Do you ever feel annoyed when your good intentions are not appreciated by others? Or have you ever felt sad when the kindness you have done is not appreciated at all? Yes, that’s what life is like, sometimes it doesn’t go as expected. There is a reality that must be accepted even though it is bitter.

Keep doing good because you are a good person. There is no need to wait for the same kindness in return or expect great praise and rewards. Do good deeds because you really want to spread goodness to others. Not to get the same reward or praise. Doing good is a life behavior that can bring peace and comfort to life. There is no need to worry or worry about other people’s judgment because not everyone needs to understand your situation.

We do good and we are happy. This can be used as a kind of mantra for ourselves to continue doing good that can bring happiness and inner satisfaction. There is no need to worry about other people’s judgment, just do the things that we can do the best, then let the universe work in its own way to bring more grace around us.

Keep doing good wherever you are. Maybe we are not really good people yet, but at least doing something good can make life more meaningful.

Let’s not stop doing good by supporting Habitat for Humanity Indonesia so that it can help many low-income families in Indonesia to have decent houses to live in. Through the collaboration program between Habitat Indonesia and Akuberbagi.com, a digital platform for sharing goodness that allows us to have the benefits of inheritance and the value of the benefits that are formed to be distributed to Habitat Indonesia. Program information and registration please click: https://akuberbagi.com/purchase-program/Donasi/step-1/6/- .

You can also do good directly to those in need without having to come and face to face by visiting the website: https://dukunghabitat.org/

Board Room Leaders – Community Builders

On August 12-13, 2022 Habitat Indonesia once again held the CEO Build event, after the last one in 2019. The CEO Build 2022 which was led by Mr. Edwin Soeryadjaya, took the theme “Board Room Leaders – Community Builders”, located in Banyuwangi, attended by 62 entrepreneurs and leaders from various companies in Jakarta, Surabaya and Bali.

On the first day, CEO Build began with a city tour to various tourist destinations in Banyuwangi and a welcome dinner at the New Surya Hotel, where most of the participants stayed. On the second day, all participants were divided into 8 groups and were excited and enthusiastic to do building activities; setting foundations and building walls for 8 houses out of 11 houses being built for the residents of Sumbermulyo Village. The event ended with a visit to the Pulau Merah tourist destination and a farewell dinner in the evening. All participants expressed their appreciation for this unforgettable CEO Build, which has given them the opportunity to extend their hands, helping the community to have a decent place to live.

Through CEO Build 2022, the fundraising obtained was donation to build 29 new decent houses in various regions in Indonesia, with most houses will be allocated to the community in Banyuwangi.

Together we build Indonesia.

See you at the next CEO Build!

Habitat and Samsung Village #9 project provide decent homes, clean water access, sanitation, and education facilities

Jakarta, August 4, 2022 – Samsung C&T and Habitat for Humanity Indonesia accomplish the second phase of the community development program for the less privileged families in Cilamaya through the Samsung Village #9 project. This Samsung Village #9 project is committed to supporting the community’s fundamental needs in Cilamaya by providing decent homes, clean water access, sanitation, and education facilities. 

This Samsung Village #9 project is the third collaboration between Habitat Indonesia, Samsung C&T, and Habitat Korea after its previous collaboration on Samsung Village #1 and Samsung Village #6 projects. This collaboration is part of the Samsung C&T CSR regular project, held in different countries yearly.

The Samsung Village #6 project in 2018 was successful in providing 20 new housings, communal water stations with a water pipe and a latrine, and education facilities renovation. Construction training also was given to thirty-four people, hygiene training to 254 people, and financial education to twenty-eight people.

In this second phase, through the Samsung Village #9 project, which started in February 2021 to July 2022, Habitat and Samsung C&T built 25 new housings, 4 communal water stations with latrines, and renovated 3 public schools.

As the project before, not only facilitating Cilamaya with physical constructions, the Samsung Village #9 provides non-physical programs in the form of fundamental and safety construction training and hygiene training. The program can help approximately 1.178 people spread over three villages in Cilamaya: Muara Village, Cilamaya Village, and Mekarmaya Village.

