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Art in the Box Evaluation report of the street children rescue team pilot

Bandung Indonesia

April – October 2012

Bandung Street Children Program

Noor Tromp

Brechtje Smulders

Rasmus Pistorius

Prima Dewi

Igor van Laere

December 2012

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The initial Art in the Box activities were made possible with financial support of Rotary Club of

Kanonji Japan and Rotary Club Boxtel, Oirschot & Haaren the Netherlands.

The Art in the Box rescue team is based at SEMAK, an NGO for poor children services in Bandung,

and activities are executed by Mr Ira, Mr Hari and Mr Asep, and guided by Mr Achok Sarlistyarso,

director of SEMAK and Mr. Gregor Hadi Nitihardjo, director of SOS Children’s Villages Indonesia.

The Bandung Street Children Program is initiated and coordinated by Dr. Igor van Laere, director

of the Doctors for Homeless Foundation Amsterdam, and Jolanda van Laere – Beukeveld, general

support, and assisted by Mrs Noor Tromp, PhD candidate based at Padjadjaran University

Bandung, in collaboration with the Street Children Project Board at Rotary Club Bandung Braga

Metropolitan, external relations Mrs Prima Dewi, and Rotary Club Boxtel, Oirschot & Haaren the

Netherlands, consultants Jos Geerts and Bernard Vekemans, and Rotary International.

This report can be cited as:

Tromp N, Smulders B, Pistorius R, Dewi P, Laere IR van. Art in the Box: Evaluation Report of the Street

Children Rescue Team Pilot, Bandung Indonesia April – October 2012. Bandung / Amsterdam:

SEMAK, SOS Children’s Villages Indonesia and Rotary Club Bandung Braga Metropolitan / Doctors for

Homeless Foundation Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 2012. www.doctorsforhomeless.org

© Doctors for Homeless Foundation Amsterdam, December 2012

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Content Content .................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Background.......................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Art in the Box results ....................................................................................................................................................... 5

Outreach moments and hotspot locations ......................................................................................................... 5

The Art in the Box activities ..................................................................................................................................... 6

Data reporting .................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Financial reporting ........................................................................................................................................................... 9

Barriers & challenges .................................................................................................................................................... 10

Seven key lessons ............................................................................................................................................................ 11

Seven next steps .............................................................................................................................................................. 12

Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................................ 13

Indonesia ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13

International ................................................................................................................................................................ 14

Sponsors ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Rotary International ................................................................................................................................................. 15

Foundations .................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Private donors ............................................................................................................................................................. 15

You can help ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16

About the authors ........................................................................................................................................................... 17

Appendix A: Term of Reference Art in the Box rescue team ......................................................................... 19

Appendix B: Tables outreach hotspots and street children .......................................................................... 21

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Background

The Bandung Street Children Program (BSCP) in West Java Indonesia was established in 2010 to

develop a problem oriented and community based care system to cater for street children in

Bandung. As a first step, in response to the urban health disaster of child homelessness, an

outreach rescue team and Art in the Box activities were set up to reach out to homeless girls in

the streets of Bandung. The aim of the program is to meet and get to know homeless girls in

Bandung by providing creative activities like drawing, painting, reading storytelling and identify

and select girls that could be rescued from the street and enrol in SOS children’s village in

Lembang for permanent stay. The first phase pilot tested the program and investigated the

barriers and challenges in providing activities to homeless girls and identified next steps needed

to guide the girls to a safe place for adaptation and rehabilitation.

The Art in the Box program is executed by the local NGO SEMAK (founded in 2000, and

experienced in providing educational, health, security and practical (e.g. money, clothes, food)

support), that assigned three experienced outreach workers to the program: Ira (fulltime) and

Atep and Hari (part time). The Doctors for Homeless Foundation, the Netherlands, gave

technical support to the program, Rotary Club Bandung Braga Metropolitan (RCBBM) supported

with general advise, networking between organisations, and managed the financial reporting,

and SOS Children’s Village gave technical support and discussed with the SEMAK outreach

workers whether children were eligible for a permanent stay in SOS children’s village in

Lembang. This report aims to evaluate the first phase (1 April – 1 October 2012, see Appendix A)

of the Art in the Box program as part of the Bandung Street Children Program. The method of

evaluation consisted of interviews with SEMAK outreach staff, observations during the activities

and analysis of the program monitoring data.

