Empowering Children in Indonesia: Education, Care, and Hope for a Brighter Future

Children's home follows long term earthquake impact

village after earthquake

Supporting Disadvantaged Children in Disaster-Affected Regions of Sumatra Indonesia.

On one of Indonesia’s larger islands, we partner with a dedicated local couple running a small home for 17 children who face incredibly tough lives.

Indonesia, situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire and intersected by three major tectonic plates, is highly susceptible to natural disasters. The country experiences around 1500 natural disasters annually, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, droughts, and forest fires. This relentless onslaught profoundly affects children physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

In 2005, an earthquake devastated Nias, claiming over 1300 lives and leaving a lasting impact. The region’s families continue to struggle with the social and economic aftermath, unable to fully recover or provide proper care and education for children who have lost parents.

 

We partner with a small home for 17 children from families still grappling with the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake. Despite their basic living conditions, this home offers a safe haven. However, they face challenges in securing consistent food supplies, education, and overall well-being.

Heart for Kids steps in to provide these essentials—food, education, and spiritual and emotional support.

Click the sponsor button to see how you can support our children, including those in Indonesia, who need your help. Together, we can offer hope and transform their futures.

Sumatra children
home chicken coup

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Urban village children

children receiving education

These non-live-in children’s educational programs help meet the needs of kids who can’t get an education and they are living in extremely poor circumstances. But they love learning. They come to the rented rooms our program operates in each afternoon and receive some education in safe, loving environments. They learn from people who love to teach.

These programs serve in two villages which have become really run down. But there are many children in the area and more would love to come.

Youth and Young Adults

House of Hope Indonesia

Living in remote villages makes it difficult to gain an education and with little or no financial foundation they face continual struggles.

These young people are the reason we exist. We believe that every child, no matter where they live or what challenges they face, deserves to know they are loved and valued—by Jesus and by others. We are committed to giving them the opportunity to grow into the person they were created to be.

These young people must have opportunities to grow into the adults they were created to be. House of Hope is a residential program for youth and young adults. These young people have come from remote outlying areas, such as he eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) to Bali, Indonesia. Here they join the House of Hope. They form a family who provides love and care and a foundation for them to grow and achieve.Some members have come at a young age and with little or no education so they attend school.  They have no money, being from very poor backgrounds. So they begin part-time work. They are mentored and discipled to better prepare for their future. Some are receiving leadership training and serving other youth programs to gain experience.

House of Hope Indonesia

In the future, we want to bring helpers who are skilled and gifted in areas where our young people have shown passion. Some have a heart for music, some for IT, others for leadership. We teach short courses to equip these young adults to better themselves and serve others.

We are not running a child sponsorship for the young people in House of Hope or the village programs in Indonesia but would greatly value your gifts or donations to help complete and maintain this valuable project. Would you help provide for these young people’s discipleship and future?

Community programs

When COVID-19 hit Bali the community was devastated. Tourism stopped straight away and the economy plummeted. This resulted in mass unemployment.

Since then we have been helping by giving people pandemic we have continued helping children and their families with food parcels, baby care and health packs. 

Children receiving COVID food packs

We need your support for the children’s programs in Indonesia. Local co-workers are doing amazing work and lives are being saved and turned around for the future. But we can’t do it alone. ​

Safe water bores are currently being installed in 1 village per month.

That keeps between 1300 and 2000 children and family members safe.

We would love to do more.

Old unsafe water pumps

New safe water bores

old village water pump - unsafe
girl in front of safe water tap
Tent Village Children

Your Christmas gift of $277 will educate a child in a tent village for a year