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Jakarta Street Kids Make Dreams Come True with Entrepreneurship Program

A Jakarta-based non-governmental organization Sahabat Anak, has a project underway to help about 500 marginalized children realize their potential through entrepreneurship. Called KADO (Karya Anak Indonesia – the work of Indonesian children), the project was launched in February.

Selection and training of 250 adult volunteers to help with this project was finalized by April 21. And now, project KADO is in the implementation phase. The volunteers — along with the marginalized children — selected for this project, met for the first time on the last weekend in April.

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com

Komunitas Sahabat Anak Rutin Mengawal Anak Marjinal

Komunitas Sahabat Anak merupakan kelompok sukarelawan yang mendukung gerakan pendampingan dalam memperjuangkan hak-hak anak-anak marjinal seperti pengemis, pemulung, pengamen, dan pengupas bawang di Jakarta dan sekitarnya.

http://wartakota.tribunnews.com

Satu Tindakan Sederhana Pada Hari Anak Jalanan Internasional


Di berbagai belahan dunia tidak terhitung banyaknya anak yang beralamat di jalanan. Di wilayah Jakarta saja, angka pasti anak jalanan sangat beraneka tergantung dari sumber data mana yang hendak dikutip. Pada tahun 2009, dilapokan bahwa terdapat 20.000 anak jalanan di Jakarta.

Kementerian Sosial RI memperkirakan jumlah anak jalanan pada tahun 2011 mencapai angka 4.000 jiwa namun menurut perhitungan Komisi Nasional Perlindungan Anak angka anak jalanan mencapai 8.000 jiwa. Adapun perkiraan lainnya menyebutkan jumlah anak jalanan mencapai kurang lebih 12.000 jiwa.

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Jakarta Globe: Giving Street Children the Opportunity to Dream of a Better Future
Children love being given the opportunity to play, create and dream.

I grew up in a family which highly valued the arts and creativity. My mother is an artist and she taught me from a young age to make, create, paint, sew and dance. My father is a farmer and taught me how to build objects using Legos, wood, metal and any other bits of material lying around.
22 Mar 2012
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/talkback/giving-street-children-the-opportunity-to-dream-of-a-better-future/506533

Jakarta Post: On Jakarta’s streets, a lost generation?
As trains trundle past crowds of commuters, it would be easy to miss the small girl who shrinks from the gaze of passersby in a quiet corner of Jakarta’s Manggarai station.

She slides low in her seat, tracking us from the corners of her eyes before flashing a sheepish grin as she realizes she has been spotted
13 Mar 2012
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/02/13/on-jakarta-s-streets-a-lost-generation.html