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Contact Information
Kompleks Cipinang Elok I Blok I, No. 9
Jakarta Timur 13420
Tel. +62-21-8195328
jakarta@ihfonline.org
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Volunteer Kelly Vollenhoven teaching English at the Jakarta center
About Eko Sujarwo and Dessi Wahyunigsih our TEP children (the children of Mr. Hasan Yusup)
Where there is a will there is a way This is proverb that is easy to say but difficult to do. For Hasan Yusup and his family it has been very difficult. They live in a very poor section of Jakarta.
He works as a "scavenger" for a living. He collects garbage from the streets and dumps, such as plastic, rusty iron, wood and anything else that he can try to sell for get money. By doing this he can only earn money around Rp. 10.000,- ( US $1 ) a day for his family, working all day long every day. This is almost impossible to live on.
One day when he was working as usual, he found a few blocks of wood and picked them up. He didn't know that the wood was still needed by the owner and it got him into trouble. The owner called the police and the police arrested him, but thankfully the police set him free after he explaned that it was all a misunderstanding (Unfortunately, not all of IHF's parents are so fortunate).
He was very frustrated because his wife just gave birth to a baby. His wife had to help her husband by becoming "pengamen" to sing on the street to beg for coins. This was very sad and humiliating for her, but it was necessary for the survival of the family.
Hand in hand, Mr. Yusup and his wife try to make enough money to survive. With their situation how can they possibly finance their children's educations? This is the problem. Because they can barely survive on the money, two of his children must drop out of their school
Their children are EKO SUJARWO and DESSI WAHYUNINGSIH. Eko has realized how impossible it is for his parents to support his and his sister education, but it made him so sad that he wouldn't be able to continue his education. It means that his dream can't come true and he will not be able to improve his family's life without this education. An education would help his family both economically and with their self esteem, and give those he loves so much more. With the realization that the poverty was getting worse and worse, Eko cried out "WHAT CAN I DO???"
The answer to his question and the possibility of his dream coming true happened 2 years ago when IHF found him a sponsor, who for $ 7.00 a month, funded his and his sister Dessi's educations. This allowed them to go to school, and he has evolved into a prideful young man who now has high self esteem and optimism.
Eko now lives with IHF's "PASS IT ON" motto by teaching what he has learned to our younger children. Now he and his IHF school friend believe in "PASS IT ON" because it has blessed both of their lives. Please help us to make more children's dreams come true by passing on the blessings that life has given the rest of us.
We volunteer because we love changing children's lives, and creating hope for them all. Thank you for saving EKO and DESSI, so they can PASS IT ON. Now let's PASS IT ON, all around the world!!!
Center Reports
Sunday 17th, August 2008
The children woke up in the morning then the children went to their school to attend the ceremony of independence day of Indonesia. Christina, Prashant and Rini went to Joko's school to take photos of Joko in independence day ceremony. Rini cleaned the house then went to market and cooked food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The volunteers and Prashant worked like usual. In the evening we rented some DVD's to watch together. Joko went to pick up Nia and then we ate dinner.
Saturday 16th, August 2008
The children woke up in the morning then prepared everything for school and then went to school. Rini cleaned the house, then Christina and Rini went to Market and then Christina cooked some food for breakfast, dinner,lunch. The volunteers and Prashant worked like usual. There were no classes. Ayu took Nia home to her home because she missed her Mother. Joko went to lodging in his school because he is one of the workers for independence day in his school. Mani went to Money changer and at same time the children went to the mosque for NISFU and after that we ate dinner.
Friday 15th, August 2008
The children and Rini woke up in the morning, then Rini cooked some eggs for breakfast and the children prepared everything for school. The children went to school. Rini cleaned the house then went to Market and cooked some food for lunch and dinner. The volunteers and Prashant worked like usual and classes went on normally. Eko taught Math class for elementary school. Dian and Eko taught Computer class for elementary school. Kelly and Ade taught English class for Elementary school and Senior high school. Ade went to Athletics. Mail and Oting went to their school. Kelly was leaving IHF Jakarta and after the classes finished we ate dinner.
Thursday 14th, August 2008
The children woke up in the morning then the children prepared everything for school and then went to school. Rini cleaned the house then went to market and cooked some food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The volunteers and Prashant worked like usual. Eko taught Math class for elementary school. Ade, Kelly taught English class for elementary school and junior high school. and Joko and Kelly taught Computer class for elementary school, and junior high school and one of their classes made Thank you poster for the class sponsors. Rini went to her friend's house and Mail and Oting went to their school. After classes we ate dinner.
Wednesday 13th, August 2008
The children and Rini woke up in the morning, then Rini cooked some eggs for breakfast and the children prepared everything for school and then went to school. Rini cleaned the house then went to market and cooked some food for lunch and dinner. The volunteers and Prashant worked like usual and classes went on normally. Eko taught math class for elementary school, Prashant taught English class for elementary school, junior high school.Mani taught Computer class for elementary school, and junior high school. Mail and Othing went to their school and after the classes finished we went to eat dinner.
Tuesday 12th, August 2008
The children and Rini woke up in the morning, Rini cooked some food for breakfast then children prepared everything for school and the children went to school. Rini cleaned the house and after that went to Market and cooked some food for lunch and dinner.The volunteers and Prashant worked like usual and classes went on normally. Eko taught Math class for elementary school and Prashant,Mani and Ade taught English class for elementary school, junior high school, senior high school. Christina and Dwi taught Computer class for elementary school, junior high school, senior high school. About 06.00pm the children learned to read with Dwi and at same time Rini cooked some eggs for dinner and after finishing the classes we ate dinner.
Monday 11th, August 2008
The children and Rini woke up in the morning, Rini cooked some food for breakfast and the children prepared everything for school and then the children went to school. Rini cleaned the house and after that went to market and cooked some food for lunch, and dinner.The volunteers and Prashant worked like usual. Kelly, Dian, and Yoko came to IHF Jakarta. Classes went on normally. Dian and Yoko taught Computer class for elementary school and junior high school. Eko taught Math class for elementary school and all his classes made Thank you poster for the classes. Christina, Mani, Prashant, and Ade taught English class for elementary school, and Junior high school. In the evening after finishing the classes we ate dinner and after that Christina, Ayu, and Kelly went to Carrefour to buy ink, a fan and the others things.
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