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n July 4th , a smal l group consist ing of 15 people gathered to proceed with their f ive-hour v o l u n t e e r - h o s t

t ra in ing program. The sun shone br ight ly as the prospect ive hosts braced themselves for a produc-t ive and enr iching day ahead. Assembled in Desa Marga Mulya in Mauk, Tangerang, were these hosts

Creating Future HostsFor Habitat Build Eventsby Yasmine Deswandhy

Obrushes and measur ing tapes on the go. I t was our f i rst t ra in ing

program, in which we create future hosts for our bui ld

events . This volunteer-host t ra in ing program is p lanned to run regular ly once a month.

Dur ing th is program, the hosts were taught a

var iety of ski l ls , which include both physical and

communicat ive ski l ls that need to

Kalena Blake (left) and U.S. Ambassador

Robert O. Blake Jr. (r ight) painting the

walls of a prospective house.

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Having Fun whileHelping Othersby Eda Stacia Lin/Raynaldi Herdiansyah

S k e i t h f r o m C a n a d a , who was v o l u n t e e r i n g for us at that t ime. To sum up, that day was successful . Everyone was open to new ideas and helping one another to achieve the most they can on th is volunteer-host t ra in ing progra .

Furthermore, not only do these hosts have to know communicat ive ski l ls , but a lso the construct ion ski l ls . The hosts were taught how to make the foundat ion of the house, assemble i ron columns, bui ld br ick wal ls and paint the wal ls . To our surpr ise, we had the appreciated company of U .S. Ambassador Robert O.

Blake, Jr . who jo ined us in th is volunteer-host program. He

was accompanying h is daughter , Kalena Blake, who wanted to help out Habitat for Humanity Indo-

nesia. B lake Jr . jo ined us a month ago, when Habitat for Humanity Indonesia partnered with the U.S. embassy for a group bui ld . A long with Kalena Blake,

we had her cousin , Anto-nio Blake from

Argent ina and Zachary

Some participants were being taught by one of Habitat for HumanityIndonesia ConstructionSupervisors about how toassemble a column.

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Canadian volunteer Zachary Skeith ( left)

and Antonio Blake, Kalena Blake’s

Argentinian cousin, building

brickwalls.

Habitat for Humanity Indonesia booth was

opened in front of the Miniapolis Hide-Out

Playground.

be learnt . At f i rst , a l l future hosts were taught how to welcome the other volunteers and made sure that they under-stood about the safety ru les on s i te . A safety precaut ion that was announced was to check al l the equipment and mater ia ls before working to keep a healthy and secure envi ron-m e n t .

abi tat for Humanity Indo-nesia partnered with Min iapol is to host an exhib i t ion on July 12th 2014 at P laza Indonesia

f rom 10am-10pm. This event a imed to raise awareness of Habitat ’s upcoming and ongoing programs, such as the Women Bui ld Program in Yogyakarta and “Learning Starts at Home” cam-paign. These programs approach through k ids’ art and social media act iv i t ies .

H The Habitat booth was located in f ront of Min iapol is Hide-Out Playground, Level 3 , P laza Indonesia. In here, parents and chi ldren could take a p icture at the photo booth. Furthermore, i f they upload them to Facebook, Twit ter or Insta-gram, they could get a f ree t icket to r ide the Min iapol is carousel or t ra in and also f ree merchandise f rom Habitat for Humanity Indone-sia . Moreover , v is i tors could also

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volunteer-host t ra in ing program.

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Packages of activi-t ies for kids were

also provided, such as canvas, coloring

stuff and origami paper. By purchas-

ing the packages, parents were also

contributing for Habitat.

buy the char i ty packages to raise funds for Habitat ’s home bui ld ing pro ject . There are two packages; Package A, for Rp. 100.000,00, provided a great fun to k ids consisted of key-chain , canvas paint ing and or igami paper . With addit ional Rp. 50.000,00, parents could buy Package B, which is featured in Package A plus a Hide-Out entry t icket . As i t turned out , the exhib i t ion was a great way for parents and chi ldren to have a great t ime whi le contr ibut ing to the society . Our f i rst booth v is i tor , Mr . I Gede Putu Raka, said that jo in ing the photo booth and the carousel r ide was an “excit ing and del ightfu l exper ience for the k ids .”

