled coffee sachettes, facilitated by a mother who has assignment to follow the workshop for few days in Indramayu, West Java.
d. The facilitators’ presentation of the worshop during June 2014 in facilitator capacity building program on mid July 2014.

2. The Nutrition Improvement Program for Children

a. Providing the healthy menu and purchasing milk, also providing some kitchenware. The preparation time during fasting month is near the fasting break so it can deserve to the Moslem children.

3. Bibliotheque

a. Storing the 2012 until 2014 registered books as preparing to move at the new learning house in the early November 2014.

4. Children Scholarship

a. The 4th semester examination for a university student, begin at the end of June 2014 for two weeks ahead.
b. Providing the children school’s need, such as notebooks and stationeries, school uniforms, school bags and socks.

Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to all friends who sustainably supporting us in their prayers, donations, materials and time. Without your support, our activities would not be realized.

Thank you for all the donors who really care others above their interest, respect us and appreciate for what we had done.

Thank you very much to Ms. Sam, Sr. Annunciata, OSU, Sr. Marcelline, OSU, Sr. Gertrudis, OSU, and Ms. Meltari for the material supports, such as secondhand clothes, handbags, biscuit, jelly powder, teenager and baby clothes, recycled coffee sachets, crochet equipment, dolls, glasses, lamp, photoframes, and piggy banks.

Thank you abundantly for the funds which are worthy for operating our activities in Children Learning Community. Special thanks to Mrs Hanaria Putri, Ms Jenny, Mrs Sofia Erlinda Indra, Ms Elissa Meiliana Wiguna, Mrs Devi Suleiman, Mrs. Lim Kim Huang and Laftavi family and Tontey family as well.

Our monthly progress report could be accessed on our blog : http://cakungchildrencommunity.blogspot.com

The production of Cakung teenagers creation could be accessed on our blog : http://cakungchildrencreation.blogspot.com.

Again, our sincere thanks to all of you. May God bless all of you abundantly and may our collaboration will continue well. We are chosen to share and serve others.


Warmest regards,
On behalf of Children Learning Community
Debby


P.S.
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Acc.holder Debby Maitimu or Dwi Resmi Sari
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