Figure 1: Structure Art in the Box

ART in the Box

program

NGO SEMAK

SOS Children's

Village Lembang

Rotary Club Bandung

Braga Metropolitan

Doctors for Homeless

Foundation

Meeting project team, Bandung November 2012

From left to right: Gregor Hadi Nitihardjo (SOS

children’s village), Igor van Laere (Doctors for Homeless

Foundation), Prima Dewi (Rotary Club Bandung Braga

Metropolitan), Noor Tromp (Padjadjaran University),

Achok Sarlistyarso & Ira (SEMAK)

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Art in the Box results

Outreach moments and hotspot locations

Between April and October 2012, 35 reported outreach moments took place (Table 1 Appendix

B). Initially, five hotspots were selected (Dago area, Kiaracondong station, Cimindi station,

Cimahi station and Ciroyom market) but because the children are mobile and the hotspots

change continuously the SEMAK outreach workers reached out to six additional hotspots

(Pelajar Pejuang Street, Braga Street, Kebon Kelapa Bus Station, Stasiun

Gadobangkong, Cikapundung and Pasar Baru market). All hotspots visited are presented in

Figure 2 below. All outreach moments lasted for 1,5 to 2 hours. Also, outreach workers

conducted house visits to reach children that were likely to end up in the street because the

parents or caregivers are unstable.

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1. Dago street (North) 2. Kariacondong train station (city center); 3. Ciroyom

market square and train station (city center); 4. Cimindi bus station (West) 5.

Cimahi bus station (West) 6. Pelajar Pejuang street (South East) 7. Braga street

(city center) 8. Kebon Kelapa bus station (city center) 9. Gadobangkong station

(West) 10. Cikapundung (city center) 11. Pasar Baru market (city center)

Figure 2: Overview of Art in the Box hotspots visited in Bandung West Java

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= location SOS Children’s village in Lembang

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The Art in the Box activities

With a bag stuffed with drawing books, blank paper, reading books, crayons, pencils and games,

the outreach workers went into the streets. The afternoons usually started with some common

activity, such as learning how to make a wayang doll, practicing writing by filling in a list about

their backgrounds or playing a game of snakes and ladders that taught the children about

washing their hands before they eat. After this, the children were stimulated to draw for

themselves on blank paper or colouring a sketch from a drawing book, or read a book for

themselves. Sometimes, the outreach worker would read a story for the children. The main

purpose of the activity besides reaching the street children was giving them an hour of fun and

learning in which they could laugh and relax instead of work. The children who attended the

activity were always very enthusiastic and eager to participate. It was clearly visible that they

enjoyed the activities.

The children

In total 41 children attended the Art in the Box activities in the first 6 months and their

characteristics are presented in Table 2 in Appendix B. The number of children per activity

ranged between two to ten. Initially, the program aimed to reach out to young girls up to ten

years old that have unstable caregivers and therefore were eligible to enrol in the SOS children’s

village. However, a wide variety of children attended the Art in the Box activities which indicates

that the street population of Bandung is diverse. We identified four main groups of street

children. First, a group of children still living with their parents and that are bagging along the

cars in the traffic and are rags picking to provide income for their family. Most of these children

go to school in the morning and work in the street in the afternoon. The hygiene and health

condition of these children was relatively good. Second, a group of young teenage boys addicted

to glue and other drugs joined the Art in the Box activities. They lived on the streets and had

poor hygiene and health conditions (i.e. dirty clothes with holes, messy and greasy hair, scratch

marks on legs and arms, skin diseases, coughing symptoms and un-adapted behaviour like

shouting). Third, a group of young teenage girls in need of reproductive health services was

identified. These girls are in the streets to earn money by singing. The fourth group of children

are young boys and girls that live permanent in the streets and have no stable care givers.

In line with the initial criteria of the program: ten girls below ten years old joined the Art in the

Box activities and the outreach workers stated that five of them meet the criteria to enrol in SOS

children’s village. However, so far no girls are enrolled because it is difficult to maintain contact

as the children are mobile and no sustainable support can be given to build trust.

