INDONESIA

Type of mission

Exploration trip

Step 1: 21 – 31 Dec 2018

Residency

Step 2: 1 Jan – 28 Feb 2019

Where

Lombok, Indonesia

Partner organisation

Step 1: Bandung Institute of Technology

Step 2: Yayasan Pemuda Peduli

Beneficiaries

Step 1: Families in Batu Rakit and Semokan Ruak

Step 2: 157 in total

27 caregivers
21 mothers at Ruang Ramah Anak (RRA)
50 children at RRA
29 elementary school students
30 secondary school students

Art therapists

Step 1: Ardhana (Arie) Riswarie

Step 2: Myoung Jung and Emmanuela Halim

Donor

DEME4Life Foundation

Background

Following news of the deadly earthquake that had destroyed the lives and homes of many people in Lombok in August 2018, we reached out to the local villagers to help them cope with their traumatic experiences through arts therapy.

The main objectives of this mission were to:

Through arts therapy, achieve community building and restore hope among the children living in the small fishing village of Batu Bakit.
Provide trauma healing to children following the Lombok earthquake and to train caregivers of victims in basic art therapy skills through the Train-the-Trainer (TTT).

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Type of mission

6-month Residency (1 April – 25 September, 2018)

Where

Surabaya, Indonesia

Partner organization

YPKAI Rumah Singgah (The Indonesian Child Cancer Care Foundation)

Art Therapists

Stephanie Setiyadi

Beneficiaries

25 underprivileged children with cancer
8 parents
2 YPKAI caregivers/staff

Donors

DEME Group (DEME4Life Foundation), Faber-Castell

Background

The goal of the mission was to bring the skills of a local arts therapist to enhance the psychosocial support of children staying temporarily at YPKAI.

The therapy sessions were conducted using group arts therapy modality followed by staff training sessions.

The primary aim of this intervention was to support and enhance the resilience of children so that they lead a life of dignity, hope and become assets to their community.

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Type of mission

3-Step Humanitarian mission

Step 1: 27 June – 9 July, 2016
Step 2: June/July 2016
Step 3: March 2017

Where

Batam, Indonesia.

Partner organization

Radmila Children’s Home

Art Therapists

Tracy Lei, May Lim

Beneficiaries

30 children with behavioural and psychological issues from traumatic experiences and severe neglect.

Background

Situated out of the city central and within peaceful spacious surroundings, Radmila Children’s Home provides shelter living conditions and education opportunities to children of ages 3 – 18 years old, whom are mostly orphans or from incomplete family backgrounds.

An art experiential workshop was facilitated for a total of 8 local staff and caregivers to introduce art therapy as an alternative communication platform and better understand the use of art materials for therapeutic purposes to encourage emotional expression.

Impact

With collated feedback

100% of the staff felt the need to have an art therapist in their team and that the workshop was relevant to their needs to using art with the children.
90% of the children felt happy attending the art therapy group sessions.
70% learned to be more confident and creative
53% felt happy
47% felt proud of themselves

As such, the children were able to explore and express their inner world of emotions through a less threatening and meaningful way, with heart-warming memories to be kept for all.