Below are the stories from Yuni and Hafiz, students of the YUM VTC Computer class. Yuni is one of YUM’s sponsorship beneficiaries; she has been supported by YUM since she was in primary school. YUM’s sponsorship program is aimed to provide families with financial support to cover the children’s education cost. It covers school books,

Promotion and socialization activities for the Computer classes started back in January. The VTC staff together with the tutors promoted the course to 6 different schools in the area. Promotions included powerpoint presentation and testimonial videos from VTC’s alumni. Unfortunately, not every school gave us permission to present about the courses, mostly because the schools

On Monday, 29 July 2019, YUM had the pleasure of welcoming Mr. Don Hall to the YUM Head Office in Jakarta. This was his second visit to our office as he usually goes to our projects in Cipanas, West Java. We are so grateful that during his holiday in Indonesia, he made time to meet

Today, 15 years ago we lost Priscilla in an aircraft accident in Indonesia. Priscilla was a person who very much cared for others, enjoyed life, particularly her last few years in Indonesia It was natural that her family and friends formed the Priscilla Hall Memorial Foundation. With the support of many the annual funds are

Besides funding received from PHMF, the YUM Vocational Training Centre (VTC) in Cipanas continues to find ways to generate income in order to remain sustainable. One of these programs is by offering private classes, for both the English and the Computer class.  We realized that the need to learn about these two skills is not

This March, several students from United World College South East Asia (UWCSEA) Singapore visited YUM’s project site in Cipanas, West Java for a couple of days. Their purpose was to work with the community in the area through YUM’s existing projects.  Some of their activities consisted of doing home visits to beneficiaries’ houses, taking part