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In Table 1, characteristics of street children that joined Art in the Box are presented. Of the

reported 41 street children, three quarter was girl (76%), nearly half was up to 10 years old

(44%), for two thirds parents were unknown or the children could not mention the name of

their parents (63%), and about one in five did not attend school (22%).

Table 1: Characteristics of 41 street children that joined Art in the Box activities in Bandung, April-October 2012

number %

Sex boy 10 24% girl 31 76% Age 0-5 yrs 6 15% 6-10 yrs 12 29% 11-15 yrs 18 44% 16-17 yrs 5 12% Parents unknown yes 15 37% no 26 63% School yes 32 78% no 9 22% Total 41

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Data reporting

Data reporting to monitor the Art in the Box activities and the characteristic of children was

difficult for the outreach workers. During the outreach events they were busy contacting and

teaching the children, and reporting simultaneously was not possible. Moreover, they went to a

lot of places and saw many children and at coming back to the office of SEMAK they did not

exactly remember all information to be reported. Nonetheless, the outreach workers were able

to draw up a list of 41 children who attended the activities and made a list of the hotspots

visited. See Appendix B for all the information that was reported by the SEMAK outreach

workers.

Street boy reading during Art in

the Box activity in Dago Street,

Bandung November 2012

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Financial reporting

Table 2 presents an overview of all expenditures made during the pilot phase. In total IDR 6.04 million

(US$ 626.90) was spend and this is close to the initial budget of IDR 6.0 million (See Appendix A for TOR).

The staff salary and transport fee were the biggest cost components and additional expenses were made

on food while this was not budgeted. On the basis of the transport and salary expenditures we can

conclude that in May less outreach moments have taken place, or only one outreach worker attended the

activities instead of two (only IDR 200,000 was spend on transport costs while IDR 400,000 was

budgeted). This means that in total 88 outreach moments (total transport cost/transport fee: IDR

2,200,000/25,000) have taken place instead of the initially planned 96 outreach moments (48 days*2

outreach workers). This also indicates that monitoring data is missing as only 35 hotspots visits were

reported (Appendix B Table 1) which should lead to a maximum transport fee of IDR 1.75 million (35

days*2 outreach workers* IDR 25,000). We can learn from this that monitoring of the activities should be

improved to get a transparent picture of what is happening within the project. The money spent on

materials is in line with the amount estimated beforehand: IDR 717,000 was spent while IDR 600,000 was

budgeted.

Table 2: Overview of Art in the Box expenditures in IDR and US$ between April-October 2012

Salary* Transport * Food Materials Total

IDR (US$) IDR (US$) IDR (US$) IDR (US$) IDR (US$)

April 400,000.00 (41.49) 400,000.00 (41.49) 116,000.00 (12.03) 195,000.00 (20.23) 1,111,000.00 (115.23)

May 200,000.00 (20.74) 200,000.00 (20.74) 260,800.00 (27.05) 79,000.00 (8.19) 739,800.00 (76.73)

June 400,000.00 (41.49) 400,000.00 (41.49) 132,500.00 (13.74) - (-) 932,500.00 (96.72)

July 400,000.00 (41.49) 400,000.00 (41.49) 130,500.00 (13.54) - (-) 930,500.00 (96.51)

August 400,000.00 (41.49) 400,000.00 (41.49) 144,000.00 (14.94) 233,500.00 (24.22) 1,177,500.00 (122.13)

September 400,000.00 (41.49) 400,000.00 (41.49) 143,500.00 (14.88) 209,500.00 (21.73) 1,153,000.00 (119.59)

Total 2,200,000.00 (228.18) 2,200,000.00 (228.18) 927,300.00 (96.18) 717,000.00 (74.37) 6,044,300.00 (626.90)

Note: exchange rate 14/12/2012: 1 US$ = 9641,52 IDR

* The salary and transport fee are each Rp 25,000 per outreach worker per outreach moment

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Barriers & challenges

The main problem, which the outreach workers encountered, was the fact that street children

are mobile. They wander from street to street and do not always show up on the agreed time

and place to re-join Art in the Box. This made it hard to bring continuity in the activities.

