Education Indonesia Project #24907

Empowering disadvantaged young people in Indonesia

by Yayasan Cipta Mandiri, The Foundation to create Independency for underprivileged teenagers Indonesia

Empowering disadvantaged young people in Indonesia

Project Report | Dec 5, 2017
I found myself at YCM

By Asep Saefudin | Youth Leader of Graphic Design Internship Program

Asep Saefudin

I found myself at YCM

My name is Asep. I am a 17 years old and I have 9 siblings (4 brothers and 5 sisters). I was born in Bogor; my father has no job for couple of years until now as he is weak and often falls sick. My mother is the only one who earns money to support our family by selling cooked food in a garment factory nearby to our home. My older siblings (4 sisters and 2 brothers) are already married and some of them still live together with us. Since my older siblings have their own families and their families income also not much, they hardly to help my mother to lighten her burden.

There are four children of my parents who are still studying at school (or supposed to study), my older brothers and I are in senior high school level, and my younger brother is in junior high school. Since I know how difficult and the burden that my mother has to carry on her shoulder, I decided to quit from school and looking for a job. I cannot stand to see my mother as the only person who supports our family and I know how tiring and heavy her burden is. I want to help her and learn to be an independent one. Unfortunately I do not know what kind of work that I can do, with all limitation I have and without skill or knowledge.

Since I joining YCM, I get a chance to involve in an internship program of graphic design and chosen as a youth leader. I earn pocket money and save the money, as I have a goal to continue my study in a package school, luckily I also get a scholarship to continue my study so I can give my pocket money to my mother, so it will help to lighten her burden.

Before I come to YCM, I was a timid person, bad communicator, and an introvert person. At the time I heard about YCM from my friends. I was curious to come to YCM and I decided to join with YCM. At the first time I came to YCM, I felt a different atmosphere, friendly people and I was so happy at the time. In YCM I have learned many things. YCM has helped me to build my confidence, communication and values of life. I found myself now and I figure out my passion and talent at YCM, life goes on and I have to be able to help my family to cut the cycle of my family’s poverty that’s my biggest goal now. Thank you for YCM, all donators and global giving who give me a chance to change my life and to keep my passion to reach my goal!

Asep receiveid the accomplishment award

Preparing the exhibition

Asep and his team with their products

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Sep 5, 2017
Finally, there is a hope for me to reach my dreams

By Rina Yuli Yani | Youth leader of event organizer internship program

Train the skill

I am a twenty years old young woman with hope and dreams on my mind….

When I was still a baby, my father passed away. As a single parent, my mother looked after me until I was five years old, then she decided to re-married with a food vendor who sells “fried rice” with a cart kampong to kampong every night, and entrusted me to my grandparents until I was thirteen. I have two younger step siblings now. I returned to live my mother and my step father for three years.

When I was sixteen I can’t continue my education to high school, too expensive for my family and I also had to move to live with my aunt’s family until now. My aunt’s family is also poor, but I have no other option. They can protect me and give a shelter to live in. It wasn’t always easy to live with them though, as I have to share life, foods, shelter with other five family’s member with all limitation. I didn’t know what kind of life that I will have in the future, it seemed so blurred and no hope.

One day, my cousin asked me to accompany her to join the activities at Yayasan Cipta Mandiri (YCM). As she was also had to give up her study at school, both of us decided to join YCM and learn skills at YCM.

I also had a chance to continue my study to high school, so I can obtain my high school certificate. After I received my high school certificate, my aunt and also my mother “forced” me to find any job to help them to support the family.

I decided to quit YCM and at that time I ended up working as a shop assistant and received small amount of wage. I didn’t dare to dream of better life at that time.

Although my family against to my decision of returning to YCM, I decided to return to YCM. While learning, I also have a chance to share my knowledge to the little ones in YCM. When YCM started the internship program, I also have the chance to earn some income through the program. I can help my family, while I also can sharpen my knowledge and skill. I offered myself to assist other programs, administration and organizing events.

What I do in YCM is fruitful, not only the knowledge that I gain more, I also could satisfy my family as I have my own income that I can share with them. I have hope and dare to dream now…

Beginning of this year, I also get a chance to continue my education to the university. I decided to take business administration as my main subject.

