The problems affecting the poorer members of society in Indonesia are overwhelming. Little Care would like to continue to contribute to reducing problems by carrying out activities as much as possible.

A. Little Care's completed and ongoing projects

Several projects have been completed since Little Care was established in 1998, and others are still ongoing. Listed below are the projects we have carried out:

1. Nutrition

• Distribution of free basic foods (such as rice, sugar and cooking oil) to poor people at Jemursari village, Surabaya, 1998.
• Sale of basic foods at subsidised prices at several villages in Surabaya, 1998.
• Donation of food to 90 sanitation workers at Citra Raya housing estate, Surabaya, 1999, in cooperation with Surabaya International School (SIS).
• Donation of cash to purchase foodstuff to victims of flooding in Jakarta, 2002.
• Distribution of 500 kg of rice to pedicab drivers in the city of Yogyakarta, 2003.
• Donation of basic foods to Wai Pecak orphanage, Ruteng, Flores, NTB in 2003.
• Supply of free fresh milk to young children of poor families at Desa Hargobinangun, Sleman, DIY.

2. Education

a. School Fees.

Payment of school fees for poor students in Surabaya (Rp 120,000 = US$ 10 per student per year) at the following Primary schools:

• for 25 children at SD Bangkingan I school, Surabaya, starting 1999.
• for 25 children at SD Bangkingan II school, Surabaya, starting 1999.
• for 25 children at SD Tanwirul Wathon school, Surabaya, starting 1999.
• for 50 children at SD Dharma Siswa school, Surabaya, starting 2000.
• for 28 children at SD Jambangan I school, Surabaya, starting 2000.
• for 45 children at SD Sumur Welut school, Surabaya, starting 2000.
• for 15 children at SD Ridlwan Abdullah school, Surabaya, starting 2000.
• for 40 children at SD Patemon VI school, Surabaya, starting 2001.

Payment of school fees for poor students (between Rp 360.000 to Rp 400.000 per student per year) at the following Middle schools:

• for 25 children at SMP Hang Tuah III school, Surabaya, starting 2000.
• for 7 children at SD/SMP at Tangerang, Jakarta, 2002-2004.

Payment of school fees for victims of the earthquake and tsunami on the island of Nias, Sumatra, in 2005:

• for 10 Middle school (SMP) students and 10 High school (SMA) students.

b. School materials

• Donation of 103 packages containing books and writing materials to students of SD Bangkingan I, Surabaya 1999.
• Donation of 3 computers to SMP Hang Tuah III school, Surabaya, 2000.
• Donation of 2 cupboards, typewriter and repair of classrooms at SD Tanwirul Wathon school, Surabaya, 2000.
• Donation of sports equipment to SD Bangkingan II school, Surabaya, 2000.
• Donation of 2 computers and 4 sewing machines to Yayasan Ukhuwah Ummah school for orphans di Surabaya, 2001.
• Donation of 65 packages containing exercise books, writing materials, crayons etc (valued at Rupiah 50,000 = US$ 5 per package per-student) to children of orphanage at Sidoarjo, Jawa East Java, 2003.
• Donation of school uniforms to 40 poor students of Primary school, Jakarta, 2003.
• Donation of exercise books, writing materials, reading books, and one computer to Yayasan Karya Kasih, Sumba, via Daniel Fallo, 2003.
• Donation of 120 packages containing exercise books, writing materials, crayons etc (valued at Rupiah 50,000 = US$ 5 per package per student) to children of Patemon IX Primary school, Surabaya, 2004.

c. Renovation of school buildings

• Renovation of classroom at SD Sumur Welut I school, Surabaya, 1999.
• Construction of 3 WCs at SD Sumur Welut II school, Surabaya, 1999.
• Construction of 3 WCs at SD Bangkingan I and II schools, Surabaya, 1999.
• Total repainting of school for children with special learning difficulties at Sidoarjo, East Java, 1999. Materials and labour were donated by theAmerican Navy, arranged by the American Embassy in Surabaya.
• Renovation of 3 classrooms at SD Tritunggal IV school, Surabaya, 2000.
• Repair of classroom and ceiling at SD Dharma Siswa school, Surabaya, 2000.
• Repair of classroom with new room dividers at Ridlwan Abdullah school, Surabaya, 2000.
• Construction of boundary wall and planting trees at SD Jambangan I school, Surabaya, 2000.
• Painting of classrooms at TK and SD Kanisius school, Jogjakarta, 2003.
• Construction of a new classrom at SDK Pemuda school, Kadekap-Kalembu, Sumba island, NTB, in 2003.

d. Other Education Aid.

• Working together with the Surabaya City public library at Rungkut, Surabaya and the Community Service programme of Surabaya International School (SIS), established a special library for young people, including books in both English and Indonesian, supply of computers, and free English language lessons for children, from April 2000.
• Facilitated free English language lessons for children at Primary and Middle schools by students of Surabaya International School (SIS), as an extra-curicula activity “Community Service” at SIS, 2000-2001.
• Donated trophies and prizes for the competition “Write and Tell Children’s Stories 2000” with Kawan Kami at Lamongan, East Java, 2000.

