Recent SEEDS News

Measuring SSM Schools Against Control Groups

Saya Suka Membaca (SSM) is a literacy program run by a nonprofit organization ‘Yayasan Tunas Aksara’.  The curriculum is designed to be picked up and used by the average Indonesian teacher with little teacher training, as is often the case in rural areas.  Its premises are simplicity, spiraling repetition, and multi-modal engagement for the students.  In short, […]

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The Champions Program

In the beginning of 2025 SEEDS started to partner with Inspire FC, a football club based in Bandung, Indonesia, but already spread into 5 cities across the country. I am grateful for the opportunity to work as a football coach and be part of several social programs this club is running beside the everyday academy. One of […]

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Learning Culture and Confidence

During my time at the University working in the English Department in the University in Padang, students not only learn about English language but also about culture and confidence especially when they speak in another language with a foreigner. Through different activities in the semester, as well as meeting other foreigners, the students were encouraged […]

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About Seeds

SEEDS recognizes that people need hope. Hope comes from within, but after generations of living hand-to-mouth, hope for a better future for one’s family, community, and even country must also come from without. SEEDS desires to reverse the flow of the vicious vortex of poverty. It desires to bring a better life to thousands of Southeast Asia’s poorest people through improved skills that will allow them to pass on hope and a better future to their families, neighbors, and countrymen.

Click below to read more to learn and see how SEEDS brings hope for tomorrow.

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