Progress Report of Children Learning Community in October 2014

Dear friends,

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

On the 1st week of October 2014, to be exact on Wednesday, October 1st, the Children Learning Community welcomed Laftavi and Tontey families.

The children gathered in the learning house with the facilitators. Most of them are the new children participants. They introduced themselves to the guests. Laftavi and Tontey families’ visit was the third time after their last visit on 2012.

The children sang and so glad to welcome them. They are on behalf of Dr. Sarah Laftavi’s Charity came to visit and bring some presents for all of the children and to know more the scholarship students in Cakung.

We thank so much for all of the attention and support. On behalf of the children of Children Learning Community, we are so grateful for the donation of the house’s rent for two years ahead. May God bless all of you abundantly and may our collaboration will continue well.

On the 3rd week of October 2014, to be exact on Friday, October 17th, 2014, we came to the wedding celebration of Ms. Qori’ah and her husband at her house. Qori’ah is one of the facilitators in Cakung since 2009. We came in the afternoon with the mothers and the children, and the facilitators as well.

We wish you a happy life forever as a new family.

On the 4th week of October 2014, to be exact on Friday, October 24th, 2014, Ms. Angguni and Ms. Melita from MaGis group visited us and intend to hold again the live-in exposure activity in Cakung after the last activity on 2012.

Thank you very much for your support and trust. May our collaboration will continue well.

Alternative Learning Activities

a. Cakung Children Community

In October 2014, the learning activities ran well.

There is 1 child from the nearby environment involved in the activities this month and has joined in the 0 category.

In mid October 2014, we had a new facilitator for accompany the children of the 0 category’s learning. Welcome to Ms. Thesa and wish you always faithful in serving others.

The life-skill activity for teenagers and mothers in Cakung during this month was still focus in producing the creation from the coffee sachettes. On Sunday, October 26th, 2014, the sewing workshop facilitated by Mr.Nanang, taught us how to measure dan made the pattern of the inside of the bag and how to sew it. We need to practice it due to kinds of measure and variety of the bags. We also learn how to make the children’s pants that we recycle from the children clothes’ support that we received few months ago.

We were so thankful for the attention and support of Mr. Nanang and thank you for Sr. Marceline, OSU’s support in collecting the coffee sachettes and the ladies of Cakung residents as well. We hope our collaboration will sustainable well.

It would be nice 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.

b. Muara Baru Community

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

The learning activity has done in three groups, the first group (age 5 – 7 years old) is for the children who can’t fluently reading, writing, and counting, accompanied by Ms. Debby, the second group (age 7 – 10 years old) who usually has assignment in counting and writing all the vocabularies sorted alphabetically accompanied by Nia, and the last group from 11 to 13 years old children participants accompanied by Ms. Indri.

We were glad for the children’s enthusiasm and the Muara Baru parents’ support.

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 Thesa, Ms Uju, Ester, Tino, Mohandri, Indri, and the children coordinator programs.

Bibliotheque

The library activities in this month have not done yet except for packaging the books preparing for moving to the new learning house.

Thank you very much for the perseverance of the coordinator and her team to do the assignment.

Nutrition Improvement Program for Children

In October 2014, the program activities ran well.
Besides drinking milk every Saturday, the healthy menus were hardboiled eggs, mangoes, mungbean porridge, liver and tofu semur (soyasauce soup), and bread with chocolate jam.

On the first Saturday of October 2014, the team prepared hardboiled eggs, which the children usually eaten with soyasauce or sprinkle salt.

On the second Friday of October 2014, the team prepared mangoes which cut in blocks and every child have a plate of mango blocks. Although the mangoes are sweet, not all the children could eat up. Some children prefer to keep in their lunch box to eat at home.

On the third Saturday of October 2014, the children enjoy the mungbean porridge with the slices of banana. Not all children like it, they just like to sip the porridge. Some children just like to eat the slices of banana. We poured it in the bowl sufficiently so not much wasted. Some children who couldn’t eat up the porridge gave it to their Mom.

Before eat the healthy menu, the children especially the new children participants learned to wash their hands, taught by others who are longer involved in the learning activities. After stand in line washing hands, they dried their hands with the clean towel.

On the fourth Friday of October 2014, the children enjoy semur hati rempela tahu (liver tofu soyasauce soup) with rice. The team prepared many liver and tofu and cooked by the facilitators and some mothers. After the learning activity and the children washed their hands, they enjoy the healthy menu.

On the fifth Saturday of October 2014, before the learning activity began, all of the children drank milk with chocolate jam bread.

Thank you very much to the team, the mothers, and the facilitators who organised the healthy menus and cooked them in October 2014.

Children Scholarship

In October 2014, the donation used to provide the children’ school need, such as student books, copy learning materials, ink printers, computer service, internet pulse credit for the computer modem and the students weekly accommodation.

The need of computer is high so we decided to purchase the secondhand computer and laptop for two students at their home. It could make them easier to do their assignments independently while the sheets and printer could use only in the learning house.

Since the end of October 2014, to be exact on Monday, October 27th, 2014, the children who receive scholarship begin to do the new program. They have to follow the English class which hold every Monday at 6 PM. The program is either to improve their English and their confidence in speaking English or to increase their responsibility to teach English to the younger children in the 2nd and 3rd categories.

We are so grateful to our friends who would like to support the program regularly. We hope the collaboration will continue well and become the worth provide for the children’s fullest potential in the future.

November 2014 Activity Plans

1. Learning Activities

a. The learning activities in Cakung run every Friday and Saturday and in Muara Baru every Sunday on week II and IV of the month from 12 PM til 3.30 PM.
b. The fashion design students of Binus International field trip to Cakung on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014. They will follow the workshop of coffee sachettes creations in the learning house.
c. Live-in exposure MaGis group on November 13th to 15th, 2014 in Cakung.
d. The 3rd quarterly Cakung children Learning Evaluation on Saturday, November 29th, 2014.
e. The life-skill activities, focusing on paper quilling cards, coffee sachettes creations such as handbags, purse, bags for drinking bottle, and coaster for glasses and bowls, also baking biscuits for making Christmas parcels.

2. The Nutrition Improvement Program for Children

a. Providing the healthy menu and organizing all the kitchenware after moving to the new learning house.

3. Bibliotheque

a. Organizing the library books in the bookshelves after moving to the new learning house in mid November 2014.

4. Children Scholarship

a. Paying the monthly fee of the two vocational high school students and providing the school needs of the children of the scholarship recipients.
b. English class every Monday afternoon in the learning house and in the teacher’s house.

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 truly care others above their interest, respect us and appreciate for what we have done.

Thank you abundantly for the funds which are worthy for operating our activities in Children Learning Community. Special thanks to Ms. Jenny, Mrs. Susana Maria Santy, Ms. Sofia Erlinda Indra, Mrs Vina – Mr. Arend – Michelle Maramis, Mrs. Rina Anwar, Ms. Elissa Meiliana Wiguna, Mrs. Djiauw Swie Tjing, Sr. Annunciata, OSU, Mrs. Melva Sumiati, Mr. Arif Budi Subekti – Mrs. Maria, and Laftavi and Tontey families.

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.

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.


Warmest regards,
On behalf of Children Learning Community

Debby



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