Blog Post: Ask me, and I will follow you down ›
Topics: Women's Empowerment, Urban, Health, Food/Nutrition, Children
How do you recognize a midwife who's already trained to be a breastfeeding counselor? And who do you ask about breastfeeding if you go to puskesmas, local health facilities around Indonesia?
Blog Post: Ibu Durti...please don't run away! ›
Topics: Women's Empowerment, Urban, Marginalized Groups, Health
On the last day of a Mother Support Group training, 22-year-old Ibu Durti showed up with her 14-day-old baby and a bag full of clothes.
Blog Post: Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia ›
Topics: Emergencies
Earlier today, a major earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the Indonesian island of Java. All of our staff members in Indonesia have been accounted for.
Opening the Taps ›
If water is life, then Tanah Merah was dying.
Blog Post: Shaking off the numbness ›
Topics: Urban, Marginalized Groups, Displacement
Yesterday, a colleague in Indonesia told me that one of the slum areas we had visited while I was in Jakarta had been reduced to smoldering wreckage.
Blog Post: Fulfilling Cot Paya village’s dreams ›
Topics: Water/Sanitation, Rural, Citizen Involvement
My recent visit to a small village named Cot Paya in Indonesia's Aceh province was my second trip here — and much has changed since my first visit.
Blog Post: A dedication to her profession ›
Topics: Women's Empowerment, Urban, Health, Food/Nutrition, Children
After she trained to be lactation counselor in Jakarta, Ibu Lilis says she never forgets to remind every mother she meets to breastfeed.
Blog Post: Terima kasih ›
Those days that I leave a country, after my documentary work is done, are the longest for me. But this one seems even longer.
Blog Post: Past the end of the world ›
Topics: Rural, Citizen Involvement
As we stood on a small dock overlooking the aquamarine waters that lap the port town of Tehoru, my colleague told me this is the end of the world.
Blog Post: Peace and clean on Independence Day ›
Topics: Urban, Sports, Peaceful Change, Environment, Education, Displacement, Conflict & War, Citizen Involvement, Children
Independence Day is an occasion for all Indonesians to be proud of their beautiful and diverse country — but that seems even more so for the neighborhood of Urimessing.
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