At this photo booth, parents and chil-dren could take a picture using builder-l ike equip-ment.

Habitat ’s u l t imate goal is to make better l ives for

the less fortunate fami-l ies al l around the wor ld , s ince fami ly is the smal l -est important uni t in our l ives. Part ic ipat ing in the Min iapol is Exhib i -t ion embodies social phi lanthropy in the most s imple and excit-ing way. This event is a

p latform where parents and their chi ldren can have fun whi le lending a hand to the others . Kids can also learn through their parents the importance of

char i ty and giv ing.Photo display with “Learning Starts at

Home” as its theme.

In the process, we had opportuni t ies to explain to booth v is i tors what Habitat is and does. We wanted people to know that Habitat is not only bui ld ing homes. Indeed, wi th the help of char i table donors, together we bui ld homes; a home that is not just as a safe dwel l ing but a lso a conducive envi ronment for chi ldren to learn important values f rom their parents .

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Takengon Project Completed,253 Families is Now Having Access to Clean Waterby Herawaty Sormin/Swasti TC

Pipe installation from spring water at

Kampung Segene Balik.

6.1-magnitude earth-quake struck Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) on July 2nd, 2013. The quake was

fel t f rom regional capital Banda Aceh to Bener Mer iah. The Bener Mer iah and Central Aceh distr icts were hardest h i t . Many people were in jured, lost and dead; as wel l as many houses and publ ic faci l i t ies (schools , mosques, etc . ) were damaged. With in 48 hours of the d isaster , Rapid Response team from Habitat for Humanity (HFH) Indonesia observed the affected area and reported what HFH Indonesia can do to help . Habitat p lanned and

Aprepared to bui ld a number of houses for them whose house was damaged. However , s ince only the local government who was al lowed to do construct ion and renovat ion houses in the affected area, HFH Indonesia changed the plan into provid ing c lean water access at Kampung Bal ik , Kute Panang sub-distr ict , Aceh Tengah distr ict . The program cal led Takengon Pro ject (Takengon is the capital of Aceh Tengah distr ict ) Through a lot of processes which should be done, the pro ject started on March 10th, 2014. Kloang River , located at Kampung Bal ik , was

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located at Kampung Bal ik , was the source of the c lean water that wi l l st reamed up to the v i l lage. At the end of June 2014, Takengon Pro ject accom-pl ished. Hydram pump instal la-t ion was the last act iv i ty of th is pro ject . The water pumped up to 90 meters height using hydraul ic system ram�against gravi tat ion and without e lec-tr ic i ty . The benef i ts of the hydram pump was received by 133 fami l ies at Kampung Bal ik and Kampung Empu Bal ik . HFH Indonesia also bui l t new water p ipe instal lat ion f rom the spr ing water for other 120 fami l ies at Kampung Segene Bal ik and

Kampung Belang. The water network also connected to water faci l i ty in four mosques.

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Bal ik and Kampung Belang. The water network also connected to water faci l i ty in four mosques. Before th is program, c lean water became a scarci ty in that area. The inhabitants should go down 1-2 k i lometers far by feet or motorbike into the val ley to get water f rom the r iver . But beginning June 2014, the community is able to get the water easi ly .

Two Groups,Four Families, One Missionby Herawaty Sormin/Yasmine Deswandhy/Swasti TC

volunteered at d i fferent t imes, they both had the same inten-t ion: to help underpr iv i leged fami l ies at Namoriam Vi l lage, Pancur Batu Sub-distr ict , Del i Serdang Distr ict , North Suma-tra . Each of the groups helped bui ld decent homes for two fami l ies

The community and HFH Indonesia, led by Project Coordi-

nator Supriadi, were working together to

install hydram pump.

