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n July 4th, a small group
co n s is t in g 1 5 peo ple
g ath er ed to pr o ceed
w ith th ei r f iv e- h o u r
v o l u n t e e r - h o s t
t r a in in g pr o g r am . T h e s u n
s h o n e b r ig h t ly as th e
pr o s pect iv e h o s ts b r aced
th em s elv es fo r a pr o d u c-t iv e an d en r ich in g d ay
ah ead . A s s em b led in D es a
Marga Mulya in Mauk,
T an g er an g , w er e th es e h o s ts
Creating Future Hosts
For Habitat Build Eventsby Yasmine Deswandhy
Obrushes and measur ing tapes on
th e g o . I t w as o u r f i r s t t r a in in g
pr o g r am , in w h ich w e cr eate
future hosts for our bui ld
events. This volunteer-
host train ing program is
plan n ed to r u n r eg u lar ly
once a month.
Dur ing th is program,th e h o s ts w er e tau g h t a
var iety of s ki l ls , w hich
in clu d e b o th ph y s ical an d
co m m u n icat iv e s k i l ls th at n eed to
Kalena Blake (left) andU.S. Ambassador
Robert O. Blake Jr.(r ight) painting the
walls of a prospectivehouse.
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Having Fun whileHelping Othersby Eda Stacia Lin/Raynaldi Herdiansyah
S k e i t hf r o m
C a n a d a ,who wasv o l u n t e e r i n gfor us at thatt ime. To sum up, thatday was successful . Everyonewas open to new ideas andhelping one and another toachieve the most they can onthis volunteer-host t ra iningprogram.
Furthermore, not only dothese hosts have toknow communicat iveski l ls , but a lso theconstruct ion ski l ls .The hosts weretaught how to makethe foundation of thehouse, assemble i roncolumns, bui ld br ick wal lsand pant the wal ls . To our surprise, we hadthe appreciated company ofU.S. Ambassador Robert O.
Blake, Jr . who joined us in th isvo lun teer-ho st program. He
was accompanying his
daughter, Kalena Blake,who wanted to help outHabitat for Humanity Indo-
nesia. Blake Jr . jo ined us amonth ago, when Habitatfor Humanity Indonesiapartnered with the U.S.embassy for a group bui ld .
Al on g w ith K alen a Bl ake,we had her cousin, Anto-
nio Blake fromArgent ina and Zach ary
Someparticipants were being taught byone of Habitat for Humanity Indo-nesia Construction Supervisorsabout how to
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Canadian volunteerZachary Skeith (left)
and Antonio Blake,Kalena Blakes
Argentinian cousin,buildingbrickwalls.
Habitat for HumanityIndonesia booth was
opened in front of theMiniapolis Hide-OutPlayground.
b e lear n t . A t f i r s t , a l l fu tu r e
h o s ts w er e tau g h t h o w to
w elco m e the other volunteersand made sure that they under-stood about the safety rules onsite . A safety precaut ion thatwas announced was to check al lthe equipment and materia lsbefore working to keep ahealthy and secure environ-m e n t .
ab itat fo r Hu m an ity In d o -
n es ia par tn er ed w i th
M in iapo l is to h o s t an
ex h ib i t io n o n J u ly 1 2 th
2 0 1 4 at P laz a In d o n es ia
from 10am-10pm. This event
aim ed to r a is e aw ar en es s o f
Hab itat s u pco m in g an d o n g o in g
programs, such as the Woman
Build Program in Yogyakarta and Lear n in g S tar ts at Ho m e cam -
paig n . T h es e pr o g r am s appr o ach
th r o u g h k id s ar t an d s o cial m ed ia
act iv i t ies .
H T h e Hab i tat
b o o th w as lo cated in
fr o n t o f M in iapo l is H id e-
O u t P lay g r o u n d , Lev el 3 ,
P laz a In d o n es ia . In h er e,
par en ts an d ch i ld r en co u ld tak e a
pictu r e at th e ph o to b o o th .
Furthermore, i f they upload them
to F aceb o o k , T w it ter o r In s ta-
g r am , th ey co u ld g et a f r ee t ick etto r id e th e M in iapo l is car o u s el o r
t r a in an d als o f r ee m er ch an d is e
fr o m Hab itat fo r Hu m an ity In d o n e-
sia. Moreover , v is itors could also
th
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Packages of activi-t ies for kids were
also provided, suchas canvas, coloring
stuff and origamipaper. By purchas-
ing the packages,parents were also
contributing forHabitat.
b u y th e ch ar i ty pack ag es to
r ais e fu n d fo r Hab i tat s h o m e
b u i ld in g pr o j ect . T h er e ar e tw o
pack ag es ; P ack ag e A , fo r Rp.
