TK Paud Permata Hidayah has been impacted by the Lombok earthquake in 2018. The building was damaged and learning activity was stopped. Leaving childrens traumatized and uncertain about their future education.
The childrens and teachers start to get a glimpse of recovery when Happy Hearts Indonesia come in and rebuild their school in 2019. At the time, we gave them safe school buildings and provided their class with adequate infrastructure.
Now, 5 years have passed, with all the support that you gave, childrens and teachers are cultivating their dreams again. TK PAUD Permata Hidayah has become a reference school for PAUD teachers who want to learn using creative and fun teaching methods.
Meanwhile, the childrens also made an achievement by taking part in a coloring competition on National Children's Day last July and won first place.
Your helping hands allow us to restore hope in TK PAUD Permata Hidayah. Comfortable building school and adequate infrastructure that you gave has led them to get a new hope and allows them to reach their dream higher. We thank you for your sincere generosity!
Sincerely,
Happy Hearts Indonesia
Another exciting news comes from the school in East Nusa Tenggara!
This time coming from PAUD St. Arnoldus Jansen. In the celebration of Webriamata Church's birthday and the Easter Celebration, the committee held various types of competitions, including coloring competitions, fashion shows, singing, and dancing. The students of St. Arnoldus Jansen took part in the coloring competition and a fashion show, in which they won 1st place.
This competition inspires kids to do their best. Kids who compete will become more inquisitive and learn to work with others.
About St. Arnoldus School
Paud St. Arnoldus School was established in 2008 to provide early childhood education for the children in Desa Badarai, Kecematan Wewiku Kabubaten Malaka. The PAUD doesn't have its own building and uses one room of the SDK Umatoosfatuk for learning activities. The used room doesn't provide enough space for the kids and has windows without glass, which is troubling, especially during the rainy season, and was often the reason for class cancellations.
The PAUD St. Arnoldus Jansen needs its building urgently since the SDK wants to use the room where the lessons are currently held as a library. This condition of the room is not suitable for the kids. In 2020, HHI was able to rebuild its school, and the children are now able to learn and play in their class and enjoy safe outdoor educational facilities with their friends.
You heard the call for help and answered it magnificently. Thank you for your continuous support and willingness to help us move forward and reach out to more children and schools in need.
Happy New Year! We are truly grateful for the support you have given us this past year in helping us to rebuild more schools in East Nusa Tenggara. Every cent you donated, we have used to support schools in need. These schools provide a safe learning environment that can give a positive impact to students and communities.
Let's take a look at one of the schools we rebuilt on the island of Timor: Paulus Sisilia Pre-School, Malacca, NTT.
The Adequate Water Storage
Paulus Sisilia Pre-school was established in 2017 in Manumuti Brubit, Naimana Village, Malaka District. Without any school building, the learning activities were held in one of the teacher’s houses. In 2021, Happy Hearts Indonesia rebuilt Paulus Sisilia Pre-school with one classroom equipped with furniture, educational toys, outdoor playgrounds, a toilet, and a handwashing station. Every school we rebuild is provided with hygiene training (WASH) to promote clean and healthy living in the school environment.
The community and the chief of Naimana Village worked together to drill wells and build water tank facilities to enhance sanitary standards in school. Whereas there was previously very limited access to water, these facilities have made it easier for schools and communities to obtain clean water and ensure it is constantly available.
Paulus Sisilia Pre-school now has a proper water tank. Children and school members have access to clean water and basic toilet facilities. Good hygiene practice is important in every stage of life, but good cleanliness habits start from early childhood.
Thank you for being part of these children's journey! Your generosity has impacted lives in ways you can't imagine!
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Happy Hearts’ commitment goes beyond building schools only. Every rebuilt Happy Hearts school receives a 5-year post-construction training program to path its way into self-sustainability. This school management training is an effort to maximize the use of school resources, which includes organizing, planning, and controlling activities more effectively and efficiently. Each school, including PAUD Hati Nurani, after receiving full financial management training, has its way of implementing rules and regulations in the school environment.
PAUD Hati Nurani in Southwest Sumba was rebuilt in 2019 and continues to grow and change rapidly. The average annual growth rate of students is 18.3%, which shows that making classrooms more comfortable and safe makes students more excited to go to school.
Along with these developments, PAUD Hati Nurani participated in the 2021 school financial and entrepreneurship training. Since then, the school has implemented the knowledge gained and improved the ability of school financial management. This can be seen in a number of areas, including a more organized and structured school financial record and the implementation of the canteen as a school business unit.
As of now, PAUD Hati Nurani has made a profit and provided additional facilities at the school in the form of a reading corner for students and school residents. With this reading corner, children and school residents will be exposed to literacy access for reading books and story books more often, which will help them to develop a critical mindset and stronger academic skills.
This reading corner is now also being used by eager parents who are practicing reading and parental skills while waiting for their children.
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Ligouri Kindergarten started to provide early childhood education in Desa Kalembu Weri in 1987. Unfortunately, in 2011, the building was severely damaged. For the last several years, this school has been conducting its learning activities at a health facility owned by a church in the area. Even though there aren't many resources or facilities, all teachers and students participate in daily classroom activities.
Through your generous support, in 2019 Ligouri Kindergarten was rebuilt. Ideally, the school should have support facilities like a teacher's office, a kitchen, cleaning facilities, and other support facilities. Why is it vital to have facilities at school? because providing support facilities can have an impact on the accreditation school process. And why is accreditation important? Because the accreditation results are an indicator of quality and a reference in making decisions for various needs, including quality improvement in the future for schools.
In Progress of Rebuilding Kitchen
In order to meet these needs, Ligouri Kindergarten now succeeded in coordinating with parents through the School Committee in the implementation of the construction of a kitchen room for the Nutritional Food Program. The school has a strong relationship between families and community organizations, which has the most significant impact on students and the values that parents have toward education. The school and the parents of the students worked together on various things, such as building materials, food during construction, and carpentry, which was done by the parents.
The progress of the kitchen structure will feature both permanent and semi-permanent components in the future. The foundation is still being built, and the ground is still leveled. When the building is finished, Ligouri Kindergarten will have a proper kitchen to prepare the Nutritional Food Program, which will also contribute value to the school accreditation process.
Nutritional Food Program
Food for the Nutritional Food Program has been prepared in the parents' homes, which are on average 1 kilometer away, or in a Catholic foundation's office, roughly 500 meters away. Every three times a week at 09.30, Nutritional Food Program is distributed. Several parents assisted the teachers in preparing and distributing lunch in the classroom. Students will be permitted to eat if they have completed the required handwashing and prayer.
The diversity of menus supplied must include the nutritional ingredients required for early childhood development and the physical growth of the kids. Fruit, vegetables, milk, high-protein foods (fish, chicken), cakes produced by students' parents, and various porridges will always be supplied to children. The rice or high-carbohydrate menu items will not be supplied to kids frequently because it is an additional food.
It's not only the school that will get accredited, but the children will also get more nutritious food. In this way, Ligouri Kindergarten will be an example for other schools. Thanks for your continued support #iamchange campaign and for making this happen.
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