Sometimes a lot of children showed up, sometimes none or only a few. Since it takes some time

to bond with the street children and gain their trust, this is a barrier in the process.

Furthermore, even though the children enjoyed the activities, their parents were often less

enthusiastic. Their reasons are obvious for them. If their child is playing games on the sidewalk

instead of earning money on the streets, they are left with less money at the end of the day to

make ends meet. Another barrier that the outreach workers faced is the fact that it was unclear

at the moment of the program how the Bandung Street Children Program would continue.

Namely for some of the parents of the children this was very important. They were reluctant to

trust SEMAK and hand their children over to them if SEMAK could not guarantee the wellbeing

of the children until they are old enough to support themselves. These questions were mainly

brought up due to the absence of a shelter. According to outreach worker Ira, a lot of the

children were already ready to go to the shelter and from there to SOS Children’s Village, but

they could not be accommodated. For the children that still work in the street and have parents

that seem to promote child labour and illiteracy, Art in the Box should be strengthened and

linked to support networks. In this way the outreach workers can better gain trust and promise

sustainable guidance and support to the vulnerable children in the streets of Bandung.

Ira, SEMAK outreach worker, and

homeless girls, during Art in the Box

activity, Bandung June 2012

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Seven key lessons

In summary, based on this evaluation report we present seven key lessons learned: 1. The rescue team and Art in the box activities have been successful and reached

many children in the streets of Bandung; during 35 outreach events data were collected

for 41 street children in Bandung.

2. The children enjoyed the activities (i.e. drawing, painting, reading, storytelling and

education) and materials that were offered.

3. The children are mobile and locations of the hotspots continuously change and the

outreach workers need to be out in the community and look for new areas.

4. It is necessary to define clear eligible criteria for enrolment in the program, because

the street youth population in Bandung is diverse:

a. young children 0-10 years, with or without stable care givers

b. children that beg in the street but still go to school and live with their parents

c. teenage boys with addiction problems

d. teenage girls that lack sexual and reproductive health knowledge

5. A shelter is needed as the outreach activities alone are insufficient to give sustainable

and effective support to the children

6. Five young girls were identified that are eligible to enrol in SOS children’s village in

Lembang.

7. Data reporting on the outreach activities and characteristics of children is difficult for

the outreach workers and capacity building and assistance is needed to improve this.

Brechtje Smulders (The Netherlands) and student

Rasmus Pistorius (Norway) during Art in the Box

activity, Bandung November 2012

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Seven next steps

Following the seven key lessons learned, the seven next steps are recommended:

1) Continue, strengthen and scale up the rescue team and Art in the Box activities

2) Continue provision of sufficient playing and teaching materials during the activities.

3) Increase outreach staff and moments on the street to identify and monitor hot spots and

homeless girls eligible for support.

4) Define clear criteria for the target group to be supported.

5) Establish a shelter in Bandung to provide a safe place and training program.

6) Strengthen linking with staff of SOS Children’s Village for assessment and guidance

toward shelter admission and transition period, in order for the girls to become ready

for enrolment in SOS Children’s Village Lembang.

7) Develop and introduce data reporting formats and technical support to improve data

collection and program reporting.

The first steps to test pilot the rescue team and Art in the Box activities were described in the

Term of Reference (TOR) shown in Appendix A. For the next steps, mentioned above, a detailed

and comprehensive TOR will be produced, and includes technical, material and financial needs,

and clear tasks and responsibilities of all parties involved.

We are convinced that these next steps are needed to develop a problem-oriented and

community based support network, and set an example, to rescue street children in Bandung

from the urban health disaster areas and guide them toward a better and healthy future.

Only together we can make a difference!

