Teaching Reading in Poor Communities in Jakarta

Dear supporters,

We're grateful to provide you with another update on the progress of our work in Indonesia, especially in the poorer urban areas.

Setback
At the same time, we want to be honest in our reports. As we mentioned in our last update, we hoped to have a training session in Jakarta for 15 teachers by now. Unfortunately, this training has been postponed to the next quarter because it was school holiday time, and the teachers were not available. But at the same time it gave us the oppertunity to connect with several other partners, who potientally will join this next training. 

Street children
But, in the meantime, we managed to train a group of teachers working with street children in Malang, another large city on the island of Java. Supporting teachers who work with children in poorer urban areas is one of our core goals, so we are grateful that we could provide them with training, books, and reading materials. We believe that education is a key part of helping families to break out of poverty, and we hope these interventions will make a difference in the lives of these children and their communities.

Research
This year, we hope to start a small study on the reading levels in one of the poorer areas of Jakarta. We want to do this because we hope the data will give us better insights into what is needed and help us apply for more funds in these areas. Sometimes, we notice more attention is given to remote areas of Indonesia, but we see that certain parts of the cities need help and support just as much!

So again, thank you for your support! As with your support, we will continue to look for opportunities to train more teachers and help more children learn to read.

Salam Literasi,

Dear supporters,

We're grateful to provide you with another update on the progress of our work in Indonesia, especially focusing on the Urban Poor in Jakarta. Over the past few months, we've taken important steps forward that we would love to share with you.

Through our network, we were connected with several donors who share our vision and mission. With their financial support, we will be having a full 3 day training week, in at least two locations in the coming months. This will equip more than 15 new teachers (each serving at least 15 children) with the SSM curriculum, training on how to use it and teach effectively, and books for the children they work with.

We selected these teachers because they work with the Urban Poor in Jakarta, whether through a private learning platform or a mobile library, all focusing on the same target group: underprivileged (street) children of Jakarta. And through the teachers volunteering their time, these children have the opportunity to learn to read and begin developing a love for reading.

In the upcoming period, we'll be preparing for these training sessions. So in the next update, we hope to provide a positive report on the training which then took place. If you'd like to support our work in the meantime, you're more than welcome to do so. This way, we can spread the love for reading to even more children in Jakarta and beyond. 

Salam Literasi,

Stuart Patience