Category Archives: SEEDS News

Mobile Computer Program, Riau

It can be difficult for young people to find work in rural farming communities. When they travel to bigger cities, they often find themselves at a disadvantage for lack of IT skills. Through the Mobile Computer Program, SEEDs workers in Riau, Indonesia hope to meet a felt need among families through providing computer education to local middle and high school students. The goal is to give students marketable IT skills, confidence, and experience for the future.

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Community Boys Club, Jakarta

SEEDS members working in partnership with Indonesian charity Yayasan Pendar Pagi (YPP) recently started a new initiative at a community centre in Jakarta: a weekly Boys’ Club for boys aged 12-15.

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Futsal Tournament, Bangkok

SEEDS members working in Bangkok, Thailand, run futsal training clubs and create opportunities for nearby teams to compete in a safe and positive environment. Sports such as futsal encourage young people toward positive and exciting activities that build their confidence through skill development and participation on a team.

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Fun at the English Centre, Pekanbaru

SEEDS members working in Pekanbaru run an English Resource Centre with daily discussion groups, pronunciation labs, student-led beginner’s level discussion groups and monthly special events. “English only!” says the sign that encourages all visitors to keep the centre a place to be truly immersed in the English language.

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Riau livelihoods program

SEEDs workers in a rural area of Sumatra are identifying families that are unable due to poor health, age, or other limiting factors to find sufficient work to meet their needs. These families receive an initial investment of chickens and a chicken coop as the basis for raising chickens.

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Rehabilitating a House

The SEEDs partnership with local Indonesian organisation Yayasan Pendar Pagi includes the placement of professionals in a rural Riau region of Sumatra. Collaborating with a local builder, workers recently completed the rehabilitation of a home for an elderly widow in one village.

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Reading program in Riau

SEEDS members working in the Riau province of Sumatra have established the “I Love Reading” program in four elementary schools located in a remote village setting where illiteracy is still a common problem.

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Assisting Poor Families with University Education

In mid 2013 a SEEDS initiative was introduced to assist poor families who could not afford to send their children to university. The initiative began with support for three young adults. One of these was a man named Abdur, from a village around 40 minutes outside of Pekanbaru, the capital city of the Riau province of Sumatra.

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Shelter from the Torrential Rain

During 2013 SEEDS, working with its partner national organisation in Indonesia, Yayasan Pendar Pagi, was able to part-finance a loan for three families in the village with whom we have had long-term connections, enabling them to carry out essential renovations to their homes.

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