(From left to right) – Eselon I Ministry of Manpower; Muhammad Farhan – Secretary General YCAB Foundation; Veronica Colondam – CEO & Founder YCAB Foundation; Hanif Dhakiri – Minister of Manpower RI; Astrid Tuminez – Regional Director of Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs Microsoft Southeast Asia; Andreas Diantoro – President Director Microsoft Indonesia at The […]
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Coca Cola Team Bring Their Happiness To Rumah Belajar
On January 20th 2017, The Coca Cola Company Asia Pacific came to volunteer at Rumah Belajar Duri Kepa. Most of the volunteers were from director level, a total of 35 people. The first session was introduction and sharing session from YCAB, delivered by YCAB Secretary General, Muhammad Farhan and Chief Development and Communication Officer, Moni Rejeki. […]
UPS Pack & Go, Delivering Education for Students in Rempoa
In todays fast paced society, computer skill is a bare minimum skills for almost every job in the market and also means to find a job. We believe that it is extremely beneficial to both the students and businesses in the surrounding areas. That was the reason YCAB came up with the idea of Pack […]
Jars of Hope – Pacific Place and YCAB Commitment to Support Education
Jars of Hope, a Corporate Social Responsibility program from Pacific Place together with YCAB since Dec 1st 2016 until January 8th 2017, successfully raised a total donation of IDR 50,650,000. The symbolic check was being handed over by Markus C Barata as Assistant Vice President Leasing & Marketing PT Pacific Place Jakarta to Moni Rejeki as Chief […]
YCAB Ranked #44 Best NGOs in the World
Last December became a very special month for YCAB. At the end of last year, YCAB is being awarded another significant accomplishment, which is 44th ranking as the Top 500 NGOs in the world. Wow, what a great news! This is definitely a great way to start the year for all YCABers. This is not […]
Volunteers Activity with PT Dow Indonesia: Now Rumah Belajar Became More Comfortable and Fun
Volunteering is a work of heart During International Volunteers Day that fell on Dec 5th 2016, our record showed that we have 350 individual and corporate volunteers participated in various events to support education for underprivileged students by becoming volunteers with YCAB Foundation One of them is PT Dow Indonesia who actively threw 3 volunteering […]
Puma Cat Indonesia Extends Goodness through Futsal Training During International Volunteers Day
To celebrate International Volunteers Day, students of Rumah Belajar gained another opportunity to interact with volunteers. Now, it was volunteers from PT Puma Cat Indonesia and Jakarta Futsal. After finishing their final test last week, students can now be joyful because some of the volunteers would train them how to play futsal. The training started […]
Congratulations Samsung! Awarded Best CSR Award 2016
Good news! Samsung Indonesia, one of YCAB’s partners, received the “Best CSR Award 2016”. This award is given based on Samsung’s corporate social responsibility program which deemed to give a positive impact to people. Samsung has several programs in Indonesia, and one of them is Rumah Belajar Samsung. YCAB is honored to be part of […]
Serip to Auction Organic Lighting for Education
Serip, the organic lighting brand from Portugal established in 1961 was officially introduced to a group of interior designers, architects and decor lovers during the grand opening event in Nov 23rd 2016 at Main Atrium, Jakarta Design center (JDC). During this grand opening, Serip also held a press conference attended by Veronica Colondam, CEO/Founder of YCAB Foundation. Serip […]
Creating an Enduring Impact
Indonesian philanthropist Veronica Colondam wants to leave behind a legacy of a sustainable social enterprise. Veronica Colondam is not afraid to set the bar high when it comes to her philanthropic endeavours. The CEO and founder of Indonesia’s YCAB Foundation wants the organisation’s programmes to reach no less than five million young people in Indonesia […]
YCAB receives UN-ECOSOC General Consultative Status
In 2008, YCAB was honored to receive a Special Consultative status from UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) along with 3,544 NGOs. This year, we are humbled and honored to receive the news that we are granted the highest status, General Consultative Status. This status is reserved for NGOs that represent large segment of societies […]
Aldi’s story and dream to become a Novelist
Today, Aldi smiles is wider than usual. This 17-year-old teenager is one of the kids who was nurtured in ‘Lembaga Pemasyarakatan (LaPas) Anak Pria Tangerang’ since November 2015. Every day, Aldi is a student at the Rumah Belajar (RB) for male child prisoners. Together with 15 other youths, Aldi takes part in basic computer class […]