1 0 0 . 0 0 0 , 0 0 , pr o v id ed a g r eat
fun to k ids consisted of key-
ch ain , can v as pain t in g an d
o r ig am i paper . With ad d i t io n al
Rp. 5 0 . 0 0 0 , 0 0 , par en ts co u ld
b u y P ack ag e B, w h ich ar e
featu r ed in P ack ag e A p lu s a
Hid e- O u t en tr y t ick et .
As i t turned out, the
ex h ib i t io n w as a g r eat w ay fo r
par en ts an d ch i ld r en to h av e a
g r eat t im e w h i le co n tr ib u t in g
to th e s o ciety . O u r f i r s t b o o th
v is i tor , M r . I Ged e P utu Raka,s aid th at j o in in g th e ph o to
b o o th an d th e car o u s el r id e
w as an ex ci t in g an d d el ig h tfu l
ex per ien ce fo r th e k id s .
At this photo booth,parents and chil-dren could take apicture usingbuilder-l ike equip-ment.
Hab i tat s u l t im ate g o al
is to m ak e b etter l iv es fo r
th e les s fo r tu n ate fam i-
l ies a l l ar o u n d th e w o r ld ,
s in ce fam i ly is th e s m al l -
es t im po r tan t u n i t in o u r
l iv es . P ar t ic ipat in g in
the Miniapol is Exhibi-
t io n em b o d ies s o cial
ph i lan th r o py in th e
m o s t s im ple an d ex ci t -
in g w ay . T h is ev en t is a
platfo r m w h er e
par en ts an d th ei r
ch i ld r en can h av e
fu n w h i le len d in g a
h an d to th e o th er s .
K id s can als o lear nthrough their parents
th e im po r tan ce o f
ch ar i ty an d g iv in g .
Photo display withLearning Starts at
Home as its theme.
In th e pr o ces s , w e h ado ppo r tu n i t ies to ex plain to
b o o th v is i to r s w h at Hab i tat is
an d d o es . We w an ted peo ple to
k n o w th at Hab i tat is n o t o n ly
b u i ld in g h o m es . In d eed , w i th
th e h elp o f ch ar i tab le d o n o r s ,
to g eth er w e b u i ld h o m es ; a
h o m e th at is n o t j u s t as a s afe
d w el l in g b u t a ls o a co n d u civ e
en v i r o n m en t fo r ch i ld r en to
lear n im po r tan t v alu es f r o m
th eir par en ts .
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Takengon Project Completed,
253 Families is Now Having Accessto Clean Waterby Herawaty Sormin/Swasti TC
Pipe installationfrom spring water at
Kampung SegeneBalik.
6.1-magnitude earth-quake struck Nangroe
A ceh Daruss alam(NAD) on July 2nd,2013. The quake was
felt f rom regional capital BandaAceh to Ben er Mer iah. T heBener Meriah and Central Acehdistr icts were hardest h i t . Manypeople were in jured, lost anddead; as wel l as many housesand publ ic faci l i t ies (schools,mosques, etc . ) were damaged. Within 48 hours of thedisaster, Rapid Response team
from Habitat for Humanity (HFH)Indonesia observed theaffected area and reportedwhat HFH Indonesia can do tohelp. Habitat p lanned and
A
prepared to bui ld a number ofhouses for them whose house
was damaged. However, s ince only thelocal government who wasal lowed to do construct ion andrenovation houses in theaffected area, HFH Indonesiachanged the plan into provid ingclean water access at KampungBal ik , Kute Panang sub-distr ict ,Aceh T engah d ist r i ct . Theprogram cal led TakengonProject (Takengon is the capitalof Aceh Tengah d istr ict )
Through a lot ofprocesses which should bedone, the project started onMarch 10th, 2014. Kloang River,located at Kampung Bal ik , was
nd
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Bal ik and Kampung Belang. Thewater network also connectedto water faci l i ty in fourmosques. Before this program,
clean water became a scarcityin that area. The inhabitantsshould go down 1-2 ki lometersfar by feet or motorbike into theval ley to pu t the wat er from theriver . But started on June 2014,the community are able to getthe watereasi ly .
Two Groups,Four Families, One Missionby Herawaty Sormin/Yasmine Deswandhy/Swasti TC
vo lunt eered at di ffe ren t t imes,they both had the same inten-t ion: to help underpriv i legedfamil ies at Namoriam Vi l lage,Pancur Batu Sub-distr ict , Del i
Serdang Distr ict , North Suma-tra . Each of the groups helpedbui ld decent homes for twofamil ies
Community lead
by HFH IndonesiaProject Coordina-tor Supriadi were
working together toinstall hydram pump.