In the project closing event on August 4, 2022, in Cilamaya, Susanto, National Director of Habitat for Humanity Indonesia, said that Habitat Indonesia always strives to support the government in realizing inclusive, sustainable development to ensure no one region is left behind. “Cilamaya is an area that needs attention. We are very grateful to be able to collaborate with Samsung C&T to hold various programs to improve the less privileged families’ life quality in Cilamaya”, explained Susanto.

Habitat believes that a decent home is a basic need where everyone can start life. The support of Samsung C&T through the Samsung Village #9 project will enable vulnerable groups, especially the elderly, families with disabilities, women, and children in Cilamaya, to live safely, comfortably, healthy, and productively.

“A decent home can give hope of a more prosperous life and an increasing economy for the families there. A comfortable house and school for the children to learn will support them to create more intelligent generations and have a better future. Especially in the pandemic, the clean water availability at several points can help the community in Cilamaya easier to keep the health protocol and keep the environment clean”, add Susanto.

Mr. Changsuk Kim (Deputy Project Manager), Samsung C&T said “We are delighted to partner with Habitat for Humanity in Indonesia to improve the living conditions of the villagers in Cilamaya. As with the successful nine Samsung C&T villages we had built across Asia, we hope that this project would also build the foundation for less privileged people to tackle poverty and improve their lives.”

Habitat encourages various parties to collaborate in conducting multiple programs in vulnerable areas to overcome the lack of life to a better life so that all communities in Indonesia can feel equitable development and prosperity wherever they are. 

Habitat for Humanity Indonesia

Dear Habitat family,

First of all, I would like to congratulate the 77th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia. May the spirit of independence continue to ignite in our hearts, for we can recover faster and rise stronger.

Filling the spirit of Independence Day this month, I had an opportunity to attend the closing ceremony of the second Samsung #Village 9 program in Cilamaya on August 4th. The program that succeeded in providing more than ten decent homes, communal water stations with pipes and restrooms, and education facilities renovation has fulfilled the lives of more than one thousand families there. I am delighted to continue collaborating with Samsung as a form of support to realize inclusive, sustainable development to ensure that no one region is left behind, including Cilamaya.

Besides attending the Samsung Village #9 closing ceremony, I was also very enthusiastic about being able to participate in the CEO Build event in Banyuwangi on August 12-13. CEO Build is an activity to build the home that Habitat previously held regularly. This current CEO Build became the first event since being stopped for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. CEOs from various companies attended the event. One of them was Edwin Soeryadjaya, the pioneer or inspirator. Edwin Soeryadjaya became a role model to the other CEOs. He said that the CEOs are not only leaders in the middle of companies or offices but also must be leaders in community development. CEOs have a significant role in supporting the acceleration of equitable development for the community in need of justice and prosperity.

May the collaboration and the spirit of hand in hand like this be implemented regularly. We invite all parties to be able to #TogetherBuildIndonesia through Habitat’s mission to make Indonesia a decent place for everyone to live.

Regard,

Susanto 

April 2021, a tropical cyclone storm hit East Nusa Tenggara. Habitat Indonesia immediately took emergency response measures by going down to NTT, Adonara, and Lembata by distributing housing construction tools or materials to 121 families. In addition to Adonara and Lembata, Habitat did the assement in Kupang to think about what program to do next.

In July 2021, Habitat got donors willing to work together for the NTT disaster response program. Working closely with the Human Initiative, Habitat began rebuilding Lembata and Wahana Visi Indonesia to rebuild Kupang.

During the one-year program, Habitat with the Human Initiative finally managed to provide 73 temporary shelters, 27 rainwater reservoirs, and 15 toilets in Lembata. While working with Wahana Visi Indonesia, Habitat managed to build 85 new homes, repair 25 houses, and build 1 revitalization of clean water in Kupang, namely Naibonad and Oesao Villages.

