Still you remember about my new project? I've shared about it a little here. Anyway, have you answered our questionnaire yet? Click here if you're parent and not yet answer. :)
But I'm not gonna talk about the questionnaire, of course. I assume that you already know my main purpose in doing this project, no? There are two: first is to train our little kids to share at their very early age, and second (which is actually the first purpose) is to help the unlucky children to keep going to school. A little reminder from my previous post, our help wouldn't be in form of cash. We will provide them anything to help them keep going to school, just not cash. Manipulating cash is so easy in this country and I just don't want to risk that.
In doing this start up, I have made some plannings and time line. Searching for children in need is one of the plans. There are several ways in searching for children who need help (financially): 1. by searching one by one and help each of them personally, 2. through the orphanage, and 3. through schools. Since I'm still a start up and lack of resources, I tend to do the easy way so number 1. is my last option.
I remember Indonesian's government have once made a project named GN-OTA (Gerakan Nasional Orang Tua Asuh). I'm not sure if the project is still on or not. But GN-OTA has their web named GN-OTA online where anyone can find out about how many Indonesian students who need help, their school, their name, their parents name and job. The web was last updated in 2010. Through the web I found out which school here in Balikpapan that mostly need help.
There are 2 schools in Balikpapan that are listed in GN-OTA online whom have students that are risked dropping out of school. Surprisingly, both of them are addressed near my house, Sepinggan. I came to one that have longer list. I have met the headmaster too whom then consult me to his staff who manages about poor students.
Our first meeting was nice. I didn't come officially, I didn't bring any letter or what so ever. I just came to talk to the school (the headmaster or any staff who can help) to tell them my project, and ask them if there any chance I can help their students. I told them how I choose to come to their school first. I ask them if there is any possibility that I can have their poor-students-data so I can screening it and choose which I can help. They have one hundred list, they said. There are quite many students who would gladly get some help.
I didn't get anything on our first meeting yet, they said they need to screen out their list as those list was made for last year. I was asked to come a few days later. My next meeting was with the headmasters staff accompanied with her friend. She didn't seem to catch my project's purpose on our first meeting, so she kinda interrogated me more. I get that they are a little worry for people who asks for data about poor students to their school but end up for nothing but probably using it for irresponsible purpose. It seems like I'm not their first guest who came to ask for data about children in need.
The staff said that they had two guests form some kind of yayasan who came with the same meaning like mine before, but didn't have any further follow up for the children. The student's parents were upset since they were promised to receive some donation, then asked the school for responsibility. Those guests just disappeared and probably have used those data to ask for donation to a company or else. We can not just believe people easily in this country nowadays... if u know what I mean.
I fully understand their concern. I told them that I'm not willing to help those students with money, speaking from my own side I neither would trust them (the school side) easily. Since I told them that I'm also willing to put the profile of the students that I'm going to help on our website one day, suddenly they have another things to concern. They were worried that if I put the students and the school name on the internet they will have more pressure from the student's parents perhaps, and not yet probably the dinas pendidikan will might stop their subsidy too thinking that the school might already get help, and other schools might get jealous and blah blah blah...
But long story short those staffs were very happy with my project, they would gladly help they said. But still they need to coordinate with the headmaster to cooperate with me. They told me then to come back for another week, giving them time to sort the new data.
So I came back a week after. As I came to their school the staff said that the headmaster has to go for a week of training, and has said that they wouldn't give any data unless there is an official letter from me. I have been meaning to give them an official letter, and would also ask the headmaster to sign some kind of an MoU so anyone would clear what kind of help that I want to give. But since the previous deal is to meet up with the staff again so I didn't bring official letter yet. Again, I truly understand them but a little bit disappointed because the staff had my number, she could just text me to tell all of that so I didn't have to come to their school. Hence we had a deal that I should come back again the next week when the headmaster has return, and I also promised them that I would bring my official letter and the MoU letter along.
And on the next week, which is today, I text the staff to ask if I can meet the headmaster today and I also ask for the headmaster's name for the MoU letter. We actually had a deal, but I ask her again for just being polite. Sadly she didn't reply my text. So then I called her, then she said "I'm sorry, I have talked to the headmaster and he said that we will not give any data to you."
