Street Children's School
UPS


Project Summary
Title

Street Children School

Country

Indonesia

Area Focus

Education and Healthcare

Description

The project aims to privide not only basic school amenities but also nutritional care, health care, and psychological support to underprivileged children and their families in the Cipinang area of Jakarta

Beneficiaries

Approximately 150 children and their families



Through the Yayasan Mitra Mandiri Foundation, this UPS Foundation sponsored project aims to provide not only basic school amenities but also nutritional care, health care, and psychological support to approximately 150 underprivileged children (53 at kindergarten and 97 at elementary level). This program, which is based in Cipinang (East Jakarta) also works to improve the life of the families of the children through work opportunity and hygiene care.


Company Description


Through programs such as the Global Volunteer Week and the Neighbor to Neighbor Service Challenge and with funding largely from its UPS Foundation, UPS taps into its employee pool of 370,000 employees worldwide to encourage volunteerism and community service.

UPS' community programs services broad ranges of needs in many different countries world wide. Specifically in Southeast Asia, UPS has serviced communities in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia.