Give An Education To A Trash Picker's Child

Who would have thought that Fitriyah will soon graduate from College and work at XSProject office as bookkeeper. 

Fitriyah is one of our trash picker’s children under XSProject-XSEducation Scholarship program for the last 13 years . She and her family joined the community of trash pickers at one of Jakarta’s  many dump sites when she was in Grade 3. She is the oldest in the family, so her parents expect a lot of her – to help take care of her siblings and also sometimes to help her parents working on the trash they collect.

When Fitriyah was in her last year of high school, one of the colleges nearby offered students to take an entrance exam. She took it and not only passed, but she was also granted a scholarship if she decided to continue her studies. She asked the permission from her parents. Fitriyah felt she had to ask her parents, because trash picker children are expected to contribute to the family from a very young age.   Her mother who encouraged her to study, told her to take the opportunity.  Her mother told her “it’s ok, you don’t have to help us, but continue study as high as you can.”

One of the requirements to receive financial support to go to college is to give tutorials to the younger students. Fitriyah was doing so well that the kindergarten teacher promoted her to be her assistant.

The past three months Fitriyah has been in her last year of an associate degree in college.  She has done an internship at XSProject office in bookkeeping.  She said she likes to do anything with math, that is why she is taking accounting. Starting next month, she will move to working on contract, and hopefully after graduating she will be our permanent staff in the finance dept.

She has already thinking ahead … ‘would it be possible for me to continue to a bachelor’s degree while working?   Of course we will support her.

Your continue support for Fitriyah educations and other students at the community will continue encouraging them to see that there are many opportunities ahead of them.

Thank you again for your support.

Nurdiansyah or Nurdin he likes to be called is one of the four graduates from vocational school who has decided to continue their education to a higher degree.

Nurdin has always wanted to have his own car garage business. That is why he chose to study automotive mechanics in vocational high school.

Three years later, he continues to pursue his dream.  Nurdin applied to a training center sponsored by the Ministry of Labor.  It is free training, but he had to compete with hundreds of applicants and go through a screening test three times.  Nurdin passed the tests.  There are 19 fields offered by the training center, including automotive mechanics.  This is a good opportunity for Nurdin to get advanced training on what he has learned in high school.

We are very happy of Nurdin’s enthusiasm in preparing for his future. When he found out that he was accepted at the training center, he asked us if he can still can go to college after finishing the training to take Business Management courses.

Your donation will help Nurdin’s wish to get as much education as he can to make his dream into a reality.