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Indonesia: Biogas from Waste ›

Topics: Citizen Involvement, Marginalized Groups, Urban, Water/Sanitation

Mercy Corps is helping the impoverished families of Jakarta's slums through the installation of biogas facilities that convert human and other organic waste into energy that can be used for cooking and lighting.

Recycled Life ›

Topics: Citizen Involvement, Civil Society, Environment, Livelihoods, Marginalized Groups, Urban, Water/Sanitation

Darpi, a 56-year-old woman who’s been living in Jakarta's Penjaringan slum since the mid-1970s, is proof that things can improve.

Blog Post: Dishing out healthy street food ›

Topics: Urban, Health, Food/Nutrition, Education, Economic Development

The Healthy Street Foods Project trains and mentors local entrepreneurs to sell healthy food to children in order to both reduce malnutrition and address poverty and unemployment.

Special Report: Nineteen: The Lives of Jakarta's Street Vendors ›

Topics: Water/Sanitation, Urban, Marginalized Groups, Livelihoods, Food/Nutrition, Economic Development

Street vendors, hawking anything from food to medicine, dominate Jakarta's urban landscape even as they scrape by to provide for their families. Here are five of their stories.

Eat your tempeh, kids ›

Topics: Children, Food/Nutrition, Health, Urban

Mercy Corps is working to reduce child malnutrition in Indonesia's capital by educating parents and teachers — and by sponsoring street-food carts that sell healthy snacks.

Video: Nineteen: Cahyan, Tofu Snack Seller ›

Topics: Urban, Economic Development

Cahyan, 45, sells a tofu specialty called tahu gejrot from a food stall in Jakarta's affluent Menteng neighborhood.

Video: Nineteen: Hasanuddin, Water Seller ›

Topics: Water/Sanitation, Urban, Marginalized Groups, Economic Development

Hasanuddin, 44, operates a small food stall and sells water in an illegal settlement under a toll road in Jakarta.

Video: Nineteen: Eni, Jamu Seller ›

Topics: Urban, Economic Development

Eni, 31, sells a traditional herbal medicine called jamu from a basket that she carries around the dockyards and fish markets of North Jakarta.

Video: Nineteen: Hepi, Soto Ayam Soup Seller ›

Topics: Urban, Economic Development

Hepi, 47, sells chicken soup every day on Platform 3 at Central Jakarta's Kota Train Station.

Video: Nineteen: Sriyusiati, Soto Betawi Soup Seller ›

Topics: Urban, Marginalized Groups, Economic Development

Sriyusiati, 49, operates a food stall in South Jakarta, selling coconut rice, beef soup and other traditional dishes to office workers.

Indonesia Facts

  • Population (2008): 238 million
  • Size: slightly less than three times the size of Texas
  • Human Development Index rank: 109 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 1999
  • Primary work: Financial services for poor families, access to clean water, nutrition programs for schoolchildren, breastfeeding awareness and support, and recovery programs for tsunami survivors
  • Comprising 17,508 islands, it is the world's largest archipelagic state
  • World's fourth most-populous country
  • World's largest Muslim-majority country

Program Details

Mercy Corps is in Indonesia to address the root causes of poverty, thereby improving the quality of life for disaster and conflict affected, urban and coastal communities.

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