3. Medical Assistance.

• Distribution of medicines donated by the American Navy to poor people in Surabaya, 1999.
• Payment of regular treatment to thalisimia patient at Trawas, Mojokerto, 2002-2003.
• Payment of medical treatment for several poor people injured in accidents or ill, and unable to pay for medical treatment themselves.

4. General Aid

• Donation of 100 pairs of work boots to waste recyclers at the Surabaya city garbage disposal site, 1998.
• Aid to “Alang-alang” group of street children in Surabaya, in the form of a drop-in house rented for them for 3 years, 1999-2001.
• Donation of prizes and trophies for street children in Surabaya, to support the GASS-1 programme in East Java, March 2001.
• Support to "If Theatre", a theatre group in Surabaya for teenagers, aiming at giving them positive activities to avoid drug use, 2001
• Renovation of a slum dwelling at Blabak village, Kediri, East Java, working together with Lions Club Surabaya Srikandi, 2001.
• Donation of personal hygiene items to physically handicapped children at the rehabilitation centre St. Damian Cancar at Binongko, Labuan Bajo, Flores, NTB, in 2003.

5. Improving Nutrition for Children in Lombok, NTB.

Established a pilot project for improving nutrition of 82 poor families in Meninting village, Lombok island, NTB where children are suffering from severe malnutrition. This program, set up in cooperation with NGO Gerakan Pemuda Mandiri Nusantara (GEMMA), and working together with local Health Service field staff, is intended to ensure that babies and small children who have already received emergency hospital treatment and milk supplies do not suffer again from malnutrition. The aid provided was in the form of nutrition education and the supply of fruit trees, vegetable seeds and 6 chickens per family, to be reared to provide additional nutrition for the whole family. This program was started in October 2005, , and successfully completed in October 2006. The children’s nutrition was greatly improved, and from the breeding of chickens new activities have developed in the village with small eating places providing grilled chicken with the local dish Ayam Taliwang.

B. Projects in Progress

2. Educational Assistance and Development of Talent for Children affected by the Earthquake in Jogjakarta.

In May 2006 a strong earthquake occurred near Yogyakarta , which caused thousands of deaths, thousands more lost their homes, schools were reduced to rubble, and many children lost their parents and are still suffering from trauma. At the same time, Merapi volcano, which is located on the border between DIY and Central Java , also erupted, and thousands of people living on the slopes of the mountain had to be moved into temporary shelters to avoid the danger from hot clouds.

Destruction caused by the earthquake in one village in Bantul, May 2006 (Photo by Radar Jogja).

Since these events, many local and international NGOs and the Government are together rebuilding houses and other facilities which were destroyed by these two natural disasters.

LittleCare is focussing on repair of children’s educational facilities, especially for developing talents and overcoming trauma for those children who lost their parents and their homes. The aim is that if these children cannot continue their education in the future, the talents and skills developed by LittleCare can be used to make a living, without having to depend on others or donors.

LittleCare has constructed several Childrens Creative Rooms, which will provide:

• Treatment of trauma with therapy a variety of games,
• Teaching computer skills and English,
• Panting classes,
• Batik classes,
• Theater, music dan vocal classes,
• Development of creativity through educational games (LOGICO),
• Mathematics through games,
• Supply of reading books.

Up to now 5 Childrens Creative Rooms have been completed in locations which were most severely hit by the earthquake, at:

• Pleret, Kab. Bantul, DIY
• Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan (STIKES), Jalan Pramuka, Jogja, Kab. Bantul, DIY
• Giriloyo, Kab. Bantul, DIY
• Tangkil, Kab. Bantul, DIY (termasuk bangunan TK)
• Demen, Imogiri, Kab. Bantul, DIY.

Childrens Creative Room at Pleret village, Bantul, DIY.

Kindergarten (TK) in Tangkil village, Bantul, DIY, completed in January 2008

Childrens Creative Room in Demen village, Imogiri, Bantul, DIY.

Childrens Creative Room at STIKES, Jogja.

Childrens Creative Room at Giriloyo village, Bantul, DIY.

2. Development of Childrens talents at Pakem, Sleman, DIY.

In 2007 we constructed one more Childrens Creative Room at Hargobinangun village, Sleman, DIY. This facility consists of a reading room / library for children who want to learn English with a teacher from LittleCare. Children are also given lessons in the use of computers, with hands-on training.

Childrens Creative Room at Ds. Sidorejo, Hargobinangun, Sleman, DIY, June 200

Also a public Reading Room is being constructed at Desa Hargobinangun, Sleman, DIY with a simple library for poor children.

Learning English at the Childrens Creative Room, Sidorejo.

3. Donation of teaching materials to SD INPRES Tenau, Kupang, NTT.

On 17 August 2008 a donation of school uniforms, shoes and books was made to 18 children at SD INPRES Tenau.

