September 2024: Ichikraft's School Assistance Has Been Distributed

 

Ichikraft's school assistance has been distributed at Riche's house on 20 September 2024 - Photographed by Riche's collection

First of all, thank you for following our project's update each month. Today I am going to share news which I believe if you have been following our project you easily notice what is it about. Let's check it out!✌️🙂

Last Friday, in the evening my dearest friend, Riche, sent me a message that Novi, Uun, and Suci have taken their assistance. I was glad to see their pictures because they looked healthy. On top of that, I believe they have studied hard and content. What does it mean? Well, I am happy to see children from a small village that almost no sufficient support to facilitate their studies such as laptops, and textbooks yet they try their best at school. I am really proud of them!👊 Future is a mystery, I want/ hope they are (not only Novi, Suci, and Uun) but to all children who come from villages and low-income families to not give up so easily on their dreams or what they want to be in the future. I know very well, it will encounter obstacles along the way, but if they keep walking and working, eventually they will achieve something.

Ichikraft's school assistance has been distributed at Riche's house on 20 September 2024 - Photographed by Riche's collection

As I mentioned last month, Uun and Suci attend high school in this new academic year which means their monthly assistance increases from IDR 175,000 to IDR 300,000. And this school assistance will end after they graduate from high school and we will find others who are in elementary school to support them. Indeed, this project was initiatived by my partner and me around a decade ago. When we started it we were aware to achieve the project's goal would take a while. What is the goal? The project is aimed to support children who come from low-income families by giving school assistance monthly hence they can at least hold a high school certificate. By holding the certificate, they can find a job and have income. In the end, this is a small mission to break the cycle of poverty. 

Ichikraft's school assistance has been distributed at Riche's house on 20 September - Photographed by Riche's collection

This September 2024, Novi, Uun, and Suci received IDR 300,000 each for their school assistance. Additionally, each one of them got IDR 100,000 to support their family. It is not much, however, I do hope with this assistance at least they can hang on a little longer to stay at school until get the certificate. 

Thank you for reading the article. And many thanks to Riche. 

NOTE:

• Written by Acik Mardhiyanti
• Photographed by Riche's collection
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