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…
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.…
By Bianca Price Malnutrition has been a major issue in Indonesia for many years. Although the problem is not new, it has gained more attention recently. In 2017, the government approved the National Strategy to Accelerate Stunting Prevention (StraNas Stunting), showing a strong national commitment to reducing stunting. In Yogyakarta City, the rate of stunting…
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…
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…
Single mothers in low-income urban communities of Yogyakarta are experiencing financial and social stressors preventing them and their families from living healthy, fulfilled lives. Many women are living in street situations, the primary income earner of their family, and working informal jobs with unpredictable daily income. Facing intersectional vulnerabilities, single mothers and their children are…