So that's it.
I'm not that disappointed... well maybe I do a little bit. Those deals have wasted my time actually. Now I have to rescheduled my time-line. And also a little sad because my aim is purely to help. But again, in this nation we all have a crisis of trust. Too much fraud already. :(
But I have prepared my self for such situations. I know that when we do something good obstacles will come from here and there. Just like when preparing for marriage, or when waiting for childbirth, or raising a kid, etc.
I still have three options: 1. go to the orphanages, 2. find children in need one by one, or 3. try for another school. Lets start it all over again....
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Busy Sunday
Banyak banget deh kejadian di timeline gue hari Minggu ini. Ada yang lagi ikutan IYCS di Bandung, ada yang lagi pawai di Balikpapan, ada yang lagi upacara-upacaraan, ada yang lagi bikin kolaborasi buat ciptain lagu anak, ada yang metong pulak... aih sibuk! Kalo tau ada kejadian macem-macem di berbagai tempat gitu kadang gue suka berkhayal jadi, ehm.... sutradara! ....Aaaaand.... ACTION!
Kamera mulai ambil gambar bumi yang awalnya terlihat kecil, lalu mendekat...mendekat... dan mendekat. Bumi berputar hingga Indonesia tampak berhadapan dengan kamera dan zoom pun diteruskan hingga meyorot pulau Jawa, perbesar di bagian barat, dan tampaklah baso-baso yang tertancap di atap Gedung Sate, Bandung. Kamera menembus atap Gedung Sate dan terlihatlah kepala-kepala yang berjamaah menghadap ke para pembicara terpilih nan dahsyat yang memotivasi audience. Kamera melayang-layang di antara audience yang "freeze" menampakkan muka-muka peserta yang tercengang mendengarkan pembicara yang memotivasi....pembicara mengucapkan salam dan tiba-tiba tepukan tangan meriah terdengar dari seluruh penjuru ruangan. Inilah acara IYCS (Indonesia Young Change Makers Summit). Sebuah sumpah pemuda kedua sedang dibuat. Kamera menuju muka pembicara yang senyum puas, lalu kembali melayang-layang di antara audience dan menzoom ke salah satu tangan yang sedang bertepuk.
Kamera zoom out, terlihatlah seorang yang sedang bertepuk tangan di antara keramaian di pinggir Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Balikpapan. Di sebelahnya seorang bapak muda sedang menggendong anaknya yang antusias melambai-lambaikan tangannya ke rentetan mobil-mobil pawai. Ada pesawat sterofoam, kilang minyak sterofoam, ada vespa-vespa butut yang terlihat seperti tidak pernah dicuci semenjak dibeli berikut penunggangnya yang mungkin terakhir mandinya adalah smeinggu yang lalu. Meriah sekali! Ternyata kota minyak sedang merayakan ulang tahun yang ke 115. Hari lahirnya dihitung sejak pengeboran minyak pertama kali dilakukan di kota itu.
Kamera mendekat ke seorang karyawan bujang lapuk berusia 30an yang ikut melihat pawai. Ini hari Minggu, dan dia belum berkeluarga... kenapa tidak ikut melihat pawai?! Ternyata sang karyawan sedang tidak concern dengan pawai tapi memelototi blackberry-nya, ia membuka yahoo news yang memberitakan meningalnya Whitney Houston. Kamera zooming ke kepala karyawan lalu warna berubah menjadi hitam-putih, masuk lah scene memory karyawan saat menonton film The Body Guard bersama pacar SMA-nya dulu. Diam-diam dia menggandeng tangan sang pacar saat Whitney menyanyikan lagu "I Will Alway Love You" ... ah waktu cepat sekali berlalu rupanya, sang mantan pacar sudah beranak tiga!
Scene kembali ke saat ini. Kamera menyorot sebuah jam yang terpajang di toko jam di Jalan Jendral Sudirman Balikpapan, dan jam berputar mundur dari pukul 11 WITA menjadi pukul 8.00 WIB. Lalu semua putih. Kamera zoom out dan ternyata itu adalah warna putih dari corak baju seorang anak yang menjadi tamu live di TV One. Sedang apa pula anak-anak itu? Oh rupanya salah satu tamu dewasanya yang bernama Pungkas sedang menggagas ide untuk menciptakan lagu anak-anak, mengingat terlalu banyak anak-anak yang menyanyikan lagu dewasa... macam anak-anak karbit! Adalah penampilan beberapa lagu yang ditayangkan pula. Kamera blur... Lagu anak-anak yang tampil di TV One tadi berubah menjadi alunan sasando yang seadng dimainkan oleh pemudia Indonesia di Gedung Sate Bandung. Rupanya kembali ke IYCS.
