Progress Report of Children Learning Community in June 2017

Dear friends,

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To our Moeslem’s friends:

Happy Eid Mubarak 1438 Hijriah.

Our deepest sorry for any wrongdoings,

kindly ask for your forgiveness.

We are grateful to God and to our loyal friends who supported the activity of children learning community in Cakung and Sarang Tupai, Ciawi throughout June 2017. 

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

During the Moeslem’s fasting month, Cakung students tend to stay home. In the beginning of June, some of Elementary and Middle School students also took their final exams. In the other hand, Sarang Tupai’s students were quiet eager to use learning facility.   

Some of our Moeslem facilitators were also prefer to stay home during fasting month. We had big sister Jessica assisted us. She chose to fill her time during school break with us. She helped us with teaching and library tasks.

Sarang Tupai’s children preferred to be at the learning facility. They used the facility to prepare themselves for exams. Even during holidays, after the exams, the children still wanted to continue to learn and play with other children. 

During fasting month, we began at the later hour than usual. Both Cakung and Sarang Tupai, Ciawi’s children used their time to learn until closed to breakfasting time at dusk.

In the middle of June 2017, some facilitators and a few Cakung’s residences learned to make bar soap. Credit Union Bererod Gratia sponsored this kind of workshop to public.

Bar soaps are essential for bathing and facial cleaning. The ingredients to make bar soaps are not difficult to find. It just takes quiet sometimes to dry the cast liquid soaps under the sun. 

Workshop was conducted on Saturday morning and ended around noon. Therefore, all Cakung’s participants could go back earlier to continue assisting the children. The facilitators did their usual chores with the children. And after that, they even had time to help the parents in preparing healthy food for nutrition program.

During school holidays, Rachel and Novi, the scholarship recipients, helped us as fulltime facilitators.

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

We thank big sister Jessica for helping us during her school break.

The students of Elementary, Middle and Vocational High School were having their final exams in the beginning of June. Soon after, they received report cards in the middle of June.   All students in both Cakung and Sarang Tupai passed their finals. They all continued to the next level.

Throughout May 2017 until the next two months, we focus on reregister library collections and cleaning up book cases. 

Throughout June 2017, library activities ran as usual. Children used the library during school holidays. Every week, big sister Ari and Jessica assisted on library activity.

We thanked them for their diligent effort in taking care of library books.

The June 2017’s expenses include school fees for all scholarship’s participants from Elementary to Vocational High School level. Other expenses were routine school transportation and exam fee for a Vocational High School recipient.

We are grateful to our friends who continuously provide their financial support for this scholarship program. This scholarship’s support is extremely valuable for the children’s future.

For breakfasting, we prepared healthy menu for both Cakung’s and Sarang Tupai’s children. The menu included cookies, snake fruits,  chocolate milk pudding, fruit punch, fried banana, fried corn, boiled cassava with soybean chili dip and gomak noodle, the traditional Bataknese delicatessen.

The Sarang Tupai’s children enjoyed their breakfasting meal after studying. Healthy menu include fruit punch, fried banana and cassava with soybean chili dip. 

During fasting month, most the students in Cakung were small children. They just learned to fast for half a day. The children still enjoyed the healthy menu in the afternoon before breakfasting time.

 

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

July 2017 Plan :

1.                Learning Activity

a.   We will start learning activities in the beginning of July 2017.

b.   To enhance and sustain learning spirit, we will have motivational session for children and young adult on Sunday, July 30^th 2017.

c.   On Wednesday, July 26^th 2017, we will be having pastry class for Cakung’s teenagers and parents. We will be making various traditional market treats.

2.                Library

a.   Continue to reregister books which we have started since May 2017. This activity will end in July 2017. Meanwhile each week, we also prepare mandatory reading materials for children.

3.                Scholarship

a.   Fulfilling school needs for recipients.

4.                Community Cooperative Effort

To develop living standard, this July 2017, we will start the cooperative effort to provide basic staple food among Cakung’s community member.

We are grateful to our friends for their support in prayers, finances, efforts and materials for this month. Your generosity brought tremendous impact to this program. 

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

Closed to the middle of the year, we are still short on fulfilling our operational budget. So far, we gathered only half of our needs in 2017. Therefore we humbly ask for your kindness and continuous financial support.

Based on essential needs of the community, several programs and activities need to be developed sooner. Cakung’s community will form cooperative effort to provide basic staple foods. Meanwhile, in Sarang Tupai, we have to renovate learning facility which include custom storage area for books and learning equipment.    We truly need your financial supports and materials.

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May the Lord grant you with good health and financial abundant. You are a blessing to others.

We thank the Ursulin Sisterhood in Juanda Street for their routine recycle coffee bags donations. These coffee bags are essential material for crafting program. We also accepted breakfasting nutritious food from Mrs Tjandra. We received donations of clothing from Jessica and Ursulin sisters. We also thank Sr. Agustina, BKK for donations of writing tablets, instant noodle and package milk.

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

We thank those who contribute their finance to support our learning program and the development of Cakung’s community cooperative effort.

We thank you for your loyalty, commitment, trust and your warm friendship.

May The Lord grant you with healthy body and financial blessings. Thank you for your contribution to the program. 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 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.