| Dear Friends,
Welcome to the September 2004 edition of the YKIP newsletter. In this issue, we discuss the progress of the projects that YKIP has funded for 2004 and what our plans are for the future. For more details, please visit our website: www.ykip.org.
For those of you who may be reading our newsletter for the first time, the name of our organisation, Yayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi (YKIP) translates from the Indonesian language to mean the Humanitarian Foundation for Mother Earth. It is a non-profit organization created by a group of Indonesians and expatriates in Bali as an extension of their personal efforts to provide some relief and comfort to the victims and their families in the first traumatic days of the Kuta bombing tragedy of October 12th, 2002.
YKIP's original purpose was to provide direct material and medical assistance to Bali's injured victims who were unable to support their families as well as assistance to the families of the deceased, and in the longer term support for the whole Balinese community by developing projects to improve the island's existing medical infrastructure and services. This work is intended as a living tribute to those who were killed, injured or lost loved ones in a disaster that forever changed the lives of so many innocent people in Bali and aboard.
YKIP is now focussing on projects that revolve around health and education issues in Bali.
YKIP is proud to be a community based foundation that is so kindly supported by many good people from within and outside Bali be they Balinese, Indonesians, local expatriates or citizens of the world and funded by the generous donations of organizations and individual well-wishers everywhere.
FREDDY SUBIYANTO (1943 -2004)
Freddy Subiyanto, one of YKIP's founders, passed away at the age of 61 on July 31, 2004. Pak Freddy was instrumental in procuring funding and making operational the modern Bali Blood Bank that opened after the Bali bombing.
He was the owner of two restaurants in South Bali: Kura Kura in Seminyak and Prambanan in Denpasar.
He is survived by his wife Cristina, son Alex and his wife and grandchild.
Pak Freddy worked tirelessly to improve the medical facilities on Bali and shall be sorely missed.
His memory shall live on through the Bali Blood Bank and YKIP.
WORKING WITH THE ANNIKA LINDEN FOUNDATION
The Annika Linden Foundation (ALF) was founded in 2003 to honor the memory of Annika Linden, a young woman who perished in the Kuta bomb blast. Her fiancé, Mark Weingard and mother, Elizabeth Linden are now working to help rebuild Bali by donating funds to sustainable projects in the fields of education and children's issues.
In 2003, YKIP received a very generous donation of $100,000 from ALF (for the Children's Education Trust and MREC) and for 2004 has also received an additional $100,000 (please see below)
We are very grateful for the continuing support of the Annika Linden Foundation.
NEW PROJECT
Our latest project is KEMBALI or Kids Education Management in Bali. Kembali is the Indonesian word for "return" and here it refers to a "return to school" for those elementary and junior high school students who might not be able to continue their studies without financial assistance. The initial part of this project is in Gianyar regency, a regency usually not singled out for poverty alleviation projects due to its popularity as a tourist destination. But Gianyar Sejahtera, a foundation under the Indonesian government's Education Department, has found 1,169 children who are in need of educational scholarships. All of these children's families have been assessed and YKIP has been able to find donors who have pledged assistance for about 150 children. That may seem like a drop in the bucket, but it is only the beginning as we have only been fund-raising for this project for two months.
It only costs about US $120/year to put a child through school (which includes all books, uniforms, stationary and snack money)
For details please see www.ykip.org/kembali.asp
PROGRESS REPORT ON PROJECTS in 2004
YAYASAN RAMA SERANA: Pasar Badung's Women's Clinic
The fourth floor of the Denpasar markets houses a small but efficient Reproductive Health Services clinic under the supervision of dr. Upadisari. Her goal is not only to diagnose and treat STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases), but more importantly to educate women and their partners about how to protect themselves against STDs and disseminate information to their clients and other health workers about women's health issues.
The clinic was officially opened on August 25, 2004 by Ms. I Gusti Ayu Bintang Dharmawati, head of the Center of the Consolidated Services for Women's Empowerment for Bali. A mini-lecture on Sexually Transmitted Diseases was given by dr. A.A. G.P. Wiraguna, SpKK along with speeches by dr. Luh Putu Upadisari (head of YRS), I.G A Bintang Dharmawati and representatives of the donors, BIWA and YKIP. The program ended with lunch and entertainment by Gaya Dewata (local transvestite singer-dancers).