In addition to building houses and toilets, Habitat also provides construction training to local communities both technically and non-technically to create communities, especially the strong builders and understanding of construction tongues to develop sturdy and resilient buildings. More than 176 families can enjoy the training. In addition to construction training, waste management training is also provided to more than 100 families to create families who care about environmental hygiene and health.

Ending the disaster response program at NTT in June 2022, Wahana Visi Indonesia surveyed the community to find out how important the program was given to them. The survey results highlighted some essential things until a workshop was born in July 2022. Habitat with WVI finally held a workshop which discussed several matters regarding good construction practices, planning management, and other related issues. The workshop was attended by local governments, communities, and other elements of society. In the seminar, Habitat and WVI hope that understanding is shared as a provision in future planning programs, especially for regional leaders, so they can move and implement it well in the community. The culmination of the closure of the disaster response program will be carried out in October 2022 after Habitat has completed the construction of 36 houses and the division of light-up tools into the NTT community. 

Habitat for Humanity Indonesia

#SahabatHabitat

The fiscal year 2022 has been completed. We have done various programs, including procurement and repair of 3,690 livable homes, 25 public facilities, different training for 2,188 people, and market development and economic improvement for 10,731 people. The program has successfully touched communities in various regions of Indonesia, including Jakarta, Batam, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya. At the time of the disaster, Palu, Semeru, Mamuju, and NTT. I thank all those who have supported it until the whole program can go well. 

At present, we are entering the fiscal year 2023. Not an easy situation. The recent war has affected the food and energy crisis. This causes material prices and needs to rise. They low-income families are the most vulnerable.

As brothers of the water demons, it is fitting for us to close ranks to help one another so we can get together through this difficult time. Hopefully, we can immediately work on various programs that can support the lives of those vulnerable to staying under challenging times.

Starting this fiscal year 2023, I had the opportunity to be a judge in the BISRA event (Business Indonesia Corporate Social Responsibility Awards) 2022. Through this event, I hope Habitat Indonesia can establish closeness to more companies to create opportunities for cooperation in implementing their CSR into Habitat programs and missions because more companies are supporting more programs that can be done for more families helped.

In closing, I invite all of us to support this series of Habitat Indonesia’s 25th-anniversary BUILD programs, which will be held until December 2022. This activity is one strategy to invite more companies and volunteers to support the Habitat program, building a prosperous Indonesia.

End of the word, I say thank you and stay excited. Let’s continue the mission of building a house, building a life!

Regards,

Susanto

A mining company, Mind ID, has a volunteer program that involves employees called the Senyawa. The program is carried out three times a year, and this time they are collaborating together with Habitat Indonesia, through a series of Senyawa 1 KM 1 Kindness programs, where they are holding volunteering activities.

Employee Volunteering is a forum for Mind ID employees to participate in social activities. Senyawa Volunteers became a forum for the Mind ID community to carry out volunteering activities. In this community, they have collected donations whose results will be realized through the construction of clean water facilities, sanitation, and the construction of 4 habitable houses for low-income families in Babakan Madang Village – Sentul, Bogor. Mind ID hopes that people can have decent, clean, and healthy housing.

On Tuesday, 19 July 2022, Habitat Indonesia, along with Mind ID, conducted one of the Senyawa Programs, which involved 40 employees as volunteers in painting 4 houses and also held a Clean and Healthy Life Training (PHBS) for local elementary school students. Located in Sentul, the activity ran smoothly, as seen from the enthusiasm of the local residents and volunteers.

Hopefully, with this PHBS (Clean and Healthy Life Training) training, students can make changes in implementing a cleaner and healthier life in their daily lives.

The Pandemic has underlined the importance of a home because it is the main protection to minimise exposure to the COVID-19 virus. However, living in a decent home is still merely a wish that is tough to achieve for over 2 million families in Indonesia.

