Study House for Children

Many children in Indonesia live in families that are confronted with economic hardships. They are disadvantaged in terms of survival, health, education and access to services. The problems of children from poor families are child trafficking, child labour, child Prostitution, children in crime and violence, child domestic workers, street children, and low quality education.

The social issues are:

1. The increasing number of  unskilled and uneducated children pushes the increasing number of children working and living on the streets, the increasing number of children involving in crimes, the increasing number of children who become victims of human trafficking.
2. The low morality of children from poor family caused by their low quality eduacation and by their exposure pushes the increasing number of children involving in crimes and violence.
3. The poverty which the children experience is a kind of structural poverty: a kind a poverty which is produced by injustice in economics and social politics.

To answer the social issues, since 2010 Indonesian Carmelite NGO has opened study houses. A study house is a center  where children of poor families may improve the knowledge and competence by having free lessons.

At present Indonesian Carmelite NGO runs four study houses: 3 houses are located in Malang – Java while one is in Pontianak – Kalimantan.

The houses are located in remote slum areas. The houses provide library. Beside Math and English classes, the houses offer music and art classes.