Project Start and Completion Date: 1 June 2016 to 11 Feb 2017
Areas of focus : Disease Prevention & Treatment ; Basic Education and Literacy
Project Location : East Java Indonesia RI District: 3420
Objectives
To alleviate education barriers to the rights for many affected and deprived children who live in Malang, Indonesia in their early and developing years.
To reduce truancy and school dropout rates in primary schools
To promote individual freedom and empowerment
To empower parents and families with skills to help pay for the ongoing school needs
To empower passionate teachers with requisite skills to help slow learners and to identify to resolve potential social problems amongst school children;
To help children from early childhood; to make available basic school needs, including school stationery, uniforms and fees, providing them access to preschools and early literacy programs;
Refurbishment of a Physiotherapy Room in a large Orphanage. Training of 50 Physiotherapists from all over East Java on the current art of Physiotherapy for disabled children
Accomplishments
During September 2015 to December 2015 - Surveys were carried out by rotarians aiming to provide assistance to those households with monthly family income ranging from USD25 to USD30;
Targeted those households comprising 3 generations living together and those parents who are unable to support children’s basic education;
Motivation sessions were provided to Students, Teachers and Parents respectively;
135 Parents were placed with Livelihood Programme, Cooking Workshop with simple recipes, carried out in October 2016;
54 Teachers and 27 Headmasters were involved in the Triple B training programme. Participants were passionate Teachers involved in the Become Better Buddies (Triple B) Programme, including motivational talks and detailed guidelines were shared in September 2016;
800 Students were assisted with basic school needs including annual school fees and basic school stationery and uniforms, launched and distributed during July 2016 to September 2016
Replacement of physiotherapy facilities for 150 handicapped and disabled children
Training of Physiotherapists in the “Train the Trainer Program”
Partner organizations
Rotary Club of Malang Central
Rotaract Club of Malang Kotaraja
Local Schools, Surabaya University and Related Government Authorities
Mayor’s Office in Batu and Ladies Group in Batu
Beneficiaries of the project
800 School children and their families
54 teachers and 27 headmasters from 27 schools
150 Handicapped and Disabled children from the Orphanage