Bali, 5 October 2022 – the working group on SDGs & Humanitarian together with the working group on Environment, Climate Justice, and Energy Transition, from Civil 20 successfully organized a joint discussion on the topic “Resilient Housing Amid Climate Change Phenomenon”.  This discussion was attended by more than 60 participants from various countries both online and offline at the Hilton Resort, Bali.

“The number of the world’s population living in unfit housing areas will grow from 1 million to 3 million by 2050. Unfortunately, efforts to meet decent housing are hampered by problematic land permits, housing planning that is inaccessible to low-income groups, and minimal investment in low-cost housing,” said Rebecca Ochong, Habitat for Humanity International.

Rebecca on this occasion also talked about equitable access to housing for all. She mentioned that there are about 1 billion human populations in the world living in poverty housing. This has an impact on the stigma that considers the existence of this population to be less important than others.

“In addition, this condition makes it difficult for them to access basic services such as clean water and sanitation. These populations also have no land rights and are the most vulnerable to climate change,” Rebecca said.

Two solutions have been offered by Andreas Hapsoro (Habitat Indonesia) and Eka Arina (The Prakarsa). According to Hapsoro, housing development needs to uphold the principle of people-centered which provides a space for participation for local communities in planning housing that is resilient to climate change and natural disasters. Hapsoro also explained some examples of climate adaptation models that can be done by people from the housing sector. To be able to help populations that are vulnerable to climate change because they occupy poverty housing, it takes a commitment to put communities at the forefront of understanding the impact of climate change on their lives.

Hapsoro asks relevant stakeholders to make commitments in strengthening technical expertise in using approaches, tools, and processes that lead to climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies and integrating in programs, operations, and support through homebuilding and renovation, disaster preparedness and resilience, disaster response and recovery, volunteer engagement, community education, advocacy, and housing market development.

Meanwhile, according to Eka, handling poverty and the housing crisis needs to be integrated into adaptive social protection schemes by creating a multidimensional poverty index as an indicator of poverty alleviation.

Eka also said that the increase in urbanization accompanied by various devastating shocks due to climate change and the potential for natural disasters, urban areas will become ‘new homes’ for poverty. “Where their households have limited resources to reduce, adjust and recuperate from shocks. So disaster recovery starts from minus, not zero,” she said.

To overcome this problem, said Eka, a new perspective is needed in seeing the problem of poverty and housing problems in the midst of climate change, namely through a multi-dimensional poverty approach.

TANGERANG, POSKOTA.CO.ID – The Tangerang Regency Government (Pemkab) has launched a guidebook for using APBDes. The launch of the APBDes Book aims to optimize the use of the budget for the construction of livable houses for the community.

Tangerang Regency Secretary, Moch Maesyal Rasyid, said that the launch of the APBDes Book was intended as a means of socializing the implementation of decent housing and settlements for the community.

Of course, that is following the rules, because, everyone has the right to occupy, enjoy, or have a decent house in a healthy, safe, harmonious, and systematic environment.

“Launching this APBDes book as a guidance in constructing livable houses. Because this program is a big homework for all of us, both the Central and Regional Governments,” he said, Saturday, September 24, 2022.

According to him, the government will be committed to carrying out village development to improve community welfare and the quality of human life as well as poverty alleviation. He explained, in Tangerang Regency itself, the construction of livable houses, until 2022, has only reached 36.48 percent. He said, for low-income families, the majority of the homes did not meet the standards of house safety rules, especially from disasters. One of the reasons may be due to the lack of public knowledge about the criteria for housing that is livable, safe, and healthy.

“This means that we, the government, together with all stakeholders and all components of society should together pay great attention to the construction of livable houses in Tangerang Regency,” he said. He explained that so far the Tangerang Regency Government has implemented the Joint People’s Movement to Overcome Poor Slum Dense Areas (Gebrak Pakumis) program for five years with aims that as many as 13 thousand housing units will be rebuilt into decent houses. “We have carried out this Gebrak Pakumis from 2017 to 2022, and we have built as many as 13 thousand livable housing units with budget sources from the APBD, APBDes, and CSR,” he said. He continued, the Tangerang Regency Government commits to complete the housing development program in its area soon. As one of the parties responsible for the implementation of decent housing and settlements in Tangerang. So the Tangerang Regency Government made a guidebook on the mechanism for providing housing and settlements by utilizing government funding sources, namely through the APBDes.

