YAYASAN USAHA MULIA (“YUM”)
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Computer Class for Young Learners
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in YUM – VTCTime flies! We are already nearing the end of the first semester of the year of 2022! At the beginning of the year, we found out that local schools were facing difficulties in implementing a new program that was launched by the Indonesian Education Ministry. The purpose of the program is to diagnose the learning…
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Turning Kader Into Community Leaders
For close to a year now, with the help of many donors including the Priscilla Hall Memorial Foundation, YUM has been supporting and training 125 volunteer health workers (or better known as “kader” in Bahasa Indonesia) from 24 Integrated Health Posts (or “Posyandu”) in 8 villages in the sub-district of Cianjur (West Java). Training is…
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A Healthy Baby Thanks to PHMF’s Support
Entering the second year of Priscilla Hall Memorial Foundation’s support of YUM’s health project, we are now seeing positive results of the work that’s being done on the field. One success story is that of a young mother called Fina (not her real name). Fina joined the Integrated Community Health Post (Posyandu) after her first-month…
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YUM-VTC Slowly Reopens to Youth in Cipanas
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in YUM – VTCAfter being closed for more than a year, the YUM-VTC in Cipanas is slowly reopening its classes. We started to promote the classes in April and by the end of May, we had 30 students signed up for the computer class. The session will run with strict Covid-19 prevention protocols. Every student, tutor, and VTC…
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YUM’s Antenatal Care Program for Pregnant Women
One of YUM’s programs to prevent and reduce the number of stunting cases in Cipanas, and which is supported by the Priscilla Hall Memorial Foundation (PHMF), is the Antenatal Care Program for Pregnant women. Antenatal care is vital for pregnant mothers (especially new ones) in that it provides information about ensuring that their baby is…
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International Read To Me! Day 2021 at YUM Cipanas
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in YUM – VTCThis year, YUM’s Early Childhood Learning Centre and Tutoring & Remedial Class participated in the International Read To Me! Day. The event was conducted in two places; in YUM’s library and in the students’ homes. In the library, 22 children were excited by the books read to them by Miss Desi and Miss Heti (YUM’s…