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  • Project Sukacita Held its Inaugural Knowledge Sharing and Engagement Session Virtually

    Project Sukacita Held its Inaugural Knowledge Sharing and Engagement Session Virtually

    In light of COVID-19, all overseas community service projects planned in 2020 were cancelled. It includes Project Sukacita VIII which was scheduled to take place in May in Pangkalan Kerinci in Riau Province, Indonesia.

    With little hope that travel can resume anytime soon until a vaccine is found, the Project Sukacita team leaders decided to not rest on their laurels and began planning a virtual session with the aim to (1) introduce the project to new members of the Tanoto family; (2) to give appreciation to our former participants and reminisce and reflect on the progress made possible by their efforts; and to (3) show appreciation to the staff from Tanoto Foundation, an independent family philanthropy organisation founded by Sukanto Tanoto and Tinah Bingei Tanoto in 1981, and AA who have contributed immensely to making Project Sukacita better through all these years.

    The inaugural virtual session gathered 43 Singapore-based Tanoto Scholars and volunteers for a casual morning of interaction and friendship on 7 Nov 2020. The scholars hailed from three universities, pursuing courses that include medicine, engineering, business and economics. Continuing from previous years’ sessions, the common theme of health education and health screening threaded through 2019’s instalment.

    Special guest Eddy Henry, Head of Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) Program of Tanoto Foundation Indonesia, captured the attention with prevalence of stunting in Indonesia – as well as valuable and poignant lessons – of his experience in running the SIGAP program. Based on these experiences, he spoke on what he felt were critical insights in managing stunting, that “prevention is key” and what matters to teams is education and purpose. On taking on the challenges in tackling stunting, he constantly emphasized the importance of nutrition and health education, which Project Sukacita can capitalise on.

    Project Sukacita is a yearly program which provides community services such as free health screening and health education for young children in the less prosperous parts of Pangkalan Kerinci in Riau Province, Indonesia. The project aims to encourage the locals to adopt a healthier lifestyle through improving health awareness.

    It is a student-initiated community service project, whereby students from the Tanoto Foundation scholarship community volunteer to contribute towards enhancing the quality of life of those less privileged.

    KZTC

  • Tanoto Foundation and Temasek Foundation International Donate Covid-19 Testing Equipment to Jakarta

    Tanoto Foundation and Temasek Foundation International Donate Covid-19 Testing Equipment to Jakarta

    Tanoto Foundation, an independent family philanthropy organisation founded by Sukanto Tanoto and Tinah Bingei Tanoto in 1981, and Temasek Foundation International have donated testing equipment to Indonesia to help accelerate the fight against Covid-19.

    An RCA extraction machine, a PCR testing machine and 10,000 testing kits were donated to GSI Lab in Jakarta to help increase the number of tests administered by approximately 1,000 per day.

    “The massive and large capacity PCR test for virus detection continues to be an urgent need as the number of Covid-19 infections in Indonesia continues to increase,” said Satrijo Tanudjojo, Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation, at the handover ceremony in Jakarta.

    “We are grateful to be given the opportunity to participate in facing the pandemic by donating PCR instruments and supporting equipment. Hopefully with this contribution, together we can get through this difficult time.”

    GSI Lab provides high-qualitryt testing with same-day results, helping the Inodneisan government increase the amount of Covid-19 tests being adminstered.

    This is the latest of several donations from Tanoto Foundation to help combat Covid-19. In April 2020, Tanoto Foundation donated 1 million masks, 1 million gloves, 3,000 goggles and 100,000 protective suits for medical personnel to the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB). In August 2020, Tanoto Foundation also donated 10,200 PCR Test Kits complete with Viral Nucleic Acid Extraction Kit and Viral Transport Medium to BNPB.

    Regarding the joint donation between Tanoto Foundation and Temasek Foundation International, Benedict Cheong, Chief Executive of Temasek Foundation International, explained, “Temasek Foundation supports joint efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic together, not only in Singapore but also in neighboring countries, like Indonesia. In a difficult situation like this, we must have high solidarity and work together to help restore public health. We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with Tanoto Foundation and GSI Lab in the struggle to keep all of us safe.”

    “GSI Lab is honored for the support from the international community such as  Tanoto Foundation and Temasek Foundation. This is a form of trust that we must be held accountable for. GSI Lab invites corporations and the wider community to protect each other by conducting PCR tests independently and being able to accurately determine their own condition of exposure to Covid-19,” concluded Dr Nino Susanto, President Director of GSI Lab.

    KZTC

  • Everywhere is a School, Everyone is a Teacher

    Everywhere is a School, Everyone is a Teacher

    Before the morning bell rings, students at SDN V SDN 30 Wirotho Agung, Jambi, gather in the school yard, holding reading books. Some sit in groups, some line up neatly on park benches.

    Aldi, one of the students, stands in front of his group and reads a story. His friends listen attentively. Aldi recounts from the book he just read. His friends look on seriously, listening and absorbing the information he conveys.

    In another place, Sumaryati, a housewife in rural Wonogiri, Central Java, is following creative lessons delivered by teachers at her child’s school. As a parent, Sumaryati felt the need to study again so that she could guide her child to study at home during the pandemic. Parents learn from teachers, and children learn at home with parental guidance.

    These activities illustrate that quality learning does not have to be in the classroom and in formal schools. Everyone can act as both teacher and student, regardless of age, profession, or social strata.

    This is in line with one of the points in the 2013 Curriculum (K-13) in the Indonesian education system: that anyone is a teacher, anyone is a student, and anywhere is a class.

    In line with the government policy promoting Freedom of Learning (Merdeka Belajar), where students are given the opportunity to learn freely by paying attention to their talents, without stress and pressure, the concept of “everyone is a teacher” is very relevant.

    Students can learn from a variety of sources: not only from teachers, but from people in their environment, from their friends, from books, and from the internet. Learning does not have to be in the classroom: it can also be in the fields, in the garden, in the courtyard, and so on.

    Who is a teacher?

    According to Law No. 14 of 2005, teachers are professional educators with the main task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, assessing, and evaluating students throughout their formal education.

    In practice, the responsibility to educate does not rest solely on the shoulders of a teacher. Each person has a role to play to provide Indonesian children with quality learning so that they can improve their lives in the future, as well as compete at the global level.

    Teachers are not only responsible for teaching specialist subjects, but also to help develop the morals, ethics, integrity, and character of students. And these are all areas where anyone – not just teachers – can help.

    Tanoto Foundation support

    Through the PINTAR program, Tanoto Foundation, an independent family philanthropy organisation founded by Sukanto Tanoto and Tinah Bingei Tanoto in 1981, trains teachers, school principals, and lecturers of the LPTK (Educational Personnel Education Institute) to develop good practice in learning, including active learning and learning with the MIKiR (experiencing, interaction, communication, and reflection) concept.

    This program not only fosters creativity among teachers, but also spreads best practices to schools, teachers, parents and the community around the school so that they can jointly apply this model in an effort to improve quality of education.

    November marks National Teacher’s Day, so Tanoto Foundation is carrying out the ‘everyone is a teacher’ campaign with the aim of appreciating the work of teachers and the broader community in educating Indonesian children. Keep up with our posts on all Tanoto Foundation social media channels.

    KZTC