 “The Tangerang Regency Government hopes that with this guidebook, the community can more easily and freely access information and guidelines in using the APBDes to provide livable houses. “I hope.

As a humanitarian organization that focuses on providing adequate housing in Indonesia, the National Director of Habitat Indonesia Susanto added that we are happy and proud to be involved in the preparation of this guidebook.

“Launching this guidebook is one of the practical steps and the benefits can be directly felt by the community to optimize the construction and repair of livable houses in Tangerang,” he concluded.

(Saturday, 24 September 2022 18:26 WIB|Poskota.co.id)

Habitat for Humanity Indonesia

Dear #SahabatHabitat,

We are already through October this year. This month is particular and full of enthusiasm for me and all of us, especially for young Indonesian fighters, because this month, we commemorate World Habitat Day on October 2, 2022, and Youth Pledge Day on October 28, 2022.

First, I wish you a happy commemoration of World Habitat Day. We hope that the WHD commemoration can break our spirit to think about the importance of proper housing in Indonesia, especially for low-income families, and take a shared responsibility to make Indonesia a better habitat for everyone, both today and in the future.

Continuing the WHD commemoration, as a concrete realization that we support the completion of inadequate housing in Indonesia, Praise God, this year Habitat again has the opportunity to hold 28uild (to build) after being stopped in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This 28uild activity is a routine house-building activity every year that has involved especially young people since 2012. This activity aims to unite the spirit of the younger generation so that they realize the importance of decent housing, especially for low-income families in Indonesia, and participate in providing it.

This time, 28uild was held on October 29, 2022, in two cities, Mauk-Tangerang and Gresik-Surabaya. I was pleased that about 300 young volunteers were enthusiastic about participating in this activity. Through this year’s 28uild, Habitat and the young volunteers managed to build 15 houses, paint 32 homes, two primary schools, and one early childhood education. Since 2012, more than 2,900 volunteers have joined 28uild from several cities, such as Jakarta, Batam, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya.

Young people are one of the life of Indonesia. Habitat hopes that the younger generation can continue to actively support development in Indonesia by participating in 28uild activities organized by Habitat. Happy commemorating World Habitat Day and Happy Youth Pledge Day! See you at the 28uild movement next year.

Regard,

Susanto

Architect Unleashed

Located in Bottega Artisan, Alam Sutera – Tangerang, Habitat for Humanity Indonesia collaborated with an architect and well-known architectural designer, Raul Renanda, to hold an art and design exhibition inspired by architecture with the theme Architect Unleashed. The exhibition was held from September 8 to 24, 2022, and is open to the public free of charge.

In the cast, paintings by Raul Renada are shown which combined art and architect with attractive color combinations. In addition, the futuristic design of the Grand Piano and Speakers was also displayed in collaboration with Raul with Indonesian music figures, namely Indra Lesmana and Aksan Sjuman.

Habitat Indonesia participated in displaying Booth at the event as an effort to promote and introduce Habitat Indonesia to visitors, especially fans of Raul Renanda’s works. The exhibition is also part of the plan to start a fundraising partnership for the sale of NFT (Non Fungible Tokens) with Purpose Art Pte Ltd. NFT itself is a digital asset that is commonly used as proof of ownership of goods that can be purchased with crypto currency.

At the exhibition, our booth was visited by a famous singer and songwriter in Indonesia, Tompi. He saw and received information about Habitat Crew, our regular donation program to help organization build decent houses for low-income families in Indonesia.

Want to join the Habitat Crew?

Please click here: http://bit.ly/habitatcrewreg. (BN)

Congratulations to Brian Dusza for winning the auction at Donor Appreciation Night. Located in the Hall Room of the JS Luwansa Hotel, Habitat Indonesia held a fund raising by auctioning rare collectibles. On that night, Chelsea FC Memorabilia was sold for Rp. 11,000,000.00.

On September 20, 2022, Habitat for Humanity Indonesia collaborated with Helping Hand Group, an Australian company, to provide auction items for a fundraising event, displaying and selling a limited number of 20 items sought by collectors. Categories of auction items sold are memorabilia (sports, art and figures), experiences and vacations. All guests and invitees who attended the Donor Appreciation Night (DAN) event that night were very enthusiastic and asked about the items on display because all of them are worthy and interesting to buy because these items are widely known throughout the world, such as the Barcelona FC jersey and Real Madrid FC, Germany national team jersey, Metallica guitar, holiday in Bali and much more.