One of theinhabitants, who received the benefit of the hydram pump. He doesn’t need to fi l l the buckets by going down through the valley anymore.

the source of the c lean water that wi l l be streamed up to the

v i l lage. At the end of June 2014,

Takengon Pro ject accom-pl ished. Hydram pump instal lat ion was the last act iv i ty of th is pro ject . The

water pumped up to 90 meters height using hydrau-

l ic system ram—against gravi tat ion and without the use

electr ic i ty . The benef i ts of the hydram pump was received by 133 fami l ies at Kampung Bal ik and Kampung Empu Bal ik . HFH Indonesia also bui l t new water p ipe instal lat ion f rom the spr ing water for other 120 fami l ies at K a m p u n g Segene

One of the GIS GV benefi-ciary families, Emitabita

and her son, in front of their leaked house.

n the month of July , Habitat for Human-i ty had the pleasure of having two groups of expatr i -

ates v is i t the Medan Branch-one of these groups is f rom Malaysia, the other f rom South Korea. Al though the two groups

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Claps 6 GV Later that month, Claps6—a group consisted of 23 youths f rom South Korea —joined and helped the Global V i l lage program as wel l . In th is Global V i l lage, they also helped bui ld two houses. One of the houses was owned by Set ia Budi Sembir ing (45) and h is wife Suminem br Gint ing (46) who are farmers as wel l . The two support their three sons with an income of IDR 1,500,000/month (about USD 130/month) . Budi and Suminem or ig i -nal ly l ived in a house that was on st i l ts for approximately 22 years . I t was a very s imple house with a thatched roof , wal ls , and a wooden f loor . S ince there is no electr ic i ty for l ight-ing in the area, the fami ly would re ly on candles. They sent their chi ldren to school but only up to High School , which they are al ready grateful for . Budi and Suminem need for a good dai ly l i fe and school expenses were ranked much h igher than their need for a decent home, which was thought l i t t le of . After Habitat

Condit ions at the house were at i ts worst : the c o c o n u t leaf roof and the w o o d e n w a l l s leaked constant ly , which wereu n f o r t u n a t e e s p e c i a l l y dur ing the rainy season. As farmers, i t was impossible for them to bui ld a new house out of their own savings, but their pain was al lev iated when they were chosen to be one of the fami l ies that Habitat Indonesia funds to bui ld . This was a dream to them. Upon v iewing her house Emitabita commented, “ I never had a dream to have a new house, because for us , i t is enough i f we can fu l f i l l our dai ly necessit ies .” Pranki added with eyes fu l l of tears of happiness,

“But God knows what we need.

Thanks Habitat I n d o n e s i a ,

and thanks G a r d e n

I n t e r n a -t i o n a l S c h o o l . O u r f a m i l y c a n

have a b e t t e r

f u t u r e now.”

Claps6 team was doing the foundation job.

Garden Internat ionalSchool GV The Malaysian group came on June 29th–July 4th , 2014. They were f rom Garden Internat ional School Malaysia and composed of 19 students and three teachers . One of the benef ic iary fami l ies that the group helped was Pranki Gint ing and h is fami ly of three. Pranki Gint ing (29) and h is wife Emita-bi ta Apr i l ly br Tar igan (26) work as farmers with a total income of IDR 1,450,000/month, which is equivalent to USD 126 /month. The two have a 5-years-old son. Pranki and Emitabita graduated from Junior High school so they were only able to get jobs in the farming industry . The f i rst year of their marr iage, they l ived with their parents , and the fol lowing year , moved to their grandmother ’s house. Dur ing their residence in their grandma’s house, their f i rst son was born .

Certif icate and traditional cloth of Batak, “ulos”, were given to Garden International School Malaysia GV team.

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A group from South Korea “Claps6” joined a Global Vil lage Program on July

7 –11 , 2014.

Budi and his wife Suminem, one of the Claps6 GV home partners, who had l ived without electricity for approximately 22 years.

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chose to help their fami ly , Budi cannot bel ieve that he was f inal ly able to have a home for their fami ly that was more v iable . He goes on to say that h is fami ly is very happy, espe-cial ly when knowing that volun-teers f rom South Korea part ic i -pated in the house bui ld . “This was the most special g i f t our fami ly has every received,” said h im.

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