ISCO SPONSORED AREAS

Through a network of field teams located in some of the worst affected neighborhoods of Indonesia’s cities, ISCO strives to help marginal communities, those who live in poverty, and those who are most deeply suffering due to the ongoing crisis. ISCO’s particular focus is the children of these families, who face serious obstacles in their struggle to achieve the productive futures that are accepted as normal by most middle class families. ISCO believes that all children deserve the chance to achieve their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens and leaders of Indonesia.

ISCO currently sponsors children from 24 selected slum areas, 15 in Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek area), 7 in Surabaya areas, and 2 in Medan areas.

What we mean by "selected"? Well, with limited resources that we have, financially as well as human resource wise, we want to make sure that we target the right communities, and that we will work effectively and efficiently as possible. We work systematically to achieve our targets.... which is to provide access to free education to as many Indonesian underprivileged children as possible.

Our Field Officers will search for target sponsored areas, categorized as the followings :

• slum and urban areas
• approximate population of 1,000 families within the area
• potential street children, neglected children and/or potential child labor
• income level of below Rp 500.000/month for family with more than 2 children

We provide educational supports to these families, by giving the parents guidance to better living, better family planning, better education for their children, better place to play and study, better understanding of health and cleanliness, and better chance to brighter future for their children and family.

Today, we have almost 2,000 children sponsored from the following areas :

Greater Jakarta:

• Cipinang Besar Selata, East Jakarta
• Manggarai, South Jakarta
• Guji Baru, Kebon Jeru, West Jakarta
• Lio, Depok
• Tanah Merah, Semper, North Jakarta
  
• Duri Kosambi, Tangerang
  
• Kebon Melati, Central Jakarta
• Pademangan, North Jakarta
  
• Kali Baru, North Jakarta
  
• Penjaringan, North Jakarta
• Mangga Dua, North Jakarta
  
• Pesing, West Jakarta
• Tanah Rendah, South Jakarta
• Kampung Mangga, Semper, North Jakarta
• Semanan, Tangerang
• Kebon Jahe, Kapuk, West Jakarta

Surabaya:

• Kapasari, Cental Surabaya
  
• Pabean, North Surabaya
  
• Gading, Central Surabaya
  
• Moro Krembangan, Central Surabaya
• Ujung, Central Surabaya
  
• Sidodadi, Central Surabaya
• Perak Timur, North Surabaya
  

Medan :

• Polonia
• Belawan

ISCO works together with local school authorities and formal and informal community leaders to identify the most needy families, to arrange for the children to attend public school, to support them and their families in many practical ways and to make sure that these children will not become street-children or child laborers, and to help them learn to create their own dreams.

HOW DOES ISCO WORK ?

1. To open a new sponsored area, ISCO's project officer will do a survey and gather information about some slum areas to find out about its size, population, social structure, economic condition, its customs and the tendency of children that potential to go to the street or becoming children laborer.
2. Find information and access to educational institutions, public as well as private schools, operating close to the prospective program areas, to enable children to go to schools within reach, and up to high school level.
3. Evaluate and choose a slum area to be adopted into ISCO's formal program area. The area chosen should be large enough in terms of number of families to be able to bring impact to the community, as the number of children receiving educational support from ISCO will be also large enough. (should have at least 1,000 families with income less then Rp 700,000 per month)
4. Conduct the mapping of the area (in terms of economical condition, support from parents, and children’s enthusiasm about school), build relationships with local formal and informal leaders, parents of the prospective children and the educational institutions, and then introduce ISCO's programs to the community.
5. Register the children to receive ISCO's scholarship with the approval of their parents, and strengthen relationships with the families to obtain their commitment to the program.
6. Choose the educational institutions where these children will be sent for schooling, and register the children to their respective schools. At this time, full cooperation from the headmasters as well as teachers should be evident. Should there not be an appropriate pre-school within the slum area to prepare the children to primary school, ISCO will set-up one.
7. Monitor each child's educational and social development, and provide full support to the children's psychological development. This includes preventing the children to go to the street.
8. Implement all ISCO’s programs to provide the children with all the educational supports and to limit them from going to the streets.
9. Perform home visits to the children to monitor their family upbringings.
10. Maintain relationship with the local communities in the program areas to make sure the success and continuity of ISCO Foundation's programs