Yayasan Gunungan is a charitable organization based in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. The organization was established on 21 June 2006 with the purpose of helping to relieve the suffering of destitute, abandoned and abused children in Indonesia , through the provision of a Children's Refuge Centre and related personal and professional development facilities.
The Organisation's policy is to help all those children and young people who are in need, regardless of religion, nationality, race, class, age and circumstances.
Since we started in the middle of 2006, we have been actively involved in providing emergency aid, trauma relief and reconstruction work for victims of the earthquake on 27 May 2006 which devastated large areas of Central and Southern Java .
We have established a Charity Shop in Solo City . Excess and reject stock is donated by local manufacturing companies for sale in the shop and all the profits are donated to the Children's Refuge Centre. |
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The shop also serves to provide disadvantaged young people with the opportunity for work training and experience.
We distributed over 600 handmade Teddy Bears to the orphans of Central Java. The Teddy Bears were generously donated by a group of over 100 knitters in Ipswich , UK .
And, in July 2007 we received the first children to stay at our own Refuge. Seven in total, 4 girls and 3 boys, Chandra, Lilys, Nita, Sri, Siti, Wid and No.
Now we have the first of what we hope to be many quarterly newsletters. Here we will aim to keep our friends and supporters up to date with the activities of the Organization and happenings at the Refuge. Very many grateful thanks to you all. |
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The children at the Refuge had been promised a day out for some time now, especially if they did well in their mid-semester exams. As the school report cards came in, it emerged that more than half of them ranked in the top 4 in their classes at school. We are all very proud of them and a day out could not be delayed any further.
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To join a rafting trip organized by the Solo Expats Association seemed the perfect opportunity to relax and forget about school-work for a day. So after an early start, we arrived after a 2 ½ hour bus journey at the river's edge, excited and ready for adventure.
he guides from Jogja Adventure Center soon had everybody fitted out with life jackets, helmets and paddles. We were then (continued on page 2) |
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