Who we are - Foundation for Mother and Child Health - Indonesia ...-balita sehat ceria

Who we are - Foundation for Mother and Child Health - Indonesia ...

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 12:14 AM PDT

Who we are

The Foundation for Mother and Child Health (FMCH), known locally as Yayasan Balita Sehat, began as a support group for english speaking mothers and has grown into an organisation that provides support and educational programmes for impoverished Indonesian mothers and their children. Our goal is to eliminate malnutrition and the causes of poverty in the communities we serve. In 2001 we opened a mother-and-child centre in South Jakarta and became a registered charity under Indonesian law.

Activities for Indonesian mothers and children

The Foundation for Mother and Child Health/Yayasan Balita Sehat, provides meals, medical care and lessons for both Indonesian mothers and their children. Mothers have access to health education and small skills training programmes and children have the opportunity to benefit from a preschool education and primary school scholarships. Many of the children suffer from undernutrition and all of them come from impoverished backgrounds.

Our staff includes two doctors, five preschool teachers, a programme manager, a medical and educational scholarship coordinator, a handicraft teacher, two sewing teachers, three health educators and a cook. In addition to these paid locally-engaged staff, the centre relies on 8 local volunteer community workers and international volunteers from the UK, New Zealand, Australia and the US. These volunteers help in various roles: nutrition, primary school teaching and nursing/midwifery.

FMCH runs early learning centress (ELCs) in South Jakarta. These centres enable children from poor families to attend preschool. One ELC focuses specifically on providing preschool education for impoverished children living on garbage dumps. In the near future we hope to open another preschool for children from similar backgrounds.

Alongside these early learning centres, FMCH has set up a very successful scholarship system that allows sponsors to fund children through primary school.

Amongst its other activities, the Foundation conducts a series of health education programmes for both mothers and community health workers living and working in urban slum areas in South Jakarta. Classes are given by the Foundation’s team of health educators and community health workers and address topics such as health, hygiene and nutrition.

Programmes conducted at FMCH have grown tremendously and with help from all our important sponsors we hope to see further growth in the future.

The Family Guide to Jakarta

The New Mother Support Group was originally set up to enable expatriate english speaking mothers receive advice from volunteer nurses and midwives on topics such as breastfeeding, weaning and sleep problems. Over time, a committee of expatriate and Indonesian mothers from the Mother & Baby Support Group have worked together to produce a handbook for new parents of all nationalities living in Jakarta: ‘The Family Guide to Jakarta’. Profits from the sale of the book go towards supporting programmes run by the Foundation for underprivileged Indonesian mothers and their children.

Current officers at the Foundation/ Yayasan Balita Sehat

Officers at the Foundation are made up of local salaried staff, unpaid volunteers and a few local consultants.

<b>Balita</b> dari Keluarga biasa, Unggul dibalita <b>Sehat</b> : Buanasumsel.com

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:25 AM PDT

PALEMBANG, Buanasumsel.com - Lomba Balita Sehat yang diselenggarakan Dinas Kesehatan Kota Palembang dengan diikuti oleh 32 balita dengan usia antara 6 bulan hingga 5 tahun di tutup hari ini.

Dari 32 peserta yang digolongkan dalam 2 katagori umur yaitu 6-24 bulan dan 2-5 tahun prioritas pemenang di pilih dari kelurga kurang mampu." Mereka merupakan perwakilan yang sebelumnya telah terseleksi sebagai peserta terbaik I dan II dari masing-masing tingkat posyandu,

nah kriteria penilaian kita lebih nilainya lebih besar kalau peserta ibu dari pendidikan biasa, berpenghasilan rendah tapi mempunyai anak yang sehat,"jelas Kepala Dinas Kesehatan (dinkes) Kota Palembang Gema Asiani Kamis usai pengumuman pemenang penilaian balita sehat dan penyerahan bagi pemenang balita sehat Kota Palembang tahun 2011 kamis (9/6/11) di Hotel Swarna dwipa.

Yang juga mempengaruhi nilai tambahan juga dari tim penialain yang teridiri dari dokter Spesialis anak, dokter gigi, psikolog dan tim PKK ini sambung Gema terdapat dari point kalau si balita merupaka anak pertama dari peserta.

"Kala balita tersebut anak pertama nilainya pasti besar, ibunya ikut program KB, psikoligis anak cerdas tidak ketinggalan gigi dan mulut harus sehat,"jelasnya.

Nah pemenang ini, masih kata Gema kembali akan mengikuti perlombaan bayi sehat tahap berikutnya, yang diselengarakan pemerintah Provinsi Sumsel."Kalau menang di tingakt provinsi akan terus berlanjut ketingkat Nasional,"katanya.

Pemenangnya kata Gema untuk katagori 6-24 bulan berhasil diraih oleh dari puskesmas Talang Ratu."Juara I Nyayu Athiyiya F dari Puskesmas talang ratu, ke-II Nadira Dwi Chairunisa dari Puskesmas Multiwahana, ke IIIKhalisa Puskesmas kalidoni,'jelasnya.
Sedangkan untuk katagori balitaa sehat kriteria umur 2 tahun – 6 tahun dimenangkan dari puskesmas 11 Ilir."Juara II nya M Charis fathur dari puskesmas 23 Ilir, dan ke III Charisya peserta dari puskesmas taman bunga,'ungkapnya.

Sementara itu Wakil Walikota Palembang Romi Herton mengatakan dengan momentum hari anak ini diharapkan dapat menajdi anak yang sehat, cerdas dan berhalak mulia."Kita harapkan anak-anak kita mempunyai nlai gizi yang cukup yang kemudian harinya menjadi anak yang cerdas dan berahlak mulia,'jelasnya.

Sejauah ini Kota Palembang, menurut orang nomor dua di Kota ini kualitas anak di Kota terus menunjukn peningkatan yang seginifikan ini terlihat dari berbagai prsetasi yang diraih dari berbagai event nasional."Bisa kita lihat dari lomba juara olimpiade, menjadi artis cilik asal kota kita,"tukasnya. (Mel)

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