Here’s a look back at a busy and exciting week at Tanoto Foundation as we launched several initiatives as a proud official sponsor of Asian Games 2018 and supporter of #TeamIndonesia, along with our people, scholars and families.
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Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation, J. Satrijo Tanudjojo carried the Asian Games torch in Jakarta, supported by hundreds of Tanoto Foundation staff and Tanoto Scholars.

Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation, J. Satrijo Tanudjojo attended the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium in Jakarta.

Tanoto Foundation has also launched the #1Emas1Perpustakaan (#1Gold1Library) and #SekolahkuDulu (#SchoolIusedtogoto).
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#1Emas1Perpustakaan: for every gold medal won by an Indonesian athlete during the Asian Games 2018, Tanoto Foundation will develop a library in its partner schools.
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#SekolahkuDulu: a social media photo competition to promote awareness in quality education for the Indonesian communities.
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Our staff having fun in support of the games in Jakarta, Pangkalan Kerinci (Riau), and Medan.

Former Tanoto Scholar Steffi Melinda is having a fruitful career. A native of Jakarta, Steffi is a computer science graduate, and today leads the Business Intelligence team at German software company Bonial International GmbH in Berlin.

Part of Steffi’s success has been due to Tanoto Foundation, from which she received a scholarship in 2009 to complete her undergraduate studies at the University of Indonesia.

“Luckily, I used to join the team building workshops organized by Tanoto Foundation (during my time as a Tanoto Scholar). In this workshop, I learned from people who were successful and they shared their knowledge and experiences about being open-minded and thinking ‘out of the box’ when carrying out a job, and it really helped when I applied this when I first started working,” Steffi shared.

Besides having their school fees covered, Tanoto Scholars are provided with leadership training and skills development sessions, as part of their scholarships. Tanoto Scholars also undergo volunteer work, further contributing to their personal and professional development.

After graduating from the University of Indonesia, Steffi worked as an IT auditor for an accounting company before receiving a Master’s scholarship from the European Union.

Over the next two years, Steffi studied Information Technology for Business Intelligence in three countries – Belgium, France and Germany. Following completion of her Master’s, Steffi landed a job as a technical consultant in Berlin.

According to Steffi, the toughest challenge she first faced when working abroad was cultural differences, including in the workplace.
To overcome this challenge, Steffi had to open up to her colleagues, sharing her thoughts and getting their opinions in return.

Good communication with the others was the key – something that Tanoto Foundation helped to instill all those years ago, Steffi realized.

Another thing that Tanoto Foundation helped to foster was passion, she said.

So far, Steffi’s love for technology and business has kept her motivated to continue exploring her capabilities. She enjoys learning about new technologies and reading business articles in her spare time.

Steffi said that it is important to keep oneself updated, in order to further develop your career and face upcoming challenges in an ever-changing era.

Tanoto Foundation, as official sponsor and supporter of the Indonesian team at the 2018 Asian Games, has launched the #1Emas1Perspustakaan (1Gold 1Library) and #SekolahkuDulu programs to join in the spirit of the games while further bolstering its commitment to improving children’s literacy in Indonesia.

The #1Emas1Perpustakaan program will see Tanoto Foundation developing a library in one of its partner schools for every gold medal won by an Indonesian athlete during the upcoming Asian Games taking place in Jakarta and Palembang from August 18 to September 2, 2018.

“The #1Emas1Perpustakaan program shows Tanoto Foundation’s commitment to raising reading interest and ability among children in Indonesia.

“It is also part of our education quality improvement activities which we have been running since 2010,” said J. Satrijo Tanudjojo, Global CEO of Tanoto Foundation.

“Tanoto Foundation was founded by Sukanto Tanoto and Tinah Bingei Tanoto with the aim of improving lives by focusing on education. We have three pillars of activity, namely early childhood development and education, improving the quality of primary and secondary education, and developing leadership through scholarship programs for undergraduate students,” Satrijo added.

According to the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey, Indonesia lags behind other countries in terms of reading ability. In the survey, Indonesia is ranked 66^th out of the 72 countries with a score of 397, far behind Singapore which scored 535 and Malaysia which scored 431.

Reading ability is in fact very important in the learning process. The better a person’s ability to read, the better the person absorbs knowledge. Therefore, improving children’s literacy is vital for them to have improved lives in the future.

As part of the #1Emas1Perpustakaan campaign, Tanoto Foundation is also inviting the involvement of the wider Indonesian community to participate in the #SekolahkuDulu (#MyOldSchool) social media competition.

To enter, participants are encouraged to upload photos of themselves when they were in school onto their personal Instagram accounts with the #SekolahkuDulu hashtag. Participants must also mention @tanotoeducation on the post.

Tanoto Foundation is providing attractive prizes to winners of the competition – a short study course package to South Korea and six iPad Pro are up for grabs.

For further information on the #SekolahkuDulu competition, please visit www.asiangames.tanotofoundation.org.