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SIGLI PROJECT
1. Free Clinic Project
Hope 4 Our Children donated funds to a free clinic equipment in Sigli are to
serve the tsunami victims. Programs are conducted by YAYASAN ILHAM in Aceh,
Indonesia. The clinic
provided free services for tsunami victims. It served 40 to 60
patients daily.The funds raised were distributed for the following:
- medical equipment: thermometer,
blood pressure monitor, exam bed; and medication: which includes penicillin,
flu/cold/cough medicine, fever medicine, anti biotic,
diarrhea/gastrointestinal, medicines.
three months of a doctor's salary
three months salary for three nurses
Hope 4 Our
Children supplied free medicine well as connects the free
clinic to a local hospital.
Free
Clinic Progress Report (November, 2006):
During her trip to Sigli in
June 2006, Ina Nasution visited the free clinic that provides basic health
services to its surrounding communities. With the medical supplies funded by
Hope 4 Our Children, the doctor and the two nurses were able to provide basic
medical supplies to 40-60 tsunami survivors daily. They have been providing
excellent medical services to tsunami survivors living in the nearby tsunami
camps.
2. Sigli Project – To Support
Widows’ Livelihood
Hope 4 Our Children helped the existing program of PII/MSA (pelajar
IslamIndonesia/Muslim Student Association) procuring sewing machines and
embroidery machines for the livelihood of more than
25 women victims of tsunami. Additionally, we disbursed funds for
training those women to sew and embroider to help them find jobs in embroidery
business and in the long run, to run their own business. Moreover, Hope 4 Our
Children worked together with Yayasan Ilham in Sigli on teaching the women and men of tsunami victim how to
produce salted fish . We procured one packaging machine to pack shredded fish
for fish crackers home industry / small business. This industry generated income
to tsunami victims without the need of large capital.
Progress Report Workshop for
tsunami survivors (November, 2006)
Hope 4 Our Children funded several workshops for tsunami
survivors.
The workshops focused
on providing on-the-job trainings and basic skills in the areas of embroidery,
sewing, swing rope production, salted fish production, hammock making and
furniture making.
The workshops ranged from three classes to ten classes, depending
on the complexity and target of the workshop. Funds were allocated to pay for
trainers, materials, and equipment. The workshops were managed by a community
member and volunteer, Ms. Radhiah.To
date, the workshops had trained more than 64 survivors in Sigli area.
The hammock making, furniture making, embroidery and sewing projects had
been a success.
3. Dayah Babul Ilmi - Sigli Orphanage Project
A. Dayah Babul Ilmi - Phase I
Programs:
1. Dormitory
construction (completed)
In February 2006,
Faizah Badeges, Hope 4 Our Children’s Board of Trustee, visited Sigli and
identified Dayah Babul Ilmi as a target project based on her assessment of the
Dayah and recommendation from local leaders in the area. Even though the Dayah
had influx of tsunami children, few relieves reached the Dayah because of the
remote location of the Dayah, which is four hours from Banda Aceh.
In
February 2006, Faizah Badeges, Hope 4 Our Children’s Board of Trustee, visited
Sigli and identified Dayah Babulilmi as a target project based on her assessment
of the Dayah and recommendation from local leaders in the area. Even though the
Dayah had influx of tsunami children, few reliefs reached the Dayah because of
the remote location of the Dayah, which is four hours from Banda Aceh.
As
a result of the visit, Hope 4 Our Children allocated $61,998 for Dayah Babulilmi for the construction of 12 rooms and 12
bathrooms for tsunami survivors to provide shelter for the homeless children.
Hope 4 Our Children selected Dompet Dhuafa (www.dompetdhuafa.or.id)
as the partner to monitor the progress and construction of Dayah Babulilmi dorm
project.
The
construction of the dorm started in early June 2006, and completed on schedule
in September 2006. In addition, Hope 4 Our Children furnished the new dorm with bunk beds and mattresses.
For pictures and more stories
of Ina’s visit to Dayah Babulilmi, please click:
www.hope4ourchildren.blogspot.com
2. Duck
Program
The Duck Program
is one of our sustainability and capacity building programs. The purpose of the
program are three folds, first is to provide nutritious food for the students of
boarding schools. Research shows health and nutrition are directly related to
school performance; the second goal of the program is to provide the schools
with extra income needed to sustain services. The hope is that the farm could
generate enough income, which will allow the schools not only to sustain
services, but to increase the quality of the services; finally, the program also
functions as a training opportunity for students to learn livelihood skills by
involving them in the maintenance of the farm.
Hope 4 Our
Children has started the Animal Husbandry program in Dayah Subulussalam
Orphanage Boarding School in Aceh. The project was a success. Drawing from our
experience with Dayah Subussalam, we are expanding the program.
Presently, we
are working with Dayah Babul Ilmi on a similar program. With the help of Al-Fatih
Academy (www.alfatih.org)
, we have allocated small amount of funds to help Dayah Babul Ilmi to start a
duck farm. However the amount was still not sufficient. Additional funds are
still needed to scale up the farm so that it can provide enough income to
sustain Dayah Babulilmi’s services to the children.
To raise the needed funds,
currently Hope 4 Our Children with the help of Al-Fatih Academy (www.alfatih.org)
is working on raising more funds for the program. Should you want to join us in
giving the children and the Dayah a mean to gain their economic stability,
please contact us at ina_nasution@hope4ourchildren or ratsir@hope4ourchildren.
Together, we CAN make a difference.
B.
Dayah Babul Ilmi -Phase II: Integrated
Community Development Initiative
(NOT YET FINANCED)
Dayah Babul Ilmi Project Phase
II is an integrated community development programs aimed to: a) transform Dayah
Babul Ilmi from a traditional religious boarding school into a community
learning center; b) enable and empower families and the community to be able to
care for the orphans themselves; and 3) improve well beings of all members of
the community, the children in particular.
The goal of the project is to reach children, both orphans of the
tsunami and others in the community, who have not been able to access
educational opportunities and to promote learning and skills development.
The project is designed as an integrated and community oriented
project. The improvements will enable the Dayah to provide the orphans
with not only education, but also food and health services needed for their
physical and cognitive development. The programs will also benefit other
children in the surrounding community, their families, and the community as a
whole.
In executing the project, Hope
4 Our Children will work with local NGOs and the community itself to foster
sense of ownership and to build local capacity. The transformation of the Dayah
from a traditional religious boarding school to a community vocational learning
center is not only to honor the traditional and historic function of a Dayah in
Aceh as a place to seek knowledge, but also to utilize the already available
capacity in the community to avoid unnecessary expensive construction costs. The
project intends to work with the community for approximately 4 years to provide
them a sufficient time to increase their capacity to sustain services.
The benefits of the project are both necessary and
practical. It
will contribute to the economic and social
growth of the Dayah and its surrounding community by implementing a model of
sustainable development. The outcome of the project is to ensure access to at
least basic education and nutrition conditions. Additional outcomes include
psychosocial well-being, food security, and empowerment of women.
Programs:
1. Nutrition and Health
Interventions
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School garden for nutrition
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Free breakfast for all Dayah's
current students
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Supplemental vitamins
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Linking the Dayah and the
community to other development partners who offered de-worming program and hand
washing facilities program
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Essential Nutrition Action
awareness
2. Go Back to School Program
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Formal : To ensure that each child
receives basic education
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Non Formal : Accelerated
education will be implemented for older children who have been out of school for
a long period of time; and vocational trainings will be provided to supplement
formal schooling to equip children with necessary skills needed for future
success.
3. Income Generation Program
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Animal husbandries and
agricultural project for the Dayah
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Vocational trainings for
parents and other members of the community
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Micro loan
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Small Business Training for
the Dayah, parents, and other members of the community
3. Community Capacity Building
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School Management training for
Dayah's administrators
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Basic Psychosocial training
for Dayah's administrators, teachers, and parents
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