Quality Education for Children in Indonesia

Celebrating Indonesia’s Independence Day in August is one of the most highlighted and anticipated activities this year. Many competitions, both fun and educative for all, are held for two whole days during afterschool hours, at YUM’s site in Cipanas. They include drawing and coloring, marble race, dropping the pencil in the bottle, eating Keropoek, moving food using chopsticks and many such delightful activities.

Prior to announcing the winner and distribution of awards, children were given an opportunity to spontaneously showcase their talent on the spot and displayed outstanding confidence while they sang and danced in front of the crowd. The event finally ended with distribution of awards, which the children had been eagerly waiting for. There were 246 children that participated in this event and it was organized jointly by the staff of YUM and tutors from the Tutoring and Remedial Class project.

We also conducted competitions for the Pre-school students, which was held on a different day from that of senior students. The competition was designed to enhance their overall development and stimulate their motor skills, like putting on the school uniform, moving the balls with cups and water movement race. The students also learnt teamwork, as they had to be in various groups for certain competitions. All of them received small rewards as a token of recognition of their bravery and participation in the event.

Yayasan Usaha Mulia is ever so grateful for the generous cooperation extended by all the donors of GlobalGiving, without whose kind support, this event would not have been possible. Thank you!