There is still an opportunity for Habitat Friends who are interested in knowing and want to buy the auctioned items by visiting our website: www.habitatindonesia.org or scanning the barcode below:

Let’s not stop doing good by supporting Habitat for Humanity Indonesia so that we can help many low-income families in Indonesia to have decent houses to live in.

You can also do good directly to those in need without having to come face to face by visiting our website: https://supporthabitat.org/ . (BN)

Thunderbird alumni is finally back to holding its annual social activity by donating 5 decent houses and doing the build activities which was carried out on September 3, 2022 in Curug Village, Babakan Madang, Sentul-Bogor, with the theme Thunderbuild.

Thunderbuild is an annual build activity carried out by alumni of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, a university in Arizona, United States. They came from different generations and together they support the construction of decent houses for low-income families. Thunderbuild was suspended for 3 years due to the pandemic. This year, Thunderbuild is finally running again, involving more than 25 volunteers. The main activity was building foundations and walls, symbolic handover of the house was also carried out by giving a plaque by Mrs. Linda (one of the representatives of Thunderbird and also one of the Volunteers of The Day) to one of the beneficiaries.

Since 2016 until today, Thunderbird has built 16 decent houses for low-income families. Together we build Indonesia!

In way of celebrating its 71st anniversary, PT Lautan Luas Tbk collaborated with Habitat Indonesia to celebrate together by doing build activities in Marga Mulya Village – Mauk, Tangerang. PT Lautan Luas Tbk has created a village called Kampung Lautan Luas where residents can live in decent houses, get good sanitation, access to clean water that shall meet the daily needs of residents, as well as other facilities.

The Kampung Lautan Luas program targets the construction of 70 decent housing units, 70 family toilet units, 7 access to clean water that will serve 700 families, village gates and training as reinforcement for low-income families so that they can live a clean, healthy life, as well as building the basic foundation of healthy houses and waste management.

This “Volunteer Build” activity was held on September 18, 2022, marked by cutting ‘tumpeng’ and beating the gong. This Volunteer Build activity was also attended by:

1. Mauk Sub-district Head, Mr. Arif Rahman, S.STP, M.Si

2. Head of Margamulya Village, Mr. Abubakar

3. Ladies and gentlemen of the board of directors of PT Lautan Luas Tbk:

Mr. Indrawan Masrin: President Director of PT Lautan Luas Tbk

Mr. Jimmy Masrin: Vice President Director of PT Lautan Luas Tbk

Mr. Joshua Chandraputra Asali: Managing Director of PT Lautan Luas Tbk

Mr. Soewandhi Soekamto: Commercial Director of PT Lautan Luas Tbk

Mr Danny Surya Adenan: Manufacturing Director Business Development PT Lautan Luas Tbk

Mrs. Elly Mariana Tansil: Finance Director of PT Lautan Luas Tbk

The enthusiasm of 70 participants who took part in this Build activity was very visible since the warm-up before the build activity began. Build activities carried out were building foundations, walls and painting for 5 houses and 1 school in Mauk.

At the end of the event, Mr. Susanto as the National Director of Habitat Indonesia conveyed the future plans regarding the realization of the construction of houses in Kampung Lautan Luas as part of our concern. Lautan Luas together with Habitat Indonesia hopes that this activity can bring positive impact and light up the spirit of building houses and hope for Indonesia. Let’s Rise together to Build Indonesia.

Donor Appreciation Night 2022

On 20 September 2022, Habitat Indonesia held Donor Appreciation Night 2022 at the ballroom of JS Luwansa Hotel & Convention Center. This is a special moment for Habitat Indonesia which has been established for 25 years, to express appreciation to corporate donors, individual donors and partners who for the past three years have supported Habitat in serving the community. The same event was held in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic.

In addition to the award recipients, invited guests who were also present that night, including the Board of Trustee, Board of Supervisors and Board of Advisory Habitat Indonesia. Mr. Shoban Rainford, Director of Resource Development Habitat for Humanity International also came and delivered his keynote speech. Several members of the Indonesia Development Council (IDC), namely Edwin Soeryadjaya, Jimmy Masrin, Kwik Wan Tien and Hilmi Panigoro were also present that night.

The event began with remarks by Susanto, National Director of Habitat Indonesia and Rene Indiarto Widjaja, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Habitat Indonesia. The Jaipong dance presented by the children of the residents of Margamulya Village, one of the villages in Karawang Regency which is a cluster project of Habitat Indonesia, as well as the Choir of Habitat Indonesia staff, also enlivened the event that night.