There is a hope now.

I am daring to dream big now, to pursue a better life, to change my life.

YCM Changes Our Lives!

Sharpen my knowledge

Sharing with the little ones

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Jun 8, 2017
YCM!!! CHANGES OUR LIVES!!!

By Nurhasanah, Iqbal Saputra and Sudrajat | Youth Leaders of Gardening Team

YEIP Training

YCM!!! CHANGES OUR LIVES!!! Those words always repeated again and again during our gathering at YCM. The words flowing in our mind and remind us again that we have to change our lives.

Now, let us introduce ourselves:

My name is Nurhasanah, an 18 years old female who came from a very remote area in Banten province, West Java. My family’s house is located in the middle of mountainous areas, most of the people in my village work as farmers. It isn’t easy to access education in my village as the location is remote and far from everywhere. There’s no public transportation to reach our village. We have to ride the motorbike or wait for a wagon car that is rented by one of our neighbor every couple of days. I’m quite lucky as I can finish my elementary and middle school. To be able to continue our education, we have to go to the nearest town. Unfortunately, education is not cheap. It is not only challenged by the public transportation and the distance, but it is also challenged by the family financial problem. I know YCM from my brother, who attended YCM before me, gets to know YCM from one of our neighbor who has family in Bogor. After he settled down, he asked me to join him and to learn a lot in YCM.

I’m Iqbal Saputra, 19 years old male. I was born and live in a crowded kampong in Bogor city ever since. I have one older sister who is married already and 6 younger siblings. All together we are 13 people live in a small shabby house. For my parents, education is never important. They don’t really care if I go to school or not. My father works hard to fulfill our family’s needs. He works as a casual labor for the construction site. If my mom has to work as a helper of our neighbor, I have to stay at home and look after my younger siblings. I have only a chance to study in elementary up to grade 5^th. I thought the same like my parents, that education or skills never important. Until about 5 years ago, I decided to come and join YCM. I learned sewing at the beginning; I’m able to sew now and then. By the time, I realize that my passion is more in gardening, leadership, and communication. That’s why I decided to learn more about gardening especially hydroponic, joined student council and elected as a leader. I also concentrated on developing myself in presentation and communication. I also decided to continue to get my certificate of elementary and middle school through a package school. A package school is a school for a drop outer like me and Nurhasanah. She also joined the school for a high school certificate.

I’m Sudrajat, my friends used to call me Ajat. I’m 19 years old male. The same like Nurhasanah and Iqbal, I also quit school after my middle school. My parents and I also thought that education is not that important. I live in a crowded kampong, the same like Iqbal. I have 4 siblings, and one of my younger siblings is mute. He also joins YCM; he learns sewing with the handcraft team. When I came to YCM for the first time, I decided to learn sewing as well. But my passion is not sewing. I decided then to join the gardening team. I was a very shy person; I never had “real” friends before. I was never able to speak up and communicate with others.

Now, three of us are the team of gardening. We called our team as Robinherbs as our main project is planting and selling herbs like rosemary, basil, and mint. At YCM we learn a lot. The youth empowerment project of YCM is very useful for us. We learn how to make a proposal, do a presentation, how to communicate, business skill, communication and share the knowledge with others. A few months ago, we made a proposal together with other teams of YCM. Surprisingly, our proposal selected for United Nation Volunteer (UNV) Program! We are selected to come and attended a workshop in Jakarta. We had to do a presentation there. Most of the participants whom their proposal selected were well educated, bachelor and master degree holders young people from other regions of Indonesia. That made us “shocked” and felt a bit down. Luckily, we learn how to do a presentation, talk with people, to lead ourselves at YCM already. Confidently we presented all the knowledge we have. There was another selection during the workshop, and we are chosen as the big three from all the teams!!! Now, we get a mentor for our recycle and gardening project of UNV. They will do another selection for the three teams to join an international event in Bangkok, Thailand. Please wish us luck! We hope that we can change our lives! Brings hope and be useful for others.

Nurhasanah in the middle

Iqbal in the middle

Sudrajat (Ajat) in the middle

Sudrajat (Ajat) at the training

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video that the gardening's team made for UNV

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