Scene di ruangan salah satu gedung sate mengecil menjadi sebuah persegi panjang ukuran 4x6 dan bergeser ke pojok kiri layar, lalu muncul lah berbagai scene yang lain dengan ukuran yang sama: ada yang lagi bersiap diving di Alor, ada yang baru selesai mengajar pilates, ada yang lagi cari-cari koleksi CD karaoke Whitney Houston, ada yang lagi cuci mobil, ada yang lagi tidur-tiduran, ada yang lagi dandan buat ke mall, ada yang lagi nongkrong di WC... semua orang dalam scene tersebut sedang update status di twitter! Lalu persegi-persegi scenes tadi semakin banyak menjadi puluhan, kemudian ratusan, lalu ribuan, lalu menajdi titik-titik yang menjadi berubah menjadi gugusan kepulauan Indonesia. Kamera terus menjauh dan bumi kembali terlihat kecil setia berputar di porosnya. Lalu kamera bergeser membelakangi bumi dan bergerak kilat mendekati matahari... lalu terbakar!
TAMAT!
Kece nggak pelem gua??? Bhuahahahahahahahahhakkkk!!!!
Kamera mulai ambil gambar bumi yang awalnya terlihat kecil, lalu mendekat...mendekat... dan mendekat. Bumi berputar hingga Indonesia tampak berhadapan dengan kamera dan zoom pun diteruskan hingga meyorot pulau Jawa, perbesar di bagian barat, dan tampaklah baso-baso yang tertancap di atap Gedung Sate, Bandung. Kamera menembus atap Gedung Sate dan terlihatlah kepala-kepala yang berjamaah menghadap ke para pembicara terpilih nan dahsyat yang memotivasi audience. Kamera melayang-layang di antara audience yang "freeze" menampakkan muka-muka peserta yang tercengang mendengarkan pembicara yang memotivasi....pembicara mengucapkan salam dan tiba-tiba tepukan tangan meriah terdengar dari seluruh penjuru ruangan. Inilah acara IYCS (Indonesia Young Change Makers Summit). Sebuah sumpah pemuda kedua sedang dibuat. Kamera menuju muka pembicara yang senyum puas, lalu kembali melayang-layang di antara audience dan menzoom ke salah satu tangan yang sedang bertepuk.
Kamera zoom out, terlihatlah seorang yang sedang bertepuk tangan di antara keramaian di pinggir Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Balikpapan. Di sebelahnya seorang bapak muda sedang menggendong anaknya yang antusias melambai-lambaikan tangannya ke rentetan mobil-mobil pawai. Ada pesawat sterofoam, kilang minyak sterofoam, ada vespa-vespa butut yang terlihat seperti tidak pernah dicuci semenjak dibeli berikut penunggangnya yang mungkin terakhir mandinya adalah smeinggu yang lalu. Meriah sekali! Ternyata kota minyak sedang merayakan ulang tahun yang ke 115. Hari lahirnya dihitung sejak pengeboran minyak pertama kali dilakukan di kota itu.
Kamera mendekat ke seorang karyawan bujang lapuk berusia 30an yang ikut melihat pawai. Ini hari Minggu, dan dia belum berkeluarga... kenapa tidak ikut melihat pawai?! Ternyata sang karyawan sedang tidak concern dengan pawai tapi memelototi blackberry-nya, ia membuka yahoo news yang memberitakan meningalnya Whitney Houston. Kamera zooming ke kepala karyawan lalu warna berubah menjadi hitam-putih, masuk lah scene memory karyawan saat menonton film The Body Guard bersama pacar SMA-nya dulu. Diam-diam dia menggandeng tangan sang pacar saat Whitney menyanyikan lagu "I Will Alway Love You" ... ah waktu cepat sekali berlalu rupanya, sang mantan pacar sudah beranak tiga!