Delivering the materials to di SD INPRES Tenau, 17 August 2008.

C. Planned Projects 2008 - 2009

The following is a list of Projects which have already requested funding by submitting proposals to Little Care, which are planned to be implemented when sufficient funds are available :

1. Nutrition

• Continue the program of regular sale of basic foods at subsidised prices (twice a year) at poor villages near the cities of Surabaya and Yogyakarta .
• Continue activities to improve child nutrition in poor areas where malnutrition is. present, especially in NTB Province , and remote villages on the island of Java .

2. Medical Assistance

Continue the programme of payment of medical treatment for poor people injured in accidents or ill, and unable to pay for medical treatment themselves.

3. Education

a. School materials.

Continue the programme of donation of school facilities and teaching aids to SD and SMP schools in East Java, Central Java and DIY.

b. Renovation of school buildings.

Construct new WC facilities at SD schools in East Java, Central Java and DIY.

Planned Renovation of Toilet Block at Banyu Urip III Primary School, Sawahan, Surabaya.

C. Other Education Aid.

Continuation of 6 Childrens’ Centres in Jogja Area.

At the above six Children’s Centres in the Jogja area, we aim to provide:

• Computer skills classes,
• English language classes,
• Painting classes,
• Development of creativity through educational games (LOGICO),
• Learning mathematics through games,
• Developing reading through a library of childrens’ books.

From our evaluation of the children attending the Centres, we found that some of them have talents in painting which can be developed. From their family background, we can see that they do not have prospects for attending university due to the cost. So we plan to provide additional skills for them in modern batik, which they will be able to use as a source of income. We plan to introduce batik classses twice a week at each Centre, and to support this programme we need the following:

a. Three part-time teachers, one at each of the 3 Centres, to be provided with an allowance to cover honorarium and transport;
b. Ten good quality paraffin stoves at each Centre for heating wax;
c. Ten good quality metal pans at each Centre for heating wax;
d. Batik tools (10 canting for each Centre);
e. A set of materials needed for batik at each Centre (cloth, wax, dyes, pencils, carbon paper, drawing books, paraffin etc).

Proposed new Children’s Creative Centre in Kraksaan village, East Java.

The families living on the north coast of East Java mostly originate from Madura island, who settled in Java as fishermen and farm workers. We have been approached by the NGO “Merah Putih” who request building a new Childrens’ Creative Centre in Kraksaan village, where the literacy rate of children is very low. The Centre would be based on the model used in Jogja, for about 40 children, focussing on reading and writing. Land is available, donated by a local resident. The site is located in Kraksaan village, address as follows:

Land available for the Kraksaan Children’s Centre - Jalan Patemon Kav Peleman,, Kel. Sidomukti,, Kec. Kraksaan,, herKabupaten Probolinggo.

a) New Building for the Children’s Centre

The land available does not yet have a building, and it is proposed to build a new brick building, including a teaching room, reading area and toilet.

b) Proposed Activities by LittleCare

LittleCare will provide regular classes for about 40 children of elementary school age, giving priority to those who are not attending regular school. The main aim of the classes is to ensure that the children can all read and write in bahasa Indonesia. The classes will be for:

i) Reading and Writing;
ii) Drawing;
iii) Developing logical skills using educational games.

A teacher will be appointed by LittleCare, and provided with a monthly allowance. Other volunteers will be recruited by LittleCare from local residents. A small monthly fee will be charged to parents in order to cover operational costs.
To support this programme we need the following:

a. The estimated cost of the building is about Rp 40,000,000 (forty million Rupiah).
b. One part-time teacher (to be provided with an allowance of Rp 500,000 per month to cover honorarium and transport);
c. Book shelves (total cost about 3 x Rp 750,000 = Rp 2,250,000);
d. Teacher’s table and chair (total cost about Rp 500,000)
e. Computer, voltage stabiliser and printer (total cost about Rp 5,000,000),
f. Carpet (cost about Rp 900,000),
g. Small short tables for the children (sitting on the floor) (cost about 20 x Rp 115,000 = Rp 2,300,000),
h. Reading books (new and second hand).

» Aid for Childrens Centre “Bintang Kecil” in Cianjur, West Java.

At Kp. Cisaat, Sabandar village, Cianjur a free learning Centre has already been established for 66 poor children by Yayasan Lepas.
A Proposal has been sent to LittleCare to provide assistance for:

• a permanent tiled floor for the classroom;
• teaching books, writing materials and reading books;
• computer facilities;
• teaching aids and play materials.

» Boarding School “Santo Petrus Rasul”, Nangatayap - Ketapang, West Kalimantan

This boarding school has been set up for boys and girls of the Dayak community in remote villages. At this time they need assistance for operating the boarding school (funds for food and drinks, monthly electrical bills, staff allowances including a cook). As well as this, they really need funds for teaching books and reading books for the school library.