PROFILE of BANTAR GEBANG
In this landfill area, there is a study area for children operate under by the Cahaya Fajar International Foundation (YICF). There are 4 learning places around this landfill and they are located close together.
ABOUT CAHAYA FAJAR INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION (YICF)
Established in 2012, the “Life on Landfills: Indonesians Finding Education & Enterprise” (LIFE) program serves approximately 170 children and 300 families living and working as waste pickers on one of the world’s largest landfills, Bantar Gebang.
LIFE provides preschool classes, after-school tutoring, and university/vocational degree scholarships. The program has also provided school buildings, safe places for children to play, and the area’s first toilets. LIFE operates in 4 communities on the landfill and 2 communities in nearby slum areas.
The goal of this program is to break generational cycles of poverty by empowering the children and youth.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN THE SCHOOL OF LIGHT FAJAR BANTAR GEBANG
This learning place is a stopover learning place for children around the garbage dump, Bantar Gebang. Here they carry out teaching and learning activities such as: reading, writing, drawing, doing homework, etc.
• There are more than ± 120 children studying in this learning center
• The study schedule is divided into 2, namely Morning and Evening
• The age range is from early childhood to high school.
• This place really helps children to get deeper education knowledge that they cannot get from their slum areas.
• Teachers who teach are volunteers from the Cahaya Fajar International Foundation.
THE FUNCTIONS AND BENEFITS OF KEBUN BAYAM LEARNING HOUSE
Learning House Function:
1. As a forum for children who are less able to learn
2. As a place to create and learn soft skills
3. As a playground and gathering for both children and parents
4. As a place for children to stay who are less attentive than their parents
Benefits of Learning House:
1. Provide a place to fulfill children's rights so that children can grow, develop and participate optimally in accordance with human dignity
2. A place to appreciate creativity and improve skills for underprivileged children
3. Providing knowledge spiritual and scientific to children who are less able
4. Teaching children to read, write and draw
5. Provide supplies and religious motivation for children to comply with the teachings of norms and religion
Activities in Bantar Gebang
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