Scene kembali ke saat ini. Kamera menyorot sebuah jam yang terpajang di toko jam di Jalan Jendral Sudirman Balikpapan, dan jam berputar mundur dari pukul 11 WITA menjadi pukul 8.00 WIB. Lalu semua putih. Kamera zoom out dan ternyata itu adalah warna putih dari corak baju seorang anak yang menjadi tamu live di TV One. Sedang apa pula anak-anak itu? Oh rupanya salah satu tamu dewasanya yang bernama Pungkas sedang menggagas ide untuk menciptakan lagu anak-anak, mengingat terlalu banyak anak-anak yang menyanyikan lagu dewasa... macam anak-anak karbit! Adalah penampilan beberapa lagu yang ditayangkan pula. Kamera blur... Lagu anak-anak yang tampil di TV One tadi berubah menjadi alunan sasando yang seadng dimainkan oleh pemudia Indonesia di Gedung Sate Bandung. Rupanya kembali ke IYCS.
Scene di ruangan salah satu gedung sate mengecil menjadi sebuah persegi panjang ukuran 4x6 dan bergeser ke pojok kiri layar, lalu muncul lah berbagai scene yang lain dengan ukuran yang sama: ada yang lagi bersiap diving di Alor, ada yang baru selesai mengajar pilates, ada yang lagi cari-cari koleksi CD karaoke Whitney Houston, ada yang lagi cuci mobil, ada yang lagi tidur-tiduran, ada yang lagi dandan buat ke mall, ada yang lagi nongkrong di WC... semua orang dalam scene tersebut sedang update status di twitter! Lalu persegi-persegi scenes tadi semakin banyak menjadi puluhan, kemudian ratusan, lalu ribuan, lalu menajdi titik-titik yang menjadi berubah menjadi gugusan kepulauan Indonesia. Kamera terus menjauh dan bumi kembali terlihat kecil setia berputar di porosnya. Lalu kamera bergeser membelakangi bumi dan bergerak kilat mendekati matahari... lalu terbakar!
TAMAT!
Kece nggak pelem gua??? Bhuahahahahahahahahhakkkk!!!!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
My New Project
Have I ever told about my new project that I name it Tee 4 Charity here? No? It was actually a project for my son's birthday this year. I plan to celebrate his birthday at the orphanage, so he can learn that he's luckier then some other kids. And while we're going to teach our son about sharing, why not make other luckier kids to join. How? By selling them tees!
The first plan is to sell tees for kids which all the benefit will be used as a charity for the orphanage. I already ordered some hand printed tees, which I designed my self. But unfortunately I didn't get good enough quality so I keep all those tees instead of selling them. A little too bad because there were quite much parents who interested to buy those tees, they want to teach their kids about sharing as well, but I surely wont sell bad product. Well, I don't feel sorry because my purpose since in the beginning was for charity. If I can not sell them, I can just give them away to the needs. Many kids would be happy to receive a brand new tees disregarding its bad printing quality, some kids might never taste a new tees at all... what do we know.
So, is the story end? No!
Since this is a good will so why not make it as a business instead. That's what I'm trying to do right now. A tee that is still gonna be for charity, but this time is to help some unlucky kids to provide things they need to keep going to school by it's 60-70% profit. At first I thought I can just find some unlucky kids and pay their school fee every months until they'd finish. But this time there is a government's program called BOS (biaya operasinal sekolah), so kids don't pay their school fee anymore. But, BOS only responsible for just the fee while kids also need books, uniform, stationary, etc. This is where we can help, and we will help continuously!
Have I sell any tee yet? NO, not yet. I'm still at the point in doing some research. And I need your help here, especially for parents, because I'm trying to sell tees for kids. Isn't it awesome, kids helping other kids?! :)
So, parents out there, please help me by answering this questionnaire. It only 4 paged questionnaire with 3-6 questions each page. It wont take your time more then 7 minutes, might even be less then 5 minutes. And please help me to spread it. The more response, the more I know how many people that care.
Again, here is the questionnaire.
Thank you so much!
