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 | Feb 28, 2018
Not to give up on life's challenges

By Fiqri Ramadhan | Youth leader of Film and Photography

Fiqri during the activity (in the middle)

Not to give up on life’s challenges

My name is Fiqri, I’m a 19 years old male. I have four siblings, three older sisters and an older brother. My second sister has lived with my grandmother since she was born. My father is jobless since I was in elementary. When I was still a young boy, my mother had a small stall (warung) in front of our rented small house to support my family financial problem, but the income wasn’t enough for us. At that time my oldest sister had already had a job and she was the one who paid for our house monthly rental payment. Now I live with my parents, my sister and my brother. My other two sisters already married and now they live with their own families.

I always very focus and try to always achieve my best at school. Unfortunately a couple of times I had to hide and didn’t want to go to school because my parents couldn’t afford to pay my school fees. Although my father could not afford to pay the school fees, he tried to solve the school fees problem by sending the letters to the schools concerning to our financial problem and asked the school to let me continue my study. Finally, I could finish my high school in 2016 and my grade score was always excellent. After high school, I did some test in university and I passed a test. But unfortunately, I decided to call off my study in university as I can’t pay the admission.

I didn’t do anything after I graduated from high school. I didn’t know what to do as I didn’t have any skill. A few months after my graduation from high school, my friend asked me to join Yayasan Cipta Mandiri (YCM). In October 2017, I get a scholarship to continue my study at a university in Bogor. I decided to study accounting. In my first semester, I got a perfect GPA and now I’m in my second semester. I also work in a restaurant as a freelancer on weekends and keep joining YCM.

When I started to learn at YCM, my expectation was only to be able to communicate in English. But everything at YCM was beyond my expectation. I’m not only able to learn English, but I also learn many things from hard-skills to soft-skills such as I can learn photography, sports, music, computer, adobe photoshop, and Lightroom. Furthermore, I also learn communications, leadership, etc. Now I can speak English better than before. In addition, I’m good at photography, editing, and guiding. Lastly, I now can speak in front of lots people, giving the presentation. Before, I couldn’t do such thing. I believe that when we believe and motivating ourselves not to give up on life’s challenges, we can pursue our dream and a better life. Thank you YCM and GlobalGiving to assist me and my friends not to give up on our challenges.

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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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