| PPIA Donates 17 Boxes of Books to SF-USP Schools in Aceh |
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| Monday, 09 February 2009 | |
 Jakarta, 22 January 2009 – Concerned that Indonesian children have limited access to English reading materials encouraged Indonesian Student Association of Australia or PPIA (Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Australia) to make a program called “Books for Indonesian Children – Buku Untuk Anak Bangsa (BUAB)” to improve the education quality by distributing English reading materials from Australia to schools and public libraries across Indonesia. Channeled through Sampoerna Foundation’s United Schools Program (SF-USP), Approximately 320 used books were donated to three state senior secondary schools in North Aceh regency: SMAN 1 Syamtalira Aron, SMAN 1 Tanah Luas and SMAN 1 Matangkuli. Around 160 books will, moreover, be distributed to another eligible beneficiary.”We fully realize that there are many Indonesian youngsters have little access to English books. Hence, we would like to contribute though we are far away from Indonesia by donating used books that are still in good conditions. Around 9000 books had been donated across the nation.” said Mika Halpin Hasanah, the Coordinator of BUAB.
Mika also claimed that PPIA had donated books to schools, universities, and public libraries in North Sumatera, South Sulawesi, Kutai, Mataram, Mojokerto, and Papua. “We thank SF for the partnership in distributing the books to needy schools in Aceh”, she added.
Meanwhile, Havie Abdul Gafur, Sampoerna Foundation’s Program Officer in charge of the quality improvement project in the aforementioned schools, expressed his desire to continue working with PPIA. “A collaboration like this should be fostered. It exhibits a great example of different organizations, local and overseas, synergize and work together to help the betterment of Indonesia’s education.”
About PPIA and Buku Untuk Anak Bangsa program
Located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), on 8 March 1981, Indonesian students in Australia declared Indonesian Student Association of Australia or PPIA (Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Australia) which is based on the five basic principles of the Republic of Indonesia and 1945 Constitution. If you are interested in finding out more about Buku Untuk Anak Bangsa program, please visit their website (www.buab.ppi-australia.org ).
About Sampoerna Foundation (SF)
Sampoerna Foundation (SF) is a professional philanthropy organization dedicated to create competent leaders with good moral fiber through high value quality education. Since 2001, SF has awarded more than 32,000 scholarships to students in good academic standing with demonstrated financial need at elementary through to graduate school level.
Since 2005, SF has formulated school development programs that positively impact the lives of not only Indonesian students, but also teachers, principals, schools and the education system as a whole. To this date, SF has adopted 17 schools and 5 madrasahs in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Bali. Also in 2006, SF launched the Sampoerna Foundation Teacher Institute (SF TI), set up a student loan facility. In 2009, SF initiated international standard boarding-school program, the Sampoerna Academy.
In the fourth quarter of 2007, Sampoerna Foundation received the ISO 9000 international certification for its quality management systems. To learn more, please visit the SF website at: www.sampoernafoundation.org |
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