Progress Report of Children Learning Community in December 2014

Dear friends,

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015.
May Peace of Christ always fills your heart
and with open heart and gratefulness entering the year 2015.

We are so grateful for your prayer and support so the programs of Children Learning Community ran well in December 2014.

The learning activity for all categories were off during December 2014. All facilitator did the evaluation and planning of the program and the curriculum 2015.

In Mid December 2014, to be exact on Saturday afternoon, December 13th, 2014, we welcomed Mrs. Rikah and family to celebrate her 2 years old son’s birthday in the learning house. Mrs. Rikah was one of the facilitator since 2009.

We sang birthday songs for Arka and wished him to be a healthy, smart, and good boy.
After that, we enjoyed the birthday lunch. Some children brought their lunch box. It was a special occasion because either all the children or all the facilitator, including ex facilitators, such as Mrs. Uwie, Mr. Puji and their son gathering together.

We were so glad welcoming Mrs. Rikah, Mr. Aung, and family. May our collaboration will continue well.

On Monday morning, December 15th, 2014, the children and the facilitators welcomed the visit of the students of Sinar Mas World Academy who accompanied by their principal, Mr. Benedictus Kalakoe.

The facilitators picked up the students and the principal near the learning house. There were 8 students brought many food, soap, toothpaste, stationeries, also notebooks, for the children and the residents.

The street in bad condition and muddy because of rainy season and widening work of the drain along the street was quite difficult for the students and the principal to come.

We introduced each other. All the students from South Korea introduced themselves in Indonesian whom they learn at school.
The children sang some children songs to entertain the students and shook hand to thank for their attention and kindness.

We were so thankful for the attention and the support of the students and the principal of Sinar Mas World Academy, Mr. Benedictus Kalakoe. May God bless all of you abundantly and may our collaboration will sustain.

On Sunday, December 21st, 2014, some facilitators did the survey in a location in Tangerang, West Java, for extending the learning program in other locations. We hope it will worth for the children’s need of education. We also hope your prayer and support.

Alternative Learning Activities

a. Cakung Children Community

During December 2014, the learning activities ran well. We filled with life-skill activities and the teenagers and the mothers produced some handycraft in Usaha Mandiri activity.

Every afternoon until evening, the teenagers and mothers gathered in making some coffee sachettes creations, such as handbag and drink bottle bag, rosaries, and Christmas paper quilling cards, also yubiami scarf. For Christmas season, we made two kind of biscuits as Christmas parcels for neighbours and in online marketing through our blog.

We thank to Ms. Tina for supporting the snacks and biscuits for few days meeting in the evaluation of the program and curriculum before Christmas and New Year holiday.

For few days, all facilitators gathered to evaluate the program and curriculum. It took time to evaluate all aspects, from their personal, all material, and the children participants.

We were so thankful for the attention and support of the community of Ursulin Sister in Juanda in collecting the coffee sachettes and the ladies of Cakung residents as well. We hope our collaboration will sustain well.

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.

On Friday morning, November 19th, 2014, we held the sex education for the early age children and their parents in the learning house and in the neighbor house.

All children and parents, also facilitators participated in this activity. It was facilitating by 4 master degree students of Psychology, Indonesia University.

The participants did in two groups, the children and the parents. The activity began with introduction in the neighbor house, which usually use for social and religious activities while the activity for the mothers was in the learning house.

The children had the good knowledge in playing and singing together. They also watched short movies and learned the four private area which forbid to touch of others except their mother who take care and love them. The private areas are mouth, chest, the area between legs, and back. For the parents, the good knowledge focused on children sex development. They learned to know the normal things for children sex development after and before puberty phases.

The activity ended with taking pictures together and giving presents and compensation for all the sex education facilitators. All compensation that they received represented by Ms. Linda was the intention for the two children’s scholarship.

At the same time, we received three boxes of student books from Teenager Sunday School Dekenat II, West Jakarta represented by Ms. Angie.

Before going home, every children received a rice – fried chicken lunch box from KFC Indonesia by Ms. Arry Fitriana and a box of milk and snacks.

We thank so much for the attention and support of the sex education facilitators; Ms. Linda and friends. We thank also to Ms. Arry Fitriana and KFC Indonesia. May our collaboration will continue well.

