Indonesia
Children's home follows long term earthquake impact
Supporting Disadvantaged Children in Disaster-Affected Regions: Heart for Kids in 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 have partnered 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.
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Urban village children
These non-live-in children’s educational programs help meet the needs of kids who can’t get an education. 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
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 perfectly fit the reason we exist. Heart For Kids is founded on the belief that no matter what country or what physical circumstances they are in, children deserve to know that they are loved and special to Jesus and other people; and to have the opportunity to grow to be the person they were created to be.
In the future, we hope 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 Indonesia and especially Bali where we serve, 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.
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.