Since January 2004, 810 women have been treated at the clinic: 670 of them came for counseling and reproductive health check-ups, 444 of them for general health check-ups and 366 or them for STD lab work and 204 for pap smears All of them were treated for their specific ailments. It is currently open three days a week.
YKIP purchased a five-month supply of medications that are given out or sold on a sliding scale basis to clients, the majority of whom come from low-income families. YKIP, in association with the Annika Linden Foundation, has funded a full year of the "Improving Reproductive Health and Empowerment of Market Women in Bali through Information and Health Services" project of the Yayasan Rama Serana, with commitments for further funding in 2005 and 2006.
Please see www.ykip.org/yrs.asp for details and photographs.
YAKKUM Prostheses Workshop
YAKKUM was established in Surakarta, Central Java with the aim of helping impoverished, physically challenged children in obtaining new skills and self-confidence. Aside from outfitting the children with prostheses (and having the children themselves make them), new skills such as leatherwork, handicraft and prostheses production are arranged for the children. YKIP is helping YAKKUM build a new prosthetic and orthopedic workshop in Bali so the children do not have to go to Java for the procurement of their prostheses.
YKIP/ALF has funded this in its' entirety.
YAKKUM will be renovating a garage next door to their temporary offices in Abiansemal. In the meantime, they have already purchased equipment and begun making prothesis. Pending approval from the owner of the building YAKKUM wants to renovate, a makeshift workshop has been set up at the YAKKUM Centre in Abiansemal. Currently, it is operated by two former YAKKUM clients who were rehabilitated by Yakkum in Yogyakarta, Java and then trained in both Solo and Yogyakarta in the repair and production of crutches, braces, artificial limbs etc. Presently they are doing necessary repairs and adjustments with machines supplied by YKIP/ALF.
Please see www.ykip.org/yakkum.asp for details
YAKEBA (YAYASAN KESEHATAN BALI) DRUG, ALCOHOL AND HIV/AIDS AWARENESS IN THE SCHOOLS
This is an interactive project whereby a "teenage-friendly" doctor goes into a school with former drug addicts and an upbeat attitude and a commitment to helping teens learn about the dangers of alcohol and drug use and how these can lead to HIV/AIDS. The doctor provides accurate information relating to HIV/AIDS & drug abuse; thereby increasing the students "awareness" of the current situation in Bali. This is done with cartoons and funny charts via an Overhead Projector with the doctor constantly asking the students questions about themselves and the material. Those students who answer correctly get a "door prize"-writing utensils, notebooks and the like. Those who answer incorrectly are given the right information.
The former addicts then "talk story" - telling of how they got involved with drugs and how it ruined their lives. The addicts are in their late teens or early twenties and easy for the students to relate to ---and listen to (an important factor when dealing with teens).
The students are provided with a list of people and organizations for obtaining further information ~ in particular for those who already have emerging drug/alcohol problems as well as referral information about drug rehabilitation, HIV antibody testing, youth sex education etc
YKIP/ALF is funding this for 2004, 2005 and 2006. With this funding YAKEBA will be able to reach over 6,000 junior and senior high school students a year.
This project began last May, but as the schools were in the midst of final exams followed by end of the school year break, operations didn't begin in earnest until July. Since then they have visited seventeen classrooms in nine schools, reaching 1,265 students. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.
Please see www.ykip.org/yakeba.asp for details and photographs
NORTH BALI WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE
North Bali is one of the most impoverished parts of the island of Bali. This project will train and equip two midwives to help detect breast and cervical cancer and many forms of STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases). Free exams and pap smears will be given to the local women as well as free educational programs to inform these women and their partners about reproductive health.
The first step of this project was the renovating and general cleaning up of the two midwive's offices. YKIP member Dr. Ida Bagus Tjakra Wibawa, a prominent Balinese oncologist, along with a team of three other doctors and six midwives, has already begun to train the midwives in performing pap smears and assisting in diagnosis. The two midwives were given new gynecological beds and all the equipment they need to run a village women's clinic. The Denpasar medical team showed the two village midwives how to take pap smears from 17 test patients; the slides were taken back to Denpasar for analysis. In the future, the midwives will receive Rp 10.000 for each patient tested. Hopefully, between them, the two midwives will be able to test 100 patients each month, so that a proper assessment of the medical situation of the women of Pemuteran can be made.
