To celebrate the World Environment Day, YCP and Greeneration Foundation held a joint IG Live on June 9, 2021. The IG Live discussed the relationship between human behaviour that contributes to climate change, the forms of disasters that occur due to the impacts of climate change, as well as the necessary steps to take to prevent disasters from escalating at the current alarming rate.
One of the messages we can take is that natural disasters are closely related to climate change, and the behaviours we take in our daily lives can have a huge impact on the environment around us. One strategy that is considered to be able to reduce disaster risk is climate change mitigation, namely the environmentally friendly steps that we can take individually to prevent further environmental damage.

On May 22nd, 2021, Kak Nana, the Gender Specialist from YCP participated as a speaker at the IMUNE (International Model United Nation Experience) Pre-event held by AIESEC Universitas Brawijaya. This event aims to invite young people to fight social boundaries in achieving their dreams.
During the event, Kak Nana explained about the challenges we still have to face in order to fight gender inequality. Kak Nana explained that we should not be mistaken in understanding the meaning of gender equality. Gender equality does not mean to ignore men’s rights, but voices to fight for women is needed because women’s rights are commonly invisible and not fulfilled.
We need an equal participation from men to work together to achieve gender equality by changing social norms.

Last June, the PROSPER team held nutrition training for parents, communities and canteen managers at schools in Bone and Serang districts. This activity aims to provide understanding & knowledge about nutrition and how it influence the growth and development of elementary school children, and to have the ability to choose and prepare healthy food for children. As adults who are around children both at home and at school, parents, communities and canteen managers plays an important role in ensuring the availability of nutritious food in the home and school environment.
In addition, the PROSPER team is also pushing the development of school toilet facilities in 4 public elementary schools in Serang Regency, with full compliance with health protocols. The locations for school toilet facilities constructions in Serang Regency are in Kibin, Cikande, Jawilan, and Bandung Districts. The construction of the school toilet facilities is targeted to be completed in July 2021.

On May 1st, 2021, YCP and local partners held an exhibition of the products created by 36 women and youth groups that we assisted. These groups spread across 4 villages in Sirenja and Kulawi. The products displayed varied from vegetables produced in the fields managed by the group, cakes and processed snacks that are traded by the group such as locally made coconut oil, rice, and handicrafts.
The first exhibition was opened by representatives of the Camat and was also attended by relevant agencies, such as the Donggala Regency Cooperatives and MSME Office, who really appreciated this exhibition and invited them to collaborate to make Cooperatives for these business groups to be fostered by the Regency Cooperatives and SMSE Office in Donggala.
As successful as the previous, the exhibition in Kulawi used the central market in Mataue Village. The exhibition was opened by the Head of the Kulawi Sub-district and was attended by community leaders from the two villages. The sub-district head really appreciates the assistance that has been disbursed by YCP and hope that the beneficiaries will run the businesses initiated as effective as possible, so that they get the maximum results to improve their livelihoods for their families, communities and villages.

Accompanied by the Kartini Manakarra Foundation, the YCP team, represented by T. Khairil Azmi, Nurhasdiana and Agus Triwahyuono visited the Governer to provide information regarding the early recovery activities of the Mamuju and Majene earthquake by carrying out activities in 2 sectors, namely AMPL (Water Supply and Sanitation) and Temporary Housing. This activity will be carried out in Mamuju District (Takandeang Village) and Majene District (Kayuangin Village, Mekkatta Village and South Mekkatta Village).
In the AMPL sector, YCP will build toilets specifically for women and people with disabilities, and also make drinking water filtering facilities. While in temporary housing, together with the village community, they will repair 689 houses into decent, safe and dignified temporary housing.
In addition, YCP also performed socialization activities with the villagers on the early earthquake recovery activities in Takandeang Village, Mamuju Regency. These activities involved village heads, village communities, youth organizations and also vulnerable groups such as women, the elderly and the disabled to speak up.

The impact of the earthquake and tsunami in September 2018 in Central Sulawesi had paralyzed economic activities in Lompio Village. The income of most of the people has also been lost, and women are no exception.
Ibu Arwati, the head of the Melati Group in Lompio village, Donggala district is one of the women who was given assistance by the YCP.
The Melati group, as a women’s business group with 15 members, is one of 36 groups receiving programs and assistance from YCP in Sigi and Donggala districts. Through various trainings and cash transfer schemes provided by YCP, the Melati Group has now succeeded in developing a diversification of its group’s business. There are at least 3 types of business groups currently being developed, the first is a business in the plantation sector through corn cultivation, the second is a daily retail business by opening a PERTAMINI business, and the third is a cooperative savings and loan business.
According to Mrs Arwati’s explanation, the three types of businesses have provided many benefits for her and all of its members. From the financial side, the profit has been able to help meet the daily needs of the household and the rest is stored in the group treasury for sustainable business development. As for the social aspect, the women of each group member now have productive and more useful activities than before.
The ADH program in Central Sulawesi focuses on increasing food security and nutrition, increasing and diversifying household income and creating employment and livelihood opportunities, especially for women and the most vulnerable groups in society.

The EKATA group is a group of empowered female garment workers assisted by YCP in the West Java area. After conducting a series of capacity building training, the EKATA group realized the importance of organizing to voice and fight for women’s rights to achieve gender equality and fight discrimination and sexual harassment and violence against women, so they took the initiative to form the EKATA Network, which is a forum for struggle and advocacy women’s group at the district level. The EKATA network has conducted several discussions in determining priority issues and strategic plans as a first step in their struggle.

Looking at the increase in cases of sexual violence against children, PROSPER II has conducted training on the prevention of sexual violence and harassment, to build the capacity of teachers, school principals, and parents who are actively involved in the Sanitation and Nutrition Committee. Through this training, it is hoped that there will be an increase in understanding of the potential for sexual violence against children, and it is hoped that schools can build school-based prevention and response systems and mechanisms.
This program is considered very well by teachers and the government, and children are also expected to be able to recognize the potential and risks of sexual violence around them. Through this mechanism, teachers hope that schools will become a safe place for children. There is no tolerance for perpetrators of violence, and whomever the perpetrators are they must be dealt with in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

PROSPER II met with the little doctors to discuss training preparations. The COVID-19 pandemic poses more challenges to carry out activities, where there are many things that must be considered and adjusted so that activities can be carried out well and according to the expected targets, and are safe for everyone involved, especially children.
PROSPER II conducts consultations with children about the materials and methods that will be used in this little doctor training later. From the consultation, it was found that they like interactive teaching media such as games and videos. The little doctors also feel that the materials that will be delivered in the little doctor training are very important as they will be useful for them in the future.

On April 26 and 30, YCP handed over clean water facilities to the village government and basic equipment for the maintenance and management of clean water facilities to the Clean Water Committee of Sibalaya Utara Village, Baluase Village and Lambara Village, Sigi District, Central Sulawesi. This event is a part of the Construction and Rehabilitation of Clean Water Facilities with a Community-Based Gravity System, as part of the recovery program for the people of Central Sulawesi who were affected by the 2018 earthquake and tsunami. The disaster has damaged the clean water facilities in the village, and frequent floods have caused the springs to be buried in soil and rock materials. In addition, this program is also complemented by the formation and strengthening of Village Community-Based Water Committees. To maintain the sustainability of this program, YCP also advocates for the government to include Village Regulations for spring protection as well as in the RPJMD Sigi Regency in 2021-2026.