Archive for the ‘Book for Hope Latest Events’ Category
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Pada tanggal 7 Juli 2011, Books for Hope menyumbangkan 50 buku pelajaran SMA kepada lembaga Nur Asiah Islamic Learning di Desa Mandala – Cirebon. Donasi ini diterima secara langsung oleh ketua lembaga Nur Asiah Islamic Learning. Acara donasi ini dilanjutkan dengan diskusi dengan tokoh masyarakat setempat dan juga dengan pengurus lembaga.
Ketua lembaga menerangkan bahwa pendirian Nur Asiah Islamic Learning bertujuan untuk membantu murid-murid SMA di sekitar Desa Mandala mempersiapkan diri mengikuti Ujian Nasional dan Ujian Saringan Masuk Perguruan Tinggi melalui pemberian pelajaran di luar waktu sekolah secara cuma-cuma.
Proses belajar-mengajar ini dilakukan pada sore hari dari jam 7 sampai jam 9 malam dengan bertempat di pelataran rumah ketua lembaga. Kegiatan yang dilakukan antara lain adalah pembahasan PR dan pendalaman materi yang akan di ujikan dalam Ujian Nasional maupun Ujian Saringan Masuk Perguruan Tinggi. Ketua lembaga juga menambahkan bahwa masing-masing murid diberikan jadwal belajar harian yang harus dipatuhi untuk mencapai hasil yang maksimal. Ketua lembaga bekerja sama dengan orang tua murid untuk mengawasi para murid supaya memenuhi jadwal belajar harian yang sudah ditentukan. Jumlah total siswa yang tergabung dalam kelompok belajar ini ada sebanyak 20 siswa SMA.
Tantangan yang dihadapai lembaga Nur Asiah ini adalah minimnya buku pelajaran SMA baik untuk para pengajar maupun para murid. Buku pelajaran selama ini didapatkan dengan jalan meminjam dari SMA setempat namun hanya terbatas pada materi pelajaran tertentu saja seperti buku matematika saja. Harga buku pelajaran SMA yang semakin tinggi semakin mempersulit kondisi belajar-mengajar. Untuk membantu mengatasi tantangan yang dihadapi, Books for Hope mendonasikan 50 buku pelajaran SMA yang terdiri dari buku fisika, biologi, kimia, matematika, bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris untuk murid kelas 1, 2 dan 3. Diharapkan dengan pemberian donasi ini kegiatan belajar-mengajar dapat ditingkatkan kualitasnya dan jumlah murid dapat dikembangkan.
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
The celebration of Kartini day at Elbow Room (Kemang Raya) brought different ambience as 21 gorgeous ladies stand hand in hand to raise funds to support Books for Hope.
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.
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
More and more people get involved in Books for Hope. Even the kindergarten children from Hope for Kids-Pre school joined hand in hand to be involved to help their friends in less fortunate areas.
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.
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Pada tanggal 16 Agustus 2009, ada yang berbeda di perkampungan nelayan, Muara Angke, Jakarta Barat. Sekitar 50 anak berkumpul dengan menggenggam buku kesukaannya. Mereka tak sabar menunggu giliran untuk segera menunjukkan kemampuannya berdongeng di acara: “Merdeka Lewat Buku”.
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
“Social Entrepreneurship and Online Movement for Social Change”
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
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
At Books for Hope, we pride ourselves in operating with available resources to deliver maximum output. Our focus on results and efficiency is unparalleled. You can be assured that your contributions are channeled and used in the most efficient manner for your intended beneficiaries – the children.
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.
Monday, April 13th, 2009
On March 8, 2009, the Books for Hope team went to Cilincing area to donate 200 books to the local library. The library was located near a dirty river and it was built some times ago by other organizations who also see the essence of education. We realized during our Weekend Enrichment Workshop at Cilincing that the children in this village is far more exposed and knowledgeable than the other villages we have visited! They could for example, sing a German song, and were more aware of Indonesia as their country. The Books for Hope team was amazed, and realized that this is probably the effect of all the external aid that this village has received. Once again, this reinforces our sense of cause for our work – that it does impact children’s lives for the better.
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.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
In conjunction with Indonesia’s National Day on 17 August, the PeoplewhoCare (PwCare) – a social community of PricewaterhouseCoopers Indonesia conducted an organization-wide book drive to benefit children in Indonesia. The books collected were channeled to several non-profit organizations. Books for Hope is honored to receive 500 books from them. These books will be used for our library in Bali.
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
 On August 29, 2008; some of the top bloggers
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
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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.
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