Olga Lydia,Books for Hope’s Reading Ambassador, initiated this fund raising event. The event went well and the customers of Elbow Room are excited to know more about Books for Hope and how to participate.

These ladies really showed the Kartini spirit within. The funds raised will surely help to change the life of the children across Indonesia through books.

So,for all the women out there,let’s show the Kartini spirit and help making this world a better place to live.

Hope for Kids is located in Pantai Indah Kapuk,North Jakarta. The founder -Jenti Martono and the head master – ‎​Luciana Maitimoe together with all the creative and energetic teachers conduct an event on February 13,2010 to celebrate Chinese New Year and Valentine’s day.

In the event, Mrs. Jenti as the founder of Hope for Kids donate some funds and books to Books for Hope.

Thanks to all the dedicated teachers and the lovely children of Hope for Kids in supporting Books for Hope delivers greater good to others.

Acara ini merupakan kerjasama antara Books For Hope (BfH) dan PWCare (CSR Activity dari Price Waterhouse Cooper) dalam rangka merayakan dirgahayu kemerdekaan Indonesia yang ke-64. Pada kesempatan ini hadir Olga Lydia, duta baca dari Books for Hope yang juga bertindak sebagai juri untuk lomba mendongeng.

Antusiasme peserta lomba tidak terbendung. Sebut saja Gopi, walau belum fasih membaca ia tetap percaya diri untuk berdongeng di depan teman-temannya. Semangat Gopi untuk menunjukkan kemampuannya merupakan gambaran sekilas anak-anak Indonesia yang memiliki semangat untuk merdeka dari segala bentuk kebuta-hurufan dan merdeka untuk berkhayal melalui berbagai cerita yang bisa mereka akses dari buku-buku.

Bukan hanya anak-anak, tetapi orang tua, tetangga, kakak dan adik dari para peserta pun turut memberi tanggapan positif terhadap acara ini. Hal tersebut dapat dilihat dengan membludaknya penonton. Mereka berbondong-bondong untuk menyaksikan kemampuan membaca dan berdongeng dari para peserta.

Semangat ini jugalah yang tumbuh di Books for Hope dan PWCare untuk terus membantu pengadaan buku untuk taman bacaan di Muara Angke.  Salah satu orang yang berjasa dengan hadirnya taman bacaan ini adalah pak Mahmud, salah satu anggota Komisi Nasional Perlindungan Anak. Pak Mahmud mendambakan anak-anak di desa Muara Angke kelak dapat berhasil di kehidupan. Dan ia percaya, salah satu faktor yang dapat mendukung terwujudnya impian itu adalah dengan menyediakan tempat dan bacaan yang berkualitas. Niat ini disambut hangat oleh Books for Hope yang langsung menggandeng PWCare sebagai partner dalam proyek ini.

Sudah hampir 2,5 bulan ini BFH dan PWCare bekerjasama untuk mengadakan buku berkualitas bagi anak-anak di perkampungan nelayan Muara Angke . Tidak hanya itu, BfH dan PWCare juga secara rutin memberikan Weekend Enrichment Workshop yang mengajarkan anak-anak berdongeng, menggambar dan mewarnai, menyanyi serta permainan interaktif lainnya.  Tujuannya tak lain dan tak bukan agar anak-anak di desa tersebut dapat tumbuh menjadi pribadi yang berwawasan dan memiliki creative thinking.

Acara tidak berakhir sampai disana. Setelah mengumumkan pemenang untuk lomba mendongeng, maka acara dilanjutkan dengan lomba ala 17-an. Perayaan 17-an tidak akan afdol tanpa lomba makan kerupuk dan juga lomba joget balon. Bahkan, Olga Lydia, sang juri juga tidak ragu-ragu untuk turut serta dalam lomba makan krupuk dan berbagi kecerian dengan masyarakat di desa nelayan tersebut.

Demikianlah segelintir cerita dari desa nelayan Muara Angke. Dengan semangat dan kerja keras, Books for Hope akan terus berusaha untuk mengadakan buku dan taman bacaan tidak hanya di Muara Angke, tetapi di berbagai desa di pelosok Indonesia. Sudah saatnya anak Indonesia juga merdeka dari segala pembodohan dan kebuta-hurufan. Dirgahayu Republik Indonesia. Merdeka!

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: The Only One Club at FX Lifestyle X’nter – F5
Senayan Jakarta, Indonesia

Social Entrepreneurship is a concept that has gained momentum during the past years. Bill Clinton calls it the next ‘big thing’. Business and social experts claim that future world change depends on social entrepreneurs. In a nutshell, it is a process that applies innovative solutions and business strategies to the world’s most pressing social problems.

In the past, only the public, private and social sectors have been involved in solving social problems. Recently, more celebrities like Bono (U2) has come on board. Now, attention is on online communities.

In this momentous event, organized by FreSh!, an online community; we invite speakers from all of those sectors to present how they are using innovative ideas to solve Indonesia’s social and healthcare problems. More than that, we will explore how online communities can play a significant role in becoming social entrepreneurs. Speakers for that night include:

• Pandji (DJ, Celebrity and ACER’s partner in the C3 movement)
• Liem AyLing (Chief of Private Sector FR, UNICEF)
• Dita (Top Blogger, Microsoft)
• Grace Sai (Founder & CEO, Books for Hope)
• Olga Lydia (Model, TV Host, Books for Hope’s Ambassador for Reading)

Other highlights include:

• Launch of “Bringing ICT into Villages” partnership between ACER-Microsoft and Books for Hope in our joint project to bring computer literacy to children and teachers in villages.
• Launch of Olga Lydia as Books for Hope’s Ambassador for Reading
• Pandji Performance (To be confirmed)

Please reply on your attendance ASAP as seats are limited to only 150!
Ticket is FREE, and dinner is sponsored by ACER & Microsoft.

Live Streaming can be viewed at:
http://freshyourmind.com/tv

Highlights of May 2008 – May 2009 financials include:

• During the first year of its operation, Books for Hope received Rp177 million in in-kind donation and cash. In-kind donations, primarily children’s books constitutes 78% our total donations.
• Rp88 million was invested for Library Programs which constitute 72% of our total expenses.
• General and administration of Rp34 million mainly relates to start-up costs (website, legal, etc.). Approximately 80% of the expenses are received in in-kind donation and only 20% in cash.

Our team that weekend consisted of 2 volunteers from Singapore. They both work in investment banks and were glad to spend half a day away from city life to bring some value into these children’s lives. 35 children attended the program and they gained new knowledge through role-playing, coloring, singing, and story telling.

We hope that these children’s lives will continue to  be changed through the knowledge that they obtain through good books and the better teaching methodologies.

in Indonesia gathered  in their first ever FreSh! event in central Jakarta. Named ‘get FRESH’, the event explores new ideas in the online blogging world. They  are the creators of some of the most frequented and most powerful blogs in the country.

Books for Hope was given a 10 minute presentation slot to share some of our experiences and journey.

Represented by our founder, Grace Sai, the session went up to 30 minutes with a vibrant Q&A session.

The FreSh committee generously contributed all proceedings from ticket sales to Books for Hope. Thank you, and here we go, the Blogging World!

Link:
Pertemuan Pertama Fresh (Freedom of Sharing)

FreSh : Freedom Of Sharing Community

FreSh – Freedom of Sharing (August 29, 2008)

Tentang Pertemuan Perdana FRESH

In 3 weeks, 3000 books and a total of USD1200 have been collected from 4 different countries. Partners who will donate in-kind for shipping, bags and T-shirts have also jumped on board. An illustrious Leadership Team has also been formed.