Senen (60 years old) and his family, residents of Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, were forced to live in a hut in a field for 2 years after he sold his house due to his debts. In the hut, they had to survive in the absence of electricity. The difficulty of accessing clean water gave Senen and his family no other choice than to utilize rainwater to meet their daily needs. An accident that resulted in Senen suffering from a leg injury and his old age left him unable to work as much as he did before. With his conditions, he was only able to work as a farmer, with an income that made it incredibly unlikely for him to finance the construction of a decent home. Through the help of Habitat Indonesia, along with the help of volunteers from Habitat Japan, Senen and his family now live in a comfortable home and are able to protect themselves from exposure to the COVID-19 virus. They are also able to enjoy their retirement days in a decent and healthy home.

During the 25 years that Habitat Indonesia has been established in Indonesia, it has helped as many as 180,284 families to obtain a decent place to live. Due to the many needs that have yet to be met, Habitat for Humanity Indonesia welcomes you to participate in building decent housing for 50,000 families. By donating starting from Rp. 50,000, -, you will have helped to contribute to resolving the problem of providing decent housing and achieving a prosperous Indonesia.

Let’s continue to support Habitat Indonesia so that we can build more decent houses for low-income families through our cooperation program with Akuberbagi.com a digital platform that allows those who register to have heritage benefits, and the value of the benefits formed will be channeled to Habitat Indonesia. For program information and registration, please click

https://akuberbagi.com/purchase-program/Donasi/step-1/6/-

You can also distribute help directly to those in need without having to come face-to-face by visiting the website:https://dukunghabitat.org/

With the theme: Social Responsibility to Accelerate Stronger Recover, BISRA 2022 gives appreciation to companies that are committed to contributing to vulnerable communities and low-income communities (Masyarakat Berpenghasilan Rendah=MBR), especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.

President Commissioner of Bisnis Indonesia Group, Hariyadi Budi Santoso Sukamdani, said that CSR is an important program that is mandated in Law No. 40/2007 concerning the responsibility of limited liability companies in implementing CSR programs. According to Hariyadi, CSR programs have proven to have a positive impact on economic and environmental improvements. Currently, only Indonesia and India have made CSR a mandatory program that companies must implement. “This becomes our reason to help strengthen the implementation of CSR programs through the 2022 BISRA award,” said Hariyadi at the opening of the 2022 BISRA Award event in Jakarta, Wednesday (29/6/2022).

Meanwhile, Susanto Samsudin, National Director of Habitat for Humanity Indonesia who is also one of the judges for BISRA 2022, said that the number of registered institutions is growing. This is reflected in the increase in participants which is 34% higher compared to last year. “This shows that the CSR program is getting attention as well as becomes commitment for companies doing business in the country,” he said.

In BISRA 2022, there are 58 awards given, which are divided into 4 categories, namely State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), national private companies, foreign private companies, and start-up companies. Meanwhile, the BISRA 2022 award categories are divided into three types, community empowerment, disaster management, and social and volunteerism.

The full results of the 2022 BISRA award recipients can be viewed listed on the below:

The Habitat Indonesia Office was visited by Global Jaya school students on Thursday, June 14, 2022. The purpose of this young generation’s arrival is to take action to raise funds which is one of the activities for the “Battle for Change” event. In the “Battle for Change” event, Ardeliana Abida invites friends to raise funds as a form of support for Habitat Indonesia. This action by Global Jaya students aims to build houses for low-income families in Mauk – Tangerang.

Several symbolic activities were carried out with signatures represented by Ardeliana, a student from Global Jaya School together with the National Director of Habitat Indonesia, Mr. Susanto. This symbolic event was closed with the expression of hope and the handing over of funds amounting to Rp. 32,300,000 for low-income families in Mauk. It is hoped that the funds that have been given can be used to realize the dreams of low-income families to have decent houses. With the construction of livable houses, Habitat and Global Jaya School hope to give birth to a better future generation for the nation’s future.Hopefully this caring action can be an inspiration for other young generations to be a good role model for other younger generations to emulate. Thank you Global Jaya School, a decent house for a better future generation of the nation.