Our Profile
With more than 76 million children, Indonesia has the fourth largest child population in the world. Whilst the Indonesian government, local NGOs and international organizations run programs to support children in Indonesia, widespread poverty, political instability and regional differences creates challenges for vulnerable children's development.
As such, the quality of life of children in Indonesia varies, some children do not have equal access to education and may live or work on the street.
ISCO Foundation (known as Yayasan ISCO in Indonesian) is a non-government organization, whose particular focus is enabling children who live in poverty to receive an education and achieve their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens of Indonesia.
ISCO started its programs in 1999 by sponsoring 50 children in two areas of Jakarta. Today ISCO sponsors over 2200 children across 28 areas of Indonesia - 16 in Greater Jakarta, 8 in Surabaya and 4 in Medan. Most children aged between 5-17 years and live in slum-urban areas.
Our Programs
"Equal chance to every child for education, development, dignity and hope for the future"
Our approach is to provide Indonesia's vulnerable children with educational support, learning and activity centres, health, nutrition and protection for their growth and development.
ISCO's programs aim to:
Prevent Indonesia's marginalize children from becoming street children and child labours
Provide support and access for these children to obtain a better education and the benefits that education brings to them and their families
Children Educational Support
This program aims to minimise and eliminate the financial barriers that prevent children from achieving educational outcomes. ISCO provides school fees, uniforms, transport and textbooks from pre-school to university.
Children Acticity Centers
They provide a safe and attractive venue for children activities before and after school, giving an alternative and deterrance to working and playing on the street. Activities in these centres promote positive interactions, creativity and learning outside of the classroom.
Health and Nutrition
ISCO optimise children's health and physical development to maximize their school attendance, performance and overall development. Through the Activity Centres a comprehensive healthy menu with food supplements, vitamins and milk is provided. ISCO also educates children in healthy practices related to nutrition and hygiene and conducts general and dental check-ups.
Protection and Rights Advocacy
ISCO's activity centres also provide temporary shelter and safe housing for children in emergency situations. ISCO liaises with school authorities to promote policies and procedures which are in favour of vulnerable children and works together with other NGOs focusing on child birth certification, child welfare, child labour and trafficking issues.
Children Pre-School Activities
The preschool program combines learning and playing methods for children in both theory and practice. The program aims for long term education awareness beginning from preschool age amongst parents and communities to foster education as a value and to prevent children working on the street.
We just celebrated 22 years of existence
Number of Children supported by ISCO
Our Board
Josef Fuchs
Owner Pt 1stWAP, Founder of ISCO
Isti Saptiono
HR Consultant, Treasurer of ISCO
Pascal Lalanne
Entrepreneur, Founder of ISCO
Ir. Soetjahjo
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Chairman of ISCO
Ramida HF Siringoringo
Sustainability Manager, Advisor of ISCO
Dias Anna Mirsawati
Entrepreneur, Secretary of ISCO
Our Regional Teams
Jakarta
44 employees (Tutor, Field assistant, Field Officer, Area Manager, Office Staff)
Surabaya
23 employees (Tutor, Field assistant, Field Officer, Area Manager)
Medan
15 employees (Tutor, Field assistant, Field Officer, Area Manager)
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