LIFE PROJECT CENTERS

INDONESIA

LIFE PROJECT CENTER - CILINCING

LP4Y has been working in association with the Atmabrata association since 2016, in the polluted, flood-prone slums of Cilincing to the north of the city. Youth at the Life Project Center Cilincing are working on two Micro Economic Initiatives that benefit their community, which often lacks access to essential services. Source of Life supplies drinking water to the local population at an affordable price and organizes awareness workshops. Matakita offers free eye tests and low-costglasses designed to protect from UV rays and treat presbyopia. Supported by an ecosystem of committed schools and businesses, the Youth are becoming increasingly professional, at the same time taking on an active role in improving local living conditions.

Reading glasses distribution

Water purification and distribution

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KATHARINA STEFANIA

Management Step, Source of Life, Jakarta

“Before LP4Y I was helping my parents and finished high school. I wanted to go to university but I couldn’t pay. I joined LP4Y to learn English because it is very important at this time and I want to get a good job in the future. I want to become a teacher because I would like to share my knowledge. When I arrived I was not confident. Now I speak English in a proper way and I wear professional clothes. I can speak in front of people and I am able to manage asmall business in team. I am the HR Coordinator of SoL. My biggest challenge is to manage the team, until the end of my program because it is very difficult. But I know I can do it.”

LIFE PROJECT CENTER - SURABAYA

At the request of the local NGO YKBS (Yayasan Kasih Bangsa Surabaya), LP4Y is opening Indonesia’s second Life Project Center in Nambangan, an area near the port of Surabaya where there are no tourist activities. Fishery resources have been reduced by the construction of a bridge, and fishermen and their families are suffering. Young adults live in small unsanitary houses and lend a hand, helping their parents with fishing or working multiple insecure jobs. Local authorities, associations and the public are enthusiastic about initiatives to boost the sustainableprofessional integration of Youth. Following initial meetings in 2019, the LP4Y catalyst model will be developed in Surabaya in 2020 to encourage these Youth to take hold of their future.

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