The next day, all of the facilitators gathered in the learning house to follow the leadership training, facilitated by Mrs. Alvieni. It wasn’t just for the facilitators, some mothers followed it, too. The activity ran well, almost all facilitators got involve in all phase of the activity. To be a good leader, we need four primary things as the characteristics of a leader. They are able to know self, able to determine what is chosen, able to communicate well, able and have a heart to serve others as well.

To be a big leader, one should begin from the basic thing, including leading self. We watched short movies about some leaders, such as a leader from Africa who is fight for education for women in Africa, DR. Tererai and a specialist doctor who build ship hospital to serve people in the isolation areas in Indonesia, Dr. Lie A Dharmawan.

The activity ended with leadership dance which full of meaning in taking and giving others. After that, we took pictures together and gave the skill productions; a coffee sachettes bag and a rosary, also the compensation for the facilitator.

Thank you very much for the attention and support of Mrs. Alvieni, also the snacks for leadership training. May our collaboration will continue well.

b. Muara Baru Community

In this month, the learning activities ran on the week I and III although the third quarterly learning activity in Cakung ended.
The learning activity has done in three groups, accompanied by Indri, Nia, and Ms. Thesa. There were more children come to learn. 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, Ms. Tina, and the children coordinator programs.

Bibliotheque

The library activity ended after the end of the third quarterly learning activity and the children learning evaluation, but there were some reference books purchasing to support the children school need and improve the children ability in using computer programs.

Nutrition Improvement Program for Children

There was no activity after the third quarterly children evaluation activity on November 29th, also the end of the third quarterly learning activity.

Children Scholarship

In December 2014, the expenditures included the school needs, such as copy learning material, computer service, monthly athletic fee for 1 high school and 1 junior high school students, monthly class fee, provided comparative study fee in Yogyakarta, Central Java, for 1 college student, and weekly accomodation for all scholarship students.

The English course in this month was on Monday evening on December 15th, 2014 at 6 PM in learning house. It is either improving their English and their confidence in speaking English or increasing 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.

January 2015 Activity Plans

1. Learning Activities

a. The first quarterly learning activities for children of all categories on Friday, January 9th, 2015.
b. Renovation of the learning hall in Muara Baru. It needs ceiling protection from the asbestos roof for our health.

2. Bibliotheque and Nutrition Improvement Program for Children

a. Announcement of the new management of program activity 2015 of Children Learning Community on Saturday, January 3rd, 2015.
b. Program activities presentation of 2015 on Saturday, January 10th, 2015.


3. Children Scholarship

a. The school activity begin on Monday, January 5th, 2015.
b. The school report giving for all the students of elementary, junior high, high, and vocational high schools on Friday, January 9th, 2015.
c. Paying the credits of semester V for a college student on Friday, January 9th, 2015.
d. Last Semester V examination on January 19th to 30th, 2015 for the college student.
e. English class every Monday afternoon in the learning house and in the teacher’s house until Monday, December 15th, 2014.

4. Others

a. Live-in exposures activity of the students of De Britto High School in Cakung from January 19 to 24, 2015.

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 self interest, respect us and appreciate for what we have done.

Thank you very much to Sr. Agustina, BKK for supporting food and some stationeries and birthday lunch meal from Mrs. Rikah and family. Thank you to Mr. Benedictus Kalakoe and the students of Sinar Mas World Academy for the supporting food, cleaning material, and stationeries.

Thank you very much to Ms. Arry Fitriana and KFC Indonesia for supporting lunch in boxes for sex education activity and student books from Teenager Sunday School Dekenat II West Jakarta by Ms. Angie, snacks from Mrs. Alvieni, also from the community of Ursulin Sister in Juanda and the neighbours in collecting the coffee sachettes for life-skill activities in Cakung.

Thank you abundantly for the funds which are worthy for operating our activities in Children Learning Community. Special thanks to Ms. Jenny, Ms. Sofia Erlinda Indra, Ms. Elissa Meiliana Wiguna, Mrs. Djiauw Swie Tjing, Mrs. Hanaria Putri, Laftavi family and Tontey family, Ms. Maria Yosepha, Mrs. Rina Anwar, and Ms. Arry Fitriana.

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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