We first met Riki in 2013, when he was just 13 years old. Living on the street since he was 7 years old, with no knowledge of who his parents were nor documentation to prove his identity, Riki was prevented from accessing basic human rights and faced hardships on a daily basis. In 2016, Riki…
I met Sintia since 2016. We know each other but not very close. At that time, Sintia only had one child named Maria. She lives with her father in a scavenger settlement in the eastern part of Jogja. At the end of 2020, Sintia informed me that she was pregnant and had serious complications. She…
Hello everyone! We are running a fundraiser for our most recent project “SRHR Camping for Street Teens”. This intends to educate and raise awareness around topics such as sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) and sexual violence. There are high levels of sexual violence and little to no SRHR education for teenagers in our community. Through…
By Caroline Duncan 24th January 2022 Yogyakarta, Indonesia has a proliferation of young people who inhabit the streets, often seen as anarchists who are the token of Indonesian family structures and values gone awry (Beazly 2003). These young people are often evicted from their homes due to an array of circumstances, according to the director…
BY KAYLA CLEMSON As an undergraduate Psychology student currently studying at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia I don’t get much of a chance to go out on work placements and internships until I go into my Masters in 2 years’ time. Having the opportunity to go on a virtual study abroad internship program was…
BY KAYLA CLEMSON In Indonesia, from the 3rd of January 2020 to the 9th of September 2021, there have been 4,153,355 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 138,116 deaths reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO). This global pandemic affects many people men, women and in particular children. It has been reported that many children are…
