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YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) is one of YAKKUM (Christian Foundation for Public Health) units which was established in 2001. Its core mandate is the delivery of inclusive emergency response where community participation in need assessment and relief distribution are encouraged. YEU works to articulate initiatives to build community resilience through community-led disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. By the year