There were 47 awards presented to Habitat Indonesia’s donors and partners, which were divided into 10 categories, they are:

1. Media Award

2. Volunteer & Youth Award

3. Celebrity Award

4. Habitat Partner Award

5. Habitat Champion Award

6. Pandemic Response Award

7. Natural Disaster Response Award

8. Home Builder Award

9. Community Builder Award

10. Nation Builder Award

The presentation that raised the topic of Climate Smart Housing Concept delivered by Mr. Susanto, in addition to conveying Habitat’s steps in responding to the world’s conditions facing climate change, as well as inviting the audience to support the provision of houses for underprivileged residents that are built in smart ways to maintain sustainability on earth.

At the end of the event Susanto expressed his gratitude to the award recipients, invited guests and sponsors who have supported the implementation of the 2022 Donor Appreciation Night. He also invited the audience to continue their support for Habitat Indonesia to build Indonesia together.

Habitat for Humanity Indonesia

#SahabatHabitat

Starting this September, I had the opportunity to visit Manila to take part in the Quarterly Portfolio Review and APO’s Staff Team Building Retreat. We should be grateful because, based on the 2022 fiscal year report, Indonesia was the third highest country in the housing development and repair program. This achievement was undoubtedly not easy to obtain, especially in a pandemic. However, the meetings and discussions with Habitat representatives from various countries in Asia have provided many inputs, where Habitat Indonesia can learn from the achievement strategies and programs of other countries in the Asia Pacific. Hopefully, Habitat can continue the spirit of achievement in the 2023 fiscal year and can help more families.

On September 20, 2022, I also felt another joy because Habitat Indonesia was finally able to hold the Donor Appreciation Night 2022 activity, a routine activity every two or three years to appreciate each donor and Habitat partner. I was happy to meet and stay in touch with company leaders, media, and public figures who have supported Habitat and witnessed them receiving awards for their participation.

Habitat Indonesia’s award may be insignificant if judged on the material. Still, Habitat believes that expressions of gratitude can strengthen love with each party which enhances the continuity of sustainable cooperation.

We hope that donors and partners working with Habitat so far remain faithful in creating other forms of collaboration in the future. Donors who have not collaborated may be encouraged to collaborate through various programs at Habitat. Together with all parties, let’s #TogetherBuild Indonesia into a decent home for everyone.

Regards,

Susanto

In commemoration of Indonesia’s 77th independence day, Habitat Indonesia held a HabitatQuiz through social media Instagram. In addition to interacting directly with loyal followers of Habitat’s social media, commonly called Sahabat Habitat, this is also to increase awareness of the programs held by Habitat.

For this quiz, Habitat Indonesia has the theme of what Habitat Indonesia is doing where the answers are hidden through random sentences. The question asked is “What is the main focus of Habitat Indonesia?”. Friends of Habitat themselves were asked to answer questions through random letters that became the answers and also invited 3 friends to join by tagging as much as possible.

Winners are selected for seven days and are selected based on the most mentions and welcome tags. On August 22, 2022, the winner of the quiz was finally chosen, the chosen habitat friend named Adinda with Instagram @adinsaaa who answered with the correct answer to random sentences along with the most mentions and tags. Adinda as the winner answered “A decent house” and had the most and most welcome, besides that Adinda’s answer also had the most likes in the comments.

The winner selection is selected over seven days and is selected based on the most mentions and welcome tags. On August 22, 2022, the winner of the quiz was finally selected, the chosen habitat friend named Adinda with instagram @adinsaaa who answered with the correct answer to a random sentence along with the most mentions and tags. Adinda as the winner answered “Decent house” and had the most and was welcome, besides that Adinda’s answer also had the most likes in the comments.

As the selected winner, he received a prize in the form of 2 movie tickets, and it was sent on August 24, 2022. Adinda expressed her gratitude for the gift received and will be used with her husband.Habitat Indonesia also expresses its gratitude to all habitat friends who participated, for friends who have not been lucky enough to be able to participate in the upcoming HabitatQuiz, don’t forget to continue to monitor, follow, and subscribe to Habitat Indonesia through all social media:

Facebook: Habitat for Humanity Indonesia

Linkedin: Habitat for Humanity Indonesia

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Twitter : Habitat for Humanity Indonesia

Instagram: @Habitat_id