One of theinhabitants, whoreceived the benefit
of the hydram pump.He shouldnt have tofi l l the buckets bygoing down throughthe valley anymore.
the source of the c lean waterthat wi l l streamed up to the
v i l l age. At the end of June 2014,
Takengon Project accom-
pl ished. Hydram pumpinstal lat ion was the lastact iv i ty of th is project . The
water pumped up to 90meters height using hydrau-
l ic system ramagainstgravitat ion and without e lec-
tr ic i ty . The benefits of thehydram pump was received by133 famil ies at Kampung Bal ikand Kampung Empu Bal ik . HFH
Indonesia also bui l t new waterpipe instal lat ion from the springwater for other 120 famil ies atK a m p u n gSegene
One of the GIS GV benefi-ciary families, Emitabita
and her son, in front oftheir leaked house.
n the month of July,Habitat for Human-ity had the pleasureof having twogroups of expatr i -
ates v isi t the Medan Branch-one of these groups is fromMalaysia, the other from SouthKorea. Although the two groups
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Claps 6 GV
Later that month,Claps6a group consisted of23 youths from South Korea joined and helped the Global
Vi l lage program as wel l . In th isGlobal Vi l lage, they also helpedbui ld two houses.
One of the houses wasowned by Set ia Budi Sembir ing(45) and his wife Suminem brGint ing (46) who are farmers aswel l . The two support theirthree sons with an income ofIDR 1,500,000/month (aboutUSD 130/month) . Budi and Suminem orig i-nal ly l ived in a house that wason st i l ts for approximately 22years . I t was a very s implehouse with a thatched roof,wal ls , and a wooden f loor. Sincethere is no electr ic i ty for l ight-ing in the area, the family wouldrely on candles. They sent theirchi ldren to school but only up toHigh School , which they arealready grateful for . Budi and Suminem needfor a good dai ly l i fe and school
expenses were ranked muchhigher than their need for adecent home, which wasthought l i t t le of . After Habitat
Condit ions atthe housewere at i tsworst : the
c o c o n u tleaf roofand thew o o d e nw a l l sleakedconstant ly ,which weree s p e c i a l l yu n f o r t u n a t eduring therainy season.As f armers, i twas impossib lefor them to bui ld anew house out of theirown savings, but their painwas al leviated when they werechosen to be one of the famil iesthat Habitat Indonesia funds tobui ld . This was a dream tothem. Upon viewing her houseEmitabita commented, I neverhad a dream to have a new
house, because for us, i t isenough i f we can fulf i l l our dai lynecessit ies. Pranki added witheyes ful l of tears of happiness,
But God knows what weneed.
Thanks HabitatI n d o n e s i a ,
and thanksG a r d e n
I n t e r n a -
t i o n a lS c h o o l .O u rf a m i l yc a n
have ab e t t e r
f u t u r en o w .
Claps6 team was doing thefoundation job.
G a rden In tern a t i o n al
Sch o o l G V
The Malaysian groupcame on June 29thJuly 4th,2014. They were from GardenInternat ional School Malaysiaand composed of 19 studentsand three teachers. One of thebenefic iary famil ies that thegroup helped was Pranki Gint ingand his family of three. PrankiGint ing (29) and his wife Emita-bita Apri l ly br Tarigan (26) workas farmers with a total incomeof IDR 1,450,000/month, which
is equivalent to USD 126/month. The two have a5-years-old son. Pranki and Emitabitagraduated solely from JuniorHigh school so they were onlyable to get jobs in the farmingindustry. The f i rst year of theirmarriage, they l ived with theirparents, and the fol lowing year,moved to their grandmothershouse.
During their residence intheir grandmas house, theirf i rst son was born.
C o n -
Certificate and traditionalcloth of Batak, ulos,were given to Gardennternational School
Malaysia GV team.
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A group from South KoreaClaps6 joined a GlobalVil lage Program on July
7 11 , 2014.
Budi and his wife Suminem, one ofthe Claps6 GV home partners, whohad l ived without electricity for
approximately 22 years.
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chose to help their family , Budicannot bel ieve that he wasfinal ly able to have a home fortheir family that was more
v iabl e. He goes on t o s ay th athis family is very happy, espe-cial ly when knowing that volun-teers from South Korea part ic i-pated in the house bui ld . Thiswas the most special g ift ourfamily has every received, saidhim.
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