YKIP/ALF is committed to funding the equipping and training of these midwives and assisting in funding lab work for three years.
See www.ykip.org/northbali.asp for photographs and details.
Waste Water Garden at PUSKESMAS PLUS Community Medical Clinic in Legian
YKIP has given funds to IDEP via Parum Samigita (a community organization in the Kuta-Seminyak-Legian area) to oversee the building of a Waste Water Garden at the the Puskesmas Plus (Legian Community Health Clinic. This sustainable system of water recycling will be a model for Waste Water Gardens in this area. Ground will be broken for this in September 2004 (for more information on Waste Water Gardens, see www.idepfoundation.org/wwg).
CHILDREN OF NATALIE JUNIARDI
Natalie Juniardi was born an Australian citizen but is now a naturalized Indonesian citizen. Her husband, John Juniardi was killed in the October 12th Kuta bomb blast. Their eldest child Kiola, is now 3 ˝ years old and Jay born 5 months after John's untimely death is now 1 year old. It was Natalie and John's dream to send their children to an English speaking school in Bali. Following the October 12th tragedy Natalie who has become a sole income earner remains committed to staying in Indonesia, where her children can be close to their Indonesian grandparents and their Australian grandparents who currently reside in Jakarta.
The commitment of YKIP-YKIDS is to school the children of the bomb victims. However, the agreement is that the children will only receive an education commensurate with their current living standard at the time of the bombing, so that parents. cannot insist on their children be schooled at an international school. Natalie is an exception to this rule as she is the only non ethnic Indonesian widow. The schools that she would like to enroll the children in are beyond the highest stipend offered to the other widows, which is about Rp 250,000/month (US $30/month).
Natalie at present is receiving assistance from YKIP-YKIDS in meeting the costs of playgroup for Kiola. This will continue until July 2005.
The Annika Linden Foundation (ALF) has agreed to provide US $ 2000 per year for three years starting 2005 till 2008. This will cover the cost of Kiola's fees commencing kindergarten and primary school at Gandhi School in Denpasar, an offer that Natalie appreciates greatly.
YKIP is continuing to support Natalie in helping her to secure further funding to offset her boys' educational needs beyond 2008. All funds donated for this purpose will be managed by YKIP in a separate interest bearing account.
Education as we all recognize is a means to overcome injustice, poverty and ultimately ignorance. We all share a common goal of providing as good an education as we can for our children; please assist us in helping to bring Natalie and John's dream to reality.
EAST BALI POVERTY PROJECT
The Annika Linden Foundation has pledged to donate US$40,000 a year for three years to various projects run by the East Bali Poverty Project (www.eastbalipovertyproject.org). The EBPP was set up by David Booth to assist the poorest (and most inaccessible) villages in Bali. YKIP is administering specific projects for the ALF. ALF has funded six projects for EBPP that YKIP is administering.
- Development of comprehensive Library resources for the schoolchildren and community of Desa Ban, Karangasem: With assistance of the IALF librarian, Titin Safitri a total of 153 titles have been selected for the library, 126 of which are for supporting school curriculum materials. EBPP is presently negotiating discounts, sourcing additional relevant books on topics such as primary health care, dental hygiene etc. and hope to have the majority delivered by mid-September 2004.
- Development of existing Peranakan Ettawa goats for nutrition (milk), education & sustainable economic development as model project to benefit the schoolchildren and community of Cegi hamlet: Great progress has been made with the goat project, not only in the husbandry and the loving care being given by the children, mothers and farmers, but also in the planning for complete sustainability. On 21st July, Komang Kurniawan (EBPP Team Leader), Made Kari (EBPP Goat Project Coordinator), Dr I Md Mangku (volunteer Dokter Hewan from nearby Tianyar) and David Booth visited one of the best programs in Indonesia ( Ds Bongancina) for goat breeding that integrates with farming to see, learn and share ideas about the best ways to develop PE and Ettawa goats for optimum community benefit, especially milking. The most satisfying aspect was to see that our newly constructed goat pens of 1.8m x 1.2m are larger than the standard recommended size they use.
