Progress Report of Childen Learning Community in October 2017

Dear friends,

We are grateful to God and to our loyal friends who supported children learning community activities in Cakung and Sarang Tupai, Ciawi throughout October 2017. 

Mrs Tjandra, Mrs Lanny, Mrs Vera, Novi, Rachel, Mrs Ruth, and big sister Debby accompanied the Sarang Tupai’s children on their study. Meanwhile big sister Ari, big sister Yana, Mrs Mar’ah, big brother Amad, and big sister Debby accompanied the Cakung’s children.

In Sarang Tupai, Ciawi, children usually enjoy their activities on the terrace. During rainy day, the learning activity moves to the inside of the house.

In the beginning of October 2017, Sarang Tupai’s mothers learned to make Tekwan and Pempek, Palembang’s foods. Ardi’s mother, one of Sarang Tupai’s children, who also familiar with Palembang foods, taught other mothers making the foods. Ardi’s mother works as a villa attendant in the area. 

 
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Children enjoyed the homemade food after learning.

The mothers had planned to take turn teaching each other foods from their home town.

The mothers were coming from many parts of Indonesia such as Ambon, Manado, Palembang and West Java.

Cakung’s community was busied making Rosario, prayer beads.  The Rosario handicraft was ordered by our loyal donors, big sister Angie and her friends. 

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We thank facilitators, volunteers and surrounding community who relentlessly gave their time, efforts, finances and place for this learning program.

We experienced two major events in the community. We gave our attention not only to the children, but also to the community. We constantly remember the community in our thought and prayer. 

In the beginning of October 2017, together, we celebrated Mrs. Lanny’s daughter wedding in Jakarta. Mrs. Lanny is one of Sarang Tupai’s parents.  At the end of October 2017, we accompanied Mrs Sutini through the process of tumor removal of her daughter Nia at East Jakarta hospital. Mrs. Sutini and Nia lives in Cakung.

At the end of October 2017, we also experienced the absence of big brother Amad who got involved in a motorcyle accident. For several weeks, we asked him to take a break from teaching at Cakung. 

This October, we accomplished our target in registering all the 2017 library collection. We also finished reregistering the previous year’s collection.

We appreciated the helps from library administrators for taking care of our library books.

This month, we also paid off all recipients’ monthly school fee. There were some students who did their school payment for September and October 2017.

Besides school fee and daily transportation, the recipients also received fund for stationaries, and photocopies. 

We thanked our dearest friend who dedicated their financial resources for this scholarship program. Your financial assistance will bring tremendous impact in these children’s future.

  

Throughout October 2017, we prepared various healthy food for Cakung’s and Sarang Tupai’s children, such as cookies; mango slices; corns melted with condense milk and cheese; fried rice; lollipop ice cream; soft bread deep in green bean porridge; slices of papaya; crunchy fried noodle in a round pan; slices of guava fruit; dried fried spinach prepared by Sarang Tupai’s mother; snake fruit; tekwan, fishcake soup; pempek, fried fishcake; breadfruit crackers; and slices of steam breadfruit.

We thank Mrs. Tjandra for preparing healthy menu for Sarang Tupai’s children. Mrs Tjandra also prepared the ingredients for cooking class. She trained Sarang Tupai’s mothers to cook some healthy menus.

We also express our gratitude to the facilitators and the community of Cakung and Sarang Tupai who helped us with preparing healthy dishes throughout October 2017.

Throughout October 2017, we held the Kartini basic food cooperative activity after children learning session. During that time, cooperative coordinators went out to purchase the necessary items.

On the closing of October 2017, the cooperative coordinators counted and booked the inventories. Based on this counting, the coordinators will arrange the next purchase.

As usual, each member held their duty such as collecting money for September’s payment, writing down members’ purchase and recording inventory.

Some mothers weighted rice and others served members who purchase their food needs at cooperative.

The cooperative also lure some neighborhood nonmembers to shop.

Month to month, we urge the nonmembers to be in the cooperative. The cooperative could have easily helped them with their grocery needs. 

We thank Mrs. Martini, Mrs. Fonny Halim, and the PABT mothers for their loyal assistance coordinating this program.

We ask for your pray, so that this program will continue and will be beneficial to the community.

November 2017 Plan :

1.                Learning activities.

a.    The 3^rd quarter learning activities in November and the 3^rd quarter learning assessment at the end of November 2017. 

2.                Scholarship

a.   Provide school needs for all recipients.

3.                Basic Food Cooperative Effort

Purchase low stock food items.

We are grateful to our friends for their support in prayers, finances, efforts and materials for this month.

We are deeply touched by many of our donors’ generosity who put others before themselves. We truly appreciate your trust in our effort.

The community expressed their gratitude to the Ursulin sisterhood for their routine effort in collecting recycles coffee packs. These coffee packs were very useful for handicraft program. The Sarang Tupai’s children also thanked Mrs. Tjandra for her healthy food donations. The children also thanked Sister Agustina BKK for donations of kitchen needs, chocolate milk, powder milk and baking materials.

We thank all of our loyal donors for their financial support. With your support, we can continue this learning program.

Thank you very much to Jessica and Mr.David for doing good work in translating this report. 

Once again many thanks for your loyalty, faith and kindness. 

May The Lord grant your health and wealth of blessings. We hope that our work together will continue. 

We are called to bring peace and welfare to the world.

God bless us, all

  

For monthly activity report, please visit us at: http://cakungchildrencommunity.blogspot.com.

To order teenagers’ and mothers’ crafting product, please kindly look us at: http://cakungchildrencreation.blogspot.com.

Warm regards,

On behalf of 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 or childrenlearningcommunity@gmail.com for any supporting documents and materials.