Progress Report of Children Learning Community in August 2015

Dear friends,

The Children Learning Community is very grateful for your support and prayer. All activities ran smoothly throughout the month.

We fill the month of August with activities such as celebrating Indonesia’s independence and reviewing our 2nd quarter lesson in Sarang Tupai. Meanwhile, in Cakung, we fill the month with regular activity.

The Independence Day was joyfully celebrated in Sarang Tupai on Monday, August 24th, 2015.

A week before the Independence Day’s activity, several teenagers helped us with the preparation and registration the participants of various games. While the teenagers doing that, we had our 2nd quarter review. Cantik, Pagi and Novi were also helped us wrapping the presents.

On the day of celebration, children were very excited. They even came one hour earlier before we started the activity. Aulia, one of Sarang Tupai teenager, helped us recalling the name of the celebration participants.

The facilitators prepared the activity’s run down. All the activities were supervised by big sister Ivonne, Tina, Debby and the teenagers, Novi and Pagi.

All children enthusiastically participated in the Independence Day’s program such as games and sports competition. Games are played according to their age group. The teenagers formed a group, while the little children formed another group. The teenagers played “Chinese whispers”, passing words from one person to another, passing object to the end of line and puzzles board. The little children competed in collecting similar color candies. The mental competition for teenagers include mathematic and general knowledge quiz. The little children competed in scrabble, guessing game, drawing and coloring.

The winner of games and sports competition was announced right away at the end of activities. Because of time constrain we were not be able to distribute all the winner presents.

We did it on Monday, 24 August 2015 and Thursday, 27 August 2015.

In the beginning of August, we decided to dedicate our attention to only two communities, which are Cakung and Sarang Tupai. The community of Muara Baru has already grown stronger with the involvement of a community parents. The community have also penetrated deep into the network of underprivileged urban population. We believe that Muara baru can be independently organized their own children learning activities.

We thank Ibu Herda for giving us her place and for guiding the children.

We thank our dedicated friends for their time, energy, financial contribution and their home. We thank you for supporting this learning activity.

We thank the facilitators, volunteers, the program coordinators and team, Cakung and Sarang Tupai community. We thank Indri, Ester, Ondo, Jaka and Ms. Sutini in Cakung. We thank big sister Ivonne, Novi, Cantik and Pagi in Sarang Tupai. We also thank Sr. Agustina, BKK.

We thank Sr.Gertrudis, OSU for collecting the recycle coffee packs.

Please support our Caking’s mothers and young girls by donating any reusable materials. They gladly accept these materials for their crafting project.

Let us all also support the global movement on reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic waste.

We also accept any donation of children books, magazines and text books. We accept text books from kindergarten level all the way to High school.

This month, the Nutritional Improvement project ran well.

In Cakung, the weekly routine milk consumption is held every Saturday of this month. The healthy menu prepared includes hardboiled egg, fresh fruit such as banana and snake fruit.

In Sarang Tupai, the Nutritional Improvement activity is held every week. The menu served includes healthy crackers and fresh fruits.

We are grateful to the Cakung’s Nutritional Improvement coordinators, the family of big sister Ivonne who helped us preparing food for Sarang Tupai’s children.

The expenses for scholarship’s recipients include school needs such as school bags, uniform, musical instrument, text book’s photocopies, text books, monthly school fee, school transportation allowance and English tutor for all scholarship recipients.

One of the recipient, a university student, enjoy her yearly academic break from beginning of August to the mid of September 2015. She maintains an excellent grade for this semester. She is confidence enough to support himself.

This semester VII, she decides to take a seasonal job while finishing school. She also gives her time to attend the children in our facility every Saturday.

We thank all of our friends who continuously support this scholarship program. Your support bring tremendous blessing to these children. The education that they are receiving now is a provision for their future. We thank for your faithful commitment to this program.

The activity plan for September 2015:

1. Learning activity
a. On Friday, 4 September 2015, we had 2nd Quarter review for all Cakung’s children
b. We purchased the board room divider for our wall magazine. In Sarang Tupai, we still continue to arrange the lay of the wall magazine chronologically.
c. We still need to purchase the folding desks for Sarang Tupai’s children. They can us these for studying on the carpeted floor.
d. We are going to have an outdoor activity, visiting National Monument on Saturday, 12 September 2015.
e. We are going to have sex education seminar for children, parents and teenagers on Monday, 28 September 2015 in Sarang Tupai.

2. Library Activity
a. Continue reregister the collection of 2011 and prepare the mandatory reading from 2012 collection.

3. Children Nutrition Improvement Activity
a. Food purchase for the healthy menu plan

4. Scholarship
a. Fulfill the recipient’s school needs.

At the end, we thank all of our friends, who have relentlessly supported us throughout the month. Your prayers, presence, material and financial donations were greatly appreciated.

We are deeply touched to many of our donors who give their full attention and priority to other people needs over their own. We truly appreciate your trust in our efforts.

We thank KFC through big sister Arry Fitriana for rice and fried chicken. We thank Sr. Marceline, OSU for 3 large shopping bags of reusable coffee pack.

We express many thanks to all of our regular donors for your financial commitment in supporting the children community day to day operation. We are grateful to an anonymous donor, Mrs MA Nani Tirtajaya, Ms, Jenny, Mrs Djiauw Swie Tjing, big sister Elissa Meiliana Wiguna, Mrs. Susana Maria Santy, big sister Eleonora Bergita, big sister Sofia Erlinda Indra, Mrs. Hanaria Putri, Mrs Rina Anwar, big sister Arry Fitriana, big sister Paramita Rai and our friends Anita-Jamie, Coni, Meilda, Charisma-Jeffry, Grace-Lucy, Rony, Tonny, Aureine-Stefano, Elaine-Leo, Natalia, and Tina-Panji.

We thank also to Mr. David for translating the report regularly.

To all of our friends, we are very grateful for your kindness. We pray that Lord grants you with good health and many financial blessings. Thank you for your continous support. We are called to bring peace and welfare to the world.

God bless us all.

For the monthly report and our children’s craft product, please kindly visit: http://cakungchildrencommunity.blogspot.com.
For the order of our young girls and mothers product, please kindly access us at: http://cakungchildrencreation.blogspot.com.

Warm regards,
On behalf of the children learning community.

Debby


P.S.
To place your donation through the bank :
Account holder: Debby Maitimu or Dwi Resmi Sari
Bank : BCA Branch office Matraman, East Jakarta, Indonesia
Account no. : 342-2792161
Swift code : cenaidja

Feel free also to contact me at +628129685594 for any supporting documents and materials.