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Acknowledgements Since 2010 many people have been approached and involved in the Bandung Street Children

Project. We thank the following people for their advice and support:

Indonesia

Prof Dr Tri Hanggono Ahmad, Dean of the Medical Faculty Padjadjaran University, Bandung

Dr Teddy Hidayat (psychiatrist), Dr. Vera Pandia (child psychiatrist), Dr. Irna Permanasari

Gani, Dr. Aly Diana, Dr. Shelly Iskandar, Dr. Annisa Rahmalia and Merrin Rutherford at Hasan

Sadikin Hospital and Medical Faculty of the Padjadjaran University, Bandung

Mrs Helen Lok, Mrs Prima Dewi, Mr Tigor Hamonangan Nasoetion, Mr Everhard Klein

Heerenbrink, Mrs Ernita Chandrayani, Mrs Mariska Alberts and Mrs Katja Nooijen-Simons,

Bandung Street Children Project Board at Rotary Club Bandung Braga Metropolitan;

http://www.rotarybandungbm.org/ and partner Bandung Rotary and Rotaract Clubs

Mr Achok Sarlistyarso, Mr Ira & Mrs Ani, Mr Hari, Mr Asep, NGO SEMAK children support

services, Bandung

Mr Gregor Hadi Nitihardjo and team at SOS Children’s Villages Indonesia, Bandung, and

Jolanda van Laere – Beukeveld, volunteer

Mr Paul Devaux, General Manager, PT Goodrich Pindad Aeronautical Systems, Bandung, and

Mrs Amelie Devaux, volunteer at SOS Children’s Villages

Mr Ing Harisanto, PT APARC Indonesia (architects, engineers, planners and designers),

Bandung

Mr. Enjang Mulyana, Secretary, Social Government Office, Bandung

Dr Jan van den Berg and Annemarie van den Berg, Child Support Indonesia (Anak Asuh

Batam); http://www.childsupportindonesia.nl/

Beny Lumi, director, and Desiree van Paridon, management consultant, Kampus Diakonia

Modern (KDM), empowering street children from Java and Sumatra; http://www.kdm.or.id/

Pascal Lalanne, Chairman of the board of Indonesian Street Children Organization (ISCO),

Jakarta; http://www.iscofoundation.org/

Pastor Fons Bogaartz osc, Gereja Katolik ST Laurentius, Sukajadi Bandung;

http://parokilaurentiusbdg.org/

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International

Mr Bernard Vekemans, Mr Hein van Breemaat, Mr Jos Geerts, Mr Walter van Ruijven, Dr

Roger van Laere, Dr Friso Plantema, Rotary Club Boxtel-Oirschot-Haaren, The Netherlands

Mr Eric-Jan van Dam, Rotary Club Amsterdam Nachtwacht, The Netherlands;

http://www.rotaryclubamsterdamnachtwacht.nl/

Mr Rolf de Witt Huberts, Doctors for Homeless Foundation Amsterdam, The Netherlands;

http://doctorsforhomeless.org

Dr Roger Thomas, Rotary Club of Hyde Park, Adelaide Australia;

http://www.rotaryhydeparkau.org/

Mr Rolf Soesman, Rotary Club Zierikzee, The Netherlands; http://www.rotaryzierikzee.nl/

Dr Jacob Hoogenhout, Rotary Club Rijk van Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Dr Jim Withers, Operation Safety Net, Pittsburgh USA, http://www.pmhs.org/operation-

safety-net/; and the Street Medicine Institute, USA; http://streetmedicine.org/wordpress/

Dr Wayne Centrone, Health Bridges International Inc., Portland Oregon, USA;

http://hbint.org/

Dr Abdullah Al Ansari, Rotary Club Dubai, United Arab Emirates;

http://www.dubairotary.org/

Mr Marwan Zawaydeh, Etisalat, United Arab Emirates; http://www.etisalat.ae

Mr Maher Zawaydeh, Serengeti LCC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Mrs Katja Oldenburg, Lighthouse Club Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;

http://lighthouseclubabudhabi.com/index.asp

Mr Winfred Copal and Mr Giel Janssens, Lions Club Dommel en Aa Boxtel, The Netherlands;

https://www.lions.nl/Dommel.en.Aa

Mrs Ineke Smits-Bakx and Mrs Inés Plasmans-Levert, Lions Club Boxtel Belles Amies, The

Netherlands; http://www.lionsclubboxtelbellesamies.nl/

Mrs Michaela van Wassenaer, Culture Consult, board member Jacoba van Wassenaer Fonds,

Bloemendaal, The Netherlands

Kees van der Meulen, artist / photographer, Exposition ‘Resonance’ The garden of LIFE,

Amsterdam, The Netherlands; http://www.keesvandermeulen.com/site/youcanhelp

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Sponsors We thank the following people and organisations for their financial support:

Rotary International

Rotary Club of Boxtel, Oirschot & Haaren, The Netherlands, and specifically Mr Hein van

Breemaat and Mr Bernard Vekemans

Rotary Club Amsterdam Nachtwacht, The Netherlands

Rotary Club of Bandung Braga Metropolitan, Indonesia, and specifically Mr Guus Erwin

and Mrs Peggy Sunotoredjo

Rotary Club of Kanonji, Japan

Rotary Club of Pandan Valley, Malaysia, and specifically Mr Isfahani Suki

Foundations

Doctors for Homeless Foundation Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Private donors

Prof Harm Hospers, Dean University College Maastricht, The Netherlands

Noor Tromp, Radboud University, The Netherlands/Padjadjaran University, Bandung

Igor and Jolanda van Laere, The Netherlands

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Information & support

To strengthen, further develop and scale up the Bandung Street Children Program, we welcome

financial and technical support. If you are interested or wish to support the program, please

contact Dr. Igor van Laere by email: ivlaere@gmail.com or visit our website:

www.bandungstreetchildren.org

You can help Direct financial contributions to the project can be made on the bank account of The Doctors for

Homeless Foundation:

Doctors for Homeless Foundation (DHF)*, Amsterdam the Netherlands

Chamber of Commerce (KvK) 34299151

TRIODOS bank account number: NL76TRIO 784933340; BIC/Swift: TRIONL24

www.doctorsforhomeless.org

*DHF has acquired the Dutch ANBI status (Institution Aimed at the Common Good) which is a tax

exemption status for charitable organizations.

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About the authors

Noor Tromp, MSc (1985), has a master in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and minors in

International Health and Fundamentals of Business and Economics (FBE) from the Radboud

University in the Netherlands. During her study, she volunteered in various health and education

projects in Thailand, India, Burkina Faso and Togo. Currently, she lives in Bandung and works as

a PhD student at Padjadjaran University on evidence based policy making in HIV/AIDS control.

She joined the Bandung Street Children Program to provide technical assistance.

Linked-In profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=35813470&trk=tab_pro

Brechtje Smulders, MD (1987), did a tropical medicine internship as a medical student in

Bandung in 2011 and worked in Hasan Sadikin Teaching Hospital, community health clinic Pasir

Kaliki and in a rural hospital near Soreang city. After her graduation from Radboud University

Nijmegen in June 2012, she decided to return to Bandung to volunteer in different health and

education projects. Besides her work at a blind school and English teaching, she joined the Art in

the Box outreach activities to collect data to evaluate the first pilot phase.

Linked-In profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brechtje-smulders/21/211/710

Rasmus Pistorius, (1993), has an International Baccalaureate Diploma and is having a gap year

before studying medicine in the UK or Germany in 2013. He uses this gap year to do internships

at different hospitals and medical projects across the world, each at a period of 2-3 months. He

started his journey in Indonesia and joined the Art in the Box outreach activities to collect data

to evaluate the first pilot phase.

Prima Dewi, S.IP. (1971), graduated from Padjadjaran University and has a major in

International Relations. She is a business development manager at Safitri Redefine Training and

HJS Group (a group of eleven restaurants in Bandung and Jakarta). Furthermore, she is finance

manager for Salamander Big Band in Bandung. Since 2003, she is a Rotary International

Member. Within Rotary Club Bandung Braga Metropolitan (RCBBM) she is part of the street

children project board and is responsible for the external relations.

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Igor van Laere, MD PhD (1965), worked in Bandung, 2010-2012, as program manager to

improve care for HIV infected injecting drug users, in collaboration with the Hasan Sadikin

Teaching Hospital and the Medical Faculty of Padjajaran University. During his stay, based on his

passion and experience with providing community outreach social medical care for the most

vulnerable people (street medicine), and as the director of the Doctors for Homeless Foundation

(DHF), together with his wife and experienced nurse Jolanda, he initiated and founded the

Bandung Street Children Program.

Linked-In profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=25829248&trk=tab_pro

Authors evaluation report, Bandung

November 2012

Left to right, upper level: Rasmus Pistorius, Reza

Herdiansyah, Igor van Laere

Left to right, lower level: Noor Tromp, Brechtje

Smulders, Prima Dewi

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Appendix A: Term of Reference Art in the Box rescue team

Art in the Box to establish a rescue team for street children in Bandung Indonesia

I. Background

Indonesia is home to 5.4 million abandoned children. In the last ten years in Bandung alone, between 3,000 and 11,000 children were on the streets. Unprotected, these children are vulnerable to mental trauma, addictions, physical disorders, sexual diseases and HIV. They receive no education and have little chance of ever living a better life. Homeless girls are especially at risk from rape and unwanted pregnancy and need our full attention and protection. The few support services there are in Indonesia face major technical and financial challenges. Without long term structured interventions Indonesia’s lost generation will continue to grow. The Street Children Program Indonesia (SCPI) aims to develop a problem-oriented and community based care system to cater for street children. The initial steps include the establishment of a rescue team and activities to reach homeless girls in Bandung.

II. Purpose

Conduct outreach activities to meet and get to know homeless girls between 0-10 years old in Bandung, and barriers and challenges in providing the activities leading to knowledge and experience to guide the homeless girls to a safe place for adaptation and rehabilitation.

III. Objectives

Make the first steps toward a street children rescue team in Bandung. Strengthen the experience in conducting outreach activities for street children. Collect information on the activities and individual homeless girls’ cases. Use and optimize reporting formats. Furthermore, plans are being made to realize a transit house (rumah singgah) in Bandung for adaptation and preparation to access SOS children’s village in Lembang for rehabilitation, care, education and skills.

IV. Methods

Since 1994, SEMAK children support organization in Bandung has been providing services for street children, including outreach activities and running an ‘open house’ in Bandung. Based on the experience, SEMAK will provide and support two street facilitators that will reach out to five hot spot areas with street children (Jalan Ir. H Juanda in Dago area, Kiaracondong station, Cimindi station, Cimahi station and Ciroyom market) and organize activities.

V. Tasks and responsibilities

SEMAK street facilitators will approach and meet with the street children at the five hot spots, and stimulate drawing, painting, reading, storytelling and sharing their art work and experiences, also with street children at other locations. The street facilitators will purchase and bring the utilities during the outreach events, called ‘Art in the Box’. SEMAK and the street facilitators will be responsible for reporting on the activities and individual homeless girls, and financial expenses for utilities, transport and reporting. Reporting formats are available in a separate document. SEMAK will report to the SCPI initiator.

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VI. Expected Results and Deliverables

A first report is expected on the Art in the Box activities and experiences. A second report is expected on individual homeless girls between 0-10 years old, and a general picture of their background and problems, and barriers and challenges to rescue these girls and guide them toward a transit house. A third report is expected on the financial expenses for utilities, transport and reporting. The final report will reflect on the experiences, barriers and challenges in providing the Art in the Box activities and findings in homeless girls, and it will comment on the suitability of the reporting formats used. Reporting of the opportunities and recommendations for general and specific needs to establish a rescue team and reporting formats are expected.

VII. Timeline

Art in the box activities will take place every Tuesday and Thursday between 1 April 2012 and 1 October 2012, and 48 outreach events are being expected. Progress reports on activities, individual homeless girls and financial accountability will be provided, in Indonesian language, the second week of June 2012 and the second week of August 2012, and the final report by the end of October 2012. The final report will be provided in both Indonesian and English language.

VIII. Participants

SEMAK Bandung and SOS children’s village Lembang in collaboration with the SCPI initiator and the

temporary SCPI-committee based at Rotary Club Bandung Braga Metropolitan.

IX. Budget estimation

No. Activities Budget

1. Utilities Art in the Box for six months (painting, drawing and teaching

materials)

Rp. 600 000,=

2. Transport (2 street facilitators x 48 outreach events per person x Rp. 25 000,=) Rp. 2 400 000,=

3. Honorarium (2 street facilitators x 48 outreach events per person x Rp. 25 000,=)

Rp. 2 400 000,=

4. 2 progress reports and 1 final report, including translation final report into English

Rp 600 000,=

TOTAL Rp. 6 000 000,=

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Appendix B: Tables outreach hotspots and street children

Table 1. Art in the Box outreach moments and hotspots visited per month in 2012 Month Outreach date Hot spot visited

April Not reported Not reported

May 1 1-may Cimahi

2 3-may Dago

3 8-may Cimindi

4 10-may Dago

5 15-may Cimindi

6 17-may Jl. H. Juanda

7 22-may Pasar baru

8 24-may Dago

9 28-may Cimahi Dustira

10 31-may Dago

June 1 07-jun Dago

2 12-jun Ciroyom

3 14-jun Beraga

4 19-jun Cikapundung

5 21-jun Dago

6 26-jun Kebon Kelapa

7 28-jun Cimahi

July Not reported Not reported

Augustus Not reported Not reported

September 1 04-sep Dago

2 06-sep Dago

3 11-sep Cimindi and Cimahi

4 13-sep Pelajar Pejuangan street

5 18-sep Cimindi

6 20-sep Dago

7 25-sep Kebon Kelapa

8 27-sep Cimindi

October 1 02-okt Stasiun Gado Bangkong,

2 04-okt Dago

3 09-okt Cimindi

4 11-okt Pelajar Pejuangan

5 16-okt Cimindi

6 17-okt Cmindi

7 18-okt Dago

8 23-okt Cimindi

9 25-okt Dago

10 29-okt Cimindi

Total 35

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Table 2. Characteristics of street children that joined the Art in the Box activities between 1 April – 1 October 2012

Name Sex Age (yrs) To school Street activity Parents name Place of

residence Working area

1 Imah Girl 14 No Garbage collector Lepi & Ida Ambon street -

2 Mala Girl 9 Yes Garbage collector

Begger

Almarhum Cikapundung -

3 Mansur Boy 4 Not yet Garbage collector Almarhum Majalaya Cikapundung

4 Bagus Boy 7 No Begger - Tasik Cikapundung

5 Wawa Girl 2 Not yet Garbage collector - Banda street -

6 Sasa Girl 3 Not yet Garbage collector - Banda street -

7 Rospiana Girl 7 No Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

8 Dedi Boy 12 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

9 Riska Girl 11 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

10 Yani Girl 12 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

11 Saputra Boy 14 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

12 Salwa Girl 3 Not yet Garbage collector Hendrik & Yanti Pelajar Pejung Pelajar Pejung

13 Wawa Girl 4 Not yet Garbage collector Hendrik & Yanti Pelajar Pejung Pelajar Pejung

14 Iwan Boy 11 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

15 Ipul Boy 11 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

16 Wati Girl 14 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

17 Indah Girl 11 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

18 Bunga Girl 10 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

19 Firsya Girl 8 Yes Begger Pirman & Isah Sukajadi street Dago street

20 Ipa Girl 10 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

21 Nur Girl 10 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

22 Sindi Boy 11 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

23 Pirman Boy 6 No Begger Pirman & Isah Sukajadi street Dago street

24 Nengsih Girl 14 No Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

25 Risma Girl 15 No Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

26 Imas Girl 10 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

27 Pifi Girl 9 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

28 Adi Boy 8 No Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

29 Dimas Boy 11 No Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

30 Nabila Girl 0 No Begger Pirman & Isah Sukajadi street Dago street

31 Tia Girl 12 Yes Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

32 Vilsa Girl 6 No Begger - Sukajadi street Dago street

33 Ratna Girl 17 Yes Begger Endang Bandung Cimindi market

34 Ceha Girl 15 Yes Street musician Asep & Dian Bandung Cimindi market

35 Risma Girl 17 Yes Street musician - Bandung Cimahi

36 Pita Girl 16 Yes Street musician Suryana Bandung Cimahi

37 Riyanti Girl 16 Yes Street musician Yadi Bandung Cimahi

38 Cha Girl 17 Yes Street musician Adhe Bandung Cimindi market

39 Rina Girl 13 Yes Street musician Rijar & Ani Bandung Cimahi

40 Anisa Girl 15 Yes Street musician Karwati Bandung Cimahi

41 Nabila Girl 15th Yes Street musician - Bandung Cimindi market

- = Unknown

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