- Provide school uniforms for children studying in integrated education programs in Yayasan Ekoturin's schools in Bunga, Cegi, Pengalusan, Manikaji and Darmaji hamlets, Desa Ban, Karangasem. All the children in the four programs of Bunga, Cegi, Pengalusan and Manikaji are all now proudly wearing their new school uniforms . Glowing skin, well groomed hair and an extra radiance in all the children's and tutors eyes and smiles are proof of the extra self-esteem their new identity has fostered.
- Appropriate technology bamboo-cement covers, filters and hand-pumps for cubang (rainwater collection reservoirs), to provide a clean and safe household water supply for the most isolated families in Daya hamlet: The cubang cover project will start in September 2004 and must be complete before mid-November 2004, as that is when the rainy season usually starts. Surveys are now in process to (a) select, with community agreement, the beneficiaries of the cubang covers and (b) to evaluate materials requirements and any remedial and/or repair works to be done inside the cubangs prior to constructing the covers and to coordinate a construction schedule with the respective families to ensure that their cubangs are emptied and cleaned prior to commencing their gotong royong (mutual cooperation work).
- Upgrading of dirt road to facilitate continuation of Sustainable Development Projects to Empower impoverished mountain communities, prioritizing children: The 2km concrete strip construction for the 2km of dirt road linking Panek hamlet with Manikaji is presently being coordinated:
planning with the two hamlets that this road passes through for timing of gotong royong to ensure the work is completed before the onset of the rainy season in November 2004. Work will start in early September 2004 from both ends: the south end by Panek community and the north end by Manikaji Kaliaga community, joining with the newly completed 2km funded by the Clive Walton Memorial Fund, which ends at EBPP's Manikaji School.
- Production of an Educational Art Story Book, illustrated by the children of Desa Ban, who have taken the choice to eliminate illiteracy by dedicated learning with the aim to benefit others: The Art Story Book is now moving towards the final stages of copywriting and editing and should still be on target to be launched at the Ubud Readers and Writers Festival in October 2004. One of the most challenging aspects of the book is selecting the most appropriate drawings and paintings from the thousands produced by our children, to illustrate as accurately as possible the story of their development from abject poverty to the road to self-reliance and sustainable social and economic development.
Please see www.ykip.org/ebpp.asp for details.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Children's Educational Trust Fund
In a long term, collaborative effort, this project provides educational funding and support for the many children of victims, who were killed, injured or who are still missing after the bombing. YKIP joined forces with KIDS (Kuta International Disaster Scholarship, set up by volunteers from COURTS, an international chain of furniture and electronics shops) to create the YKIP/KIDS Educational Trust Fund. Given the very young age of some of the children concerned, this project will need to have a life span of at least 21 years, another sign of the long road ahead for YKIP. We give support either by direct payments to the schools concerned or through Educational Savings Certificates (Tabungan Pendidikan) with Bank Niaga. All school fees, extra lessons, extracurricular activities, school uniforms, shoes, books and stationary are paid for by this fund.
When this project began, we were supporting 130 children (50 children who had lost a parent and 80 who had parents who were injured). The parents of 71 of the latter group have returned to work (most of them worked at Paddy's Club and have returned to work at the new facility). YKIP/KIDS is no longer responsible for these 71 children's education, which was already agreed upon between YKIP/KIDS and the parents from the beginning. Therefore, for this current school year (July 2004 - June 2005), YKIP/KIDS is supporting the 50 children in the original group plus an additional 9 children whose parents are permanently injured and cannot work.
Please see www.ykip.org/ykids/index.asp for details.
Long Term Medical Training - Medical Library This project's purpose is to provide and to equip a medical reference and education center (MREC) housed at Udayana University Medical Faculty. YKIP is working closely with a number of doctors from the university medical faculty and hospitals in Bali to implement a program to improve training for Balinese doctors, medical students and paramedics, both here and overseas.
It provides students and medical personnel with better access to information in Medical Science since the MREC is equipped with comprehensive facilities such as online Medical References, the latest edition of books, and ten computers with internet access. Special English programs and a fully equipped language lab are on the same premises as the library to assist students and medical staff in upgrading their English skills.
36 candidates have been interviewed for the position of librarian/researcher. We hope that by the end of September there will be six librarians in place searching the internet for relevant medical materials to share with professors and students.
Mark Weingard from the Annika Linden Foundation officially opened the Medical Reference and Education Center on October 13, 2003. He said he could think of no better way of honoring the memory of his fiance, Annika and all the other victims who had died in the bombing. Through the generous support of Mark and his Foundation, MREC will be able to serve as a fertile ground for local medical genius.
Please see www.ykip.org/MedicalTraining/index.asp for details.
YKIP'S FUTURE PLANS
CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS PROJECT
YKIP will be working with Bali Rotary Clubs and other service organizations to work on a project that will give hearing aids (plus annual maintenance) to a number of children who attend deaf schools on Bali. This project will focus on the procurement of donated used and new hearing aids as well as batteries and ensuring that the children are continually re-tested and re-fitted for appropriate hearing aids. We welcome input from those of you who may be able to assist us in the attainment of working hearing aids.
DONORS
Most of the projects listed above are being funded by the Annika Linden Foundation/Mark Weingard. Working together with ALF, YKIP is able to fund a number of small projects and continue the MREC Medical Library project and YKIP/KIDS. The generosity of Mark Weingard is very much appreciated from many quarters.
PT Mitrais (a software development house) has generously contributed office space, phone lines, computers as well as thousands of staff hours from their volunteers to ensure that the vision of YKIP is carried out in a professional and appropriate manner. We would like to thank all of those at Mitrais for their tireless efforts, in particular David Magson, Wiwie Harris, Totok Sudarmanto, Ken McClennan and Jamie.
Since the bomb, we have been blessed with donations, both large and small, from all over the world. Our website lists each and every donor (www.ykip.org/dnt_donors_monetary.asp). We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our donors, no matter what size or shape of the donation-you are helping to make people happier and healthier!
There is still so much to be done and so many people to help. We need human resources to assist us in carrying out worthwhile projects as well as the financial means to fund them.
We are working on registering as a not-for-profit in both Australia and the United States in order to facilitate donations from those two countries.
If you can assist the people of Bali in some way, your generosity will be greatly appreciated. We hope that you will help us in our efforts by contributing to the YKIP General Fund.
Financial contributions to YKIP may be made at either of these banks in Bali.
| YKIP Bank Details |
YKIPKIDS Educational Trust Fund |
Bank Permata Tbk
Denpasar Branch Office Branch 601
Jl. Dewi Sartika Kav. 88
Denpasar - Bali
Indonesia
Swift Code : B B B A I D J A
Acc. Name : Y K I P
Acc. No. : 5802 163 330 (US$)
Acc. No. : 5801 261 460 (IDR) |
Dollar account
Bank Lippo
Lippo-Cab. Thamrin Denpasar,
Bali, Indonesia
Swift Code : L I P B I D JA
Acc. Name : Y K I P K I D S
Acc. No. : 789 30 71857 7(US$)
Bank Lippo
Kuta Graha Branch Office
Kuta - Bali, Indonesia
Swift Code : L I P B I D JA
Acc. Name : Y K I P K I D S
Acc.No. : 534 30 05908 5 (IDR)
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YKIP is very mindful of the need for complete transparency and the highest ethical standards in handling the donated funds of our generous supporters. YKIP is audited annually on a pro bono basis by the Public Accounting Firm Drs. Paul Hadiwinata, Hidajat and Associates which is part of the international PKF association. After the audit the YKIP annual accounts will be available to donors and potential donors on request. YKIP would like to thank Drs Hidajat and his colleagues for offering us this service. For further information please go to www.pkfhadiwinata.com
May we also ask you to forward email this newsletter to your family members, friends and business associates who may be interested in supporting the work of Yayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi, YKIP, in Bali.
Thank you for your continuing interest and support and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have queries or suggestions regarding the contents of this newsletter. If you would prefer not to receive a copy of this newsletter in the future, please let us know at the email address below.
Until the next newsletter in December 2004, our kindest regards,
The YKIP Management Team
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