The first plan is to sell tees for kids which all the benefit will be used as a charity for the orphanage. I already ordered some hand printed tees, which I designed my self. But unfortunately I didn't get good enough quality so I keep all those tees instead of selling them. A little too bad because there were quite much parents who interested to buy those tees, they want to teach their kids about sharing as well, but I surely wont sell bad product. Well, I don't feel sorry because my purpose since in the beginning was for charity. If I can not sell them, I can just give them away to the needs. Many kids would be happy to receive a brand new tees disregarding its bad printing quality, some kids might never taste a new tees at all... what do we know.
So, is the story end? No!
Since this is a good will so why not make it as a business instead. That's what I'm trying to do right now. A tee that is still gonna be for charity, but this time is to help some unlucky kids to provide things they need to keep going to school by it's 60-70% profit. At first I thought I can just find some unlucky kids and pay their school fee every months until they'd finish. But this time there is a government's program called BOS (biaya operasinal sekolah), so kids don't pay their school fee anymore. But, BOS only responsible for just the fee while kids also need books, uniform, stationary, etc. This is where we can help, and we will help continuously!
Have I sell any tee yet? NO, not yet. I'm still at the point in doing some research. And I need your help here, especially for parents, because I'm trying to sell tees for kids. Isn't it awesome, kids helping other kids?! :)
So, parents out there, please help me by answering this questionnaire. It only 4 paged questionnaire with 3-6 questions each page. It wont take your time more then 7 minutes, might even be less then 5 minutes. And please help me to spread it. The more response, the more I know how many people that care.
Again, here is the questionnaire.
Thank you so much!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Silence After The Brouhaha
I always hate that condition (silence after the brouhaha). It has been three weeks that I didn't spend my days normally at home. About three weeks ago I traveled to Bandung and Jakarta, accompanying husband for some meetings. Don't get wrong, I don't have any business with all those meetings but... well, why resist going to Bandung? :p
And just two days after I arrived at Balikpapan, I had to catch a flight back to Jakarta for a training in Bandung. This time it's for my own business. It was my first flight together with my son without husband. It went well although I was soooo nervous at the beginning.
The training was very good and useful. I've learned a lot. It was a five-days-training for entrepreneurship held by British Council. Since I was one of the E-idea finalists, I was then invited. BC hopes that all the finalists may act their ideas for real. I promised my self that those knowledge I had wouldn't be for nothing. InsyaAllah.
Just the next day after I get back home again, my in laws came visit us to Balikpapan for 6 days. Actually the first plan was they'd visit us a week before, but then suddenly there was the training invitation from BC so then we have to reschedule all the plan. My in laws have also helped me taking care of my son in Bandung during the training. So they were around my son for almost two weeks.
And today my in laws have flew back to Jakarta again. We're gonna start our day like we used to before 3 weeks ago, starting tomorrow. It feels like silence after the brouhaha... I always hate it. :(
But the good thing is that I have a project to catch up, with so many to do lists. And I can start to do it tomorrow. Haven't I promised my self that I wont waste all those trainings I got? Yes I have!
So, hello Monday, cant wait to see you!
And just two days after I arrived at Balikpapan, I had to catch a flight back to Jakarta for a training in Bandung. This time it's for my own business. It was my first flight together with my son without husband. It went well although I was soooo nervous at the beginning.
The training was very good and useful. I've learned a lot. It was a five-days-training for entrepreneurship held by British Council. Since I was one of the E-idea finalists, I was then invited. BC hopes that all the finalists may act their ideas for real. I promised my self that those knowledge I had wouldn't be for nothing. InsyaAllah.
Just the next day after I get back home again, my in laws came visit us to Balikpapan for 6 days. Actually the first plan was they'd visit us a week before, but then suddenly there was the training invitation from BC so then we have to reschedule all the plan. My in laws have also helped me taking care of my son in Bandung during the training. So they were around my son for almost two weeks.
And today my in laws have flew back to Jakarta again. We're gonna start our day like we used to before 3 weeks ago, starting tomorrow. It feels like silence after the brouhaha... I always hate it. :(
But the good thing is that I have a project to catch up, with so many to do lists. And I can start to do it tomorrow. Haven't I promised my self that I wont waste all those trainings I got? Yes I have!
So, hello Monday, cant wait to see you!
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