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Helping Parents Fight for Legal Identity in Indonesia |
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Minggu, 16 Desember 2012 00:00 |
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 It’s late morning on a bustling street in South Jakarta and children are pouring out of a small neighborhood preschool to ride the bright yellow ducks of the odong-odong street ride parked nearby.
Among the throng is 3-year-old Anaya, who has been attending this small religious school for one year. She and her friends have been studying the alphabet and learning new songs, basic skills children need to enter school. But Anaya’s transition to a state primary school is not assured. Like many Indonesian children, she does not have a birth certificate, and without one she is unable to enroll.
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No ID and No Proof of Birth: Meet Indonesia's Uncounted Millions |
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Minggu, 05 Agustus 2012 00:00 |
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 Siti Rusmawati, 45, and her husband Suryadi, 47, are the proud parents of five children and the grandparents of two. The family lives in one small room in a slum area of Penjaringan in North Jakarta. On any given day, you can find Siti by her warung selling goods and speaking with neighbors. She flashes them a smile when they call out her name, revealing a metal front tooth.
Like any parents, the Rusmawatis hope that their children will advance their education and build a better life than theirs. But the family can barely scrape together enough money to get by, let alone afford the required five school uniforms and workbooks for public education in the city.
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