When Karisma first joined Harapan Fian as a volunteer, she expected to commit only six months as a facilitator for the Saturday Learning Class. Two years later, that commitment had grown into something much deeper. Through her journey at Harapan Fian, she found not only meaningful work with children but also a place where she…
Many people often ask an important question: where does social assistance money actually go? In Indonesia, young single mothers are usually not officially included as recipients of government social assistance. Yet many of them face difficult and complicated situations. They must care for children, manage household expenses, survive unstable incomes, and deal with social pressure…
In the middle of difficult economic conditions and many social problems in Indonesia, we want to say one important thing: thank you. Because of your support, Harapan Fian has received donations totaling IDR 47,424,782 through fundraising on GoFundMe and Kitabisa. Most of these donations came from Indonesian diaspora communities living abroad, together with local donors…
At Harapan Fian Yogyakarta, some of the most important lessons we learn do not always come from what we planned. Often, they emerge unexpectedly—from the lived experiences of the women we walk alongside. This insight came as a profound surprise to us. Through two of our recent initiatives—Young Mothers Research Program and the Social Assistance…
Hi Beautiful People,My name is Pritania Astari, an Indonesian student based in Melbourne. I am raising funds for an organisation that is deeply meaningful to me: Harapan Fian. Harapan Fian is a community-based organisation in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, dedicated to supporting street-situated communities, people who work and live on the streets, including newspaper sellers, buskers, waste…
A class for young single mothers continued for 3rd session and the main objective of the session was to map participants’ sources of income and patterns of expenditure, and to reflect on how they survive amid rising living costs. During the session, income was categorized into two types: fixed income and irregular income. Fixed income…
