Posyandu Jalanan Recap in 2025

In 2025, Harapan Fian continued its commitment to improving community health through the Posyandu Jalanan program, focusing on urban poor communities. This program was designed to bring basic health services closer to residents who face barriers in accessing formal health facilities. Throughout the year, Posyandu Jalanan became an important entry point for building health awareness…

Education Program Recap 2025 – Harapan Fian Yogyakarta

In 2025, Harapan Fian Yogyakarta continued its commitment to supporting children living around our basecamp through a community-based education program. The program reached around 30 children and focused on ensuring that every child had access to formal education and could attend school regularly, regardless of their social or economic challenges. Throughout the year, the program…

Alternative Social Assistance #1: Collaboration with Sekolah Gajah Wong

This week we conducted the final first meeting, with the other five beneficiaries of our Alternative Social Assistance program. Marking that all 10 beneficiaries have received their first financial assistance and attended the initial meetings.   This meeting with five single mothers, was held at Sekolah Gajah Wong, a community school for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten children.…

Alternative Social Assistance: Our First Program Meeting

Last week our team held the first of six community meetings for our new alternative social assistance program. The meeting was the official start to bringing together our beneficiaries, five young single mothers, with our team leaders. The session marked the beginning to building an empowering relationship with our beneficiaries and shaping how the program…

The Misallocation of Bantuan Sosial

Eden Stern * In Indonesia, vulnerable populations navigate informal work, fluctuating incomes, and limited access to services. In 2024, the Indonesian government estimated that 24 million Indonesians, approximately 8.5% of the population, lived below the nationally measured poverty line. This statistic however does not accurately illustrate experiences of inequality and poverty in Indonesia. According to international…