4/9/19 – The day has finally come! We’re moving to the first four new homes this week! 40 children now have a permanent home. It’s not perfect yet because we’re still procuring furniture for the house, but it’s definitely comfier. It is impossible to express in words how thrilled we are that our first 4 […]
7/8/19 – Welcome to the Peduli Anak family! Last month, we welcomed many new children: Soleh, Wahab, Siti, Anel, Cintia, Yiaziz, Yuda, Tahul, Farizi, Yudit dan Jumadil. With the new children, 50 new children on the waiting list and expected to arrive within the next few months comes the great responsibility of raising funds to enable us […]
5/8/19 – Today marks the one-year anniversary since the first catastrophic earthquake hit Lombok, devastating our Peduli Anak Foundation. The first of several earthquakes struck at 19:30 destroying the only safe haven for over 80 homeless children transforming their entire home into rubble on the ground. Fortunately, the Earthquake spared the precious lives of our […]
30/7/19 – To make learning English more fun for our middle and high school children, volunteers recently started the Peduli Anak InstaClub. Of course, our teens couldn’t believe they were allowed to go on Instagram! Together with the language tool Duolingo, it is a great way to keep them engaged and get them more involved. […]
7/7/19 – This is a short documentary about the impact of the 2018 Lombok Earthquake on a Dutch-Indonesian NGO, Peduli Anak in Lombok. The earthquake destroyed and damaged the foundation’s children houses and other facilities, leaving all 80 children at that time homeless. In the documentary, the foundation’s founders and a volunteer took us from […]
23/06/19 – Since the last 7 years, we have been working hand in hand with the Child Social Service from the Indonesian government to help and support hundreds of children and their families in need. Some of the children in our care come from Sumbawa, an island on the East of Lombok. In Sumbawa, which […]
7/6/19 – This year’s Eid holiday, we took 36 kids to go to Bali! While some kids are lucky to spend this special time with their family. We have many kids in Peduli Anak who didn’t have such privilege. If you think going on holiday with kids is tough. Try 36 of them from age […]
24/5/19 – Today we had a special Iftar event at the Lombok City Center (LCC). The new management of LCC invited 100 children and staff of Peduli Anak to celebrate iftar at the LCC Mall. The General Manager of POSA Lombok City Center, Mr. Irwan Jendra Gunawan, organized this event for Peduli Anak to share […]
The installation of the roof of the first four houses (8 homes) has started and we are still on track to move all the children into their new home by the end of May! Plus, we are working on 3 more houses (6 homes), Shri Shastry Middle School building, Taha Sports Center, Mohammed Elmondher mosque, […]
24/04/2019 – Het werk van Peduli Anak, voor de kansarme kinderen op het eiland Lombok, is onder alle omstandigheden uitdagend, maar dankbaar werk. Onze opvanghuizen en scholen zijn echter vorig jaar zwaar getroffen door aardbevingen die de kinderen tijdelijk van onderdak en onderwijs beroofd hebben. Het is een tragische ramp geweest, waarover in verschillende media […]
