The Indonesian Child Welfare Foundation [YKAI] was founded on July 17, 1979 and inspired by
 |
 |
The 20th year’s commemoration of the United Nation Declaration on the Rights of the Child and |
|
Child is the focus and an integral part of nation’s development |
|
Pancasila (Five Basic Principles of the country) |
Our Vision
Strong, quality and forward-looking Indonesian children within a properous and independent Indonesian society.
Our Mission
YKAI has made significant strides in advocating the needs and rights of Indonesian children. The course of YKAI’s meaningful progress as a Civil Society Organization (CSO) has been shaped by the vision, thinking and efforts of its Board Members, strategic alliances and communities where it has its activities. All these elements are enshrined in the two key statements contained in its Mission:
|
To improve the quality and welfare of Indonesian children through increased public awareness knowledge and capacity to develop their potential in accordance with their rights; and |
|
To create an environment that provides opportunities, support, freedom and protection for the full spiritual, physical, mental and social development.Entering its 29th year as a foundation dedicated to systemic social change, the Indonesian Child Welfare Foundation [YKAI is an Indonesian Civil Society Organization that aims to improve the quality of Indonesian children and youth. YKAI believes that through corporate social responsibility, it can both advance its mission and increase its long-term sustainability by generating its own, untied resources to supplement support from external donors. |
Lines of Work
YKAI envisions an alternative global marketplace dedicated to social change and social justice - a marketplace more responsive to the needs of local communities and especially disadvantaged children. YKAI fulfils its mission through three distinct but interrelated lines of work:
|
Developing resource capacity through mutual partnerships like Care for Children Community and Friends of YKAI |
|
Establishing extensive cooperation between YKAI and other NGOs, government, and entrepreneurs; |
|
Fulfilling its role as a member of International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW) and World Association of NGO's (WANGO) |
Capability Statement
As a non-profit social enterprise, YKAI is designed to demonstrate that:
|
As a Civil Society Organization, it can strengthen its organizational sustainability and mission impact through leveraging the experiences and learning of its portfolio members and partners to drive the implementation of its social responsibility initiative via role modeling, replicating case studies and best practices |
|
Through a careful and well-planned enterprise development process, YKAI can advance its institutional goals of [a] Local concept with global references, [b] promoting the Child as a key subject in national development, [c] upholding the principles of good governance at all times and [d] the establishment of meaningful partnerships. |
|
Donors can play an important role in supporting passionate and single-minded focus Civil Society Organizations such as YKAI's financial sustainability. |
YKAI advances its social responsibility agenda through the critical aspects of its principle of non-discrimination world view and its commitment to always develop new frameworks to face the dynamic problems related to children issues and new approaches in improving the quality of Indonesian children.
Addressing Problems Related to Children Issues
YKAI has continued to strive for excellence in pursuing its long-term agenda of helping to resolve problems that arise out of issues related to children in Indonesia. Besides being recognized as 'Special Consultative Status from UN's ECOSOC' since May 2002 and being awarded by the United Nations Girls Education Initiative, YKAI has earned a strong reputation as:
|
A National Policy Advocacy Agency |
|
A National Program Advocacy Agency |
|
An Institution for Child and Youth Studies |
|
A Child and Youth Information Institution |
|
A Public Awareness and Promotion Agency |
|
A Facilitator of the Network for Eliminating Child Labor |
|
A Child Training Provider |
|
A Direct Service Provider |
For more information please visit:
