Reports on YOU are the KEY

Project Report | Jan 21, 2020
2020, a new year a new decade an old problem

By Greg Stretton | Project Leader

Dear all.

It is the start of a new year and a new decade, with your help and kindness things have moved on at pace since 1999, we are now 20 years young and with grace, we will be here for the next 20. you have directly helped 52, 650 young people to gain a quality education with 86% in secure decently paying jobs 7% of whom are currently studying part-time at university while holding down a steady job.

All of this would not have been possible but for the many kind acts, deeds and donations to us at YCAB Foundation, giving us the honour of educating and moulding these young people to become the best that they can be.

Please continue to support us at YCAB Foundation your help means so much to our youth and we are eternally grateful for it, as we always say "Child by Child we build our World"

Thank you.

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Sep 24, 2019
A helping hand for teachers and Mom&Pop

By Greg Stretton | Project Leader

Shaping Teachers and Parents in Being Responsible Social Media Role Models for Teens

YCAB and Facebook

Jakarta 2019, – It’s important for all of us to stay safe and act responsibly when we’re online, and that holds doubly true for teens. To help teachers and parents guide teens how to be more mindful when they use the internet, YCAB and Facebook had facilitated training for them using the Think Before You Share’s teacher-parent modules in seven provinces across Indonesia since Q4 2018. The modules help teachers and parents to improve digital literacy and understand issues such as online safety and security.

Facebooks Head of Public Policy in Indonesia said: “Facebook is committed to empowering people to continue to build a safe and authentic community, and it is our goal to create a supportive ecosystem for high school students at school and at home. These teacher-parent modules, which we created together with YCAB, pave the path for teachers to strengthen students’ critical thinking and empathy skills, also value-based parenting models to assist teenagers in using social media”.

There are 20.819.617 teens in Indonesia online, which is why digital literacy is necessary. We’ve seen the results of what can happen when people are lacking in digital literacy – they’re susceptible to believing misinformation is true; they risk their personal data by using insecure apps; they become addicted to social media and its feedback loop of likes; they bully and/or are bullied; and they don’t take steps to protect their online reputation which can have real-world consequences, to name a few things.

However, many teachers and parents today lack the resources that would allow them to guide teens on how to be more mindful when they use the internet.

YCAB’s Chief Operation Officer said: “Providing resources to teachers and parents on this front is a positive move, and will help broaden community awareness of the inherent dangers, which is especially important given that teens often have far more knowledge of the workings of online platforms than older generations who were not raised with the internet. Together with Facebook, we are proud of the achievement and training given using our latest digital literacy modules. Over 2,500 teachers, 1,000 parents in 150 schools across 7 provinces have benefitted through this program. We have trained over 21,000 school participants and the impact on online safety will be significant.

The teacher-parent modules are part of YCAB and Facebook’s nationwide Think Before You Share program. The program had been running for three years in Indonesia and the teacher-parent modules were first introduced in 2018 as part of the Think Before You Share’s expansion. The teacher-parent modules aimed at sustaining the impact of the Think Before You Share program in every school, where teachers understand the importance of digital literacy and are able to guide their students along with their teachings at school, and parents can serve as a support system at home.

2018/2019 Think Before You Share program has visited cities and regencies in seven provinces including North Sumatra, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, and South Sulawesi. These provinces were selected based on YCAB Foundation’s priority provinces considering human development index and students’ performance at school.

In addition to adding modules for teachers and parents, the 2018/2019 Think Before You Share program has also visited different types of high schools, including public and private schools, vocational schools and madrasas, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Culture and Ministry of Religious Affairs.

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Jun 27, 2019
Self esteem through Remaja KAO

By Greg Stretton | Project leader

Self-Esteem Through Remaja KAO

This year, YCAB Foundation and PT Kao Indonesia collaborated in a school campaign on self-esteem for youths.

Remaja KAO’s Campaign (Creative, Active, Optimistic) main target was youth, the age group that are not just growing biologically, but also changing physically as and psychologically. They are eager in finding themselves, their talents and passion to gain maximum potential in their lives. The teenage phase is also seen as a golden moment, where there will be many important things that happened and will affect their lives and characters in the future.

This year, Remaja KAO’s Campaign has visited 25 junior high schools in Jakarta, Karawang, and Cikarang. This campaign has reached more than 2.800 youths.

This campaign discussed and elaborated the importance of self-esteem. Youth were taught on giving self-appreciation through positive thinking, on surrounding themselves in a healthy and supportive environment, and on being confident with everything that they have.

“I want to directly apply what I received in my daily routine, I want to become more confident, hardworking, and persevering,” said Luna when YCAB’s team asked what she got out of joining this campaign. Luna, who was one of the students at SMPN 107 Jakarta, said that it is very important to share the importance of self-esteem to other youth like her, as it really is providing a positive influence for her life.

Photo Caption: Alto, one of the Remaja KAO Campaign participants, hoped that more of teens like him can feel the same benefit of this program.

Another student hoped that this campaign would be repeated to a larger audience. “It would be better and more fun with more people, I hope that all of the students in this school can participate in this campaign” said Alto, hoping that all his friends could get similar inspiration and knowledge like he did.

“We are proud to see the enthusiasm from both teachers and students. The program was initially designed to reach 25 schools and 2.500 participants, but at the end it reached more than 2.800 teens. We hope that the awareness about self-esteem would be further shared by the participants to their communities” said Stella Tambunan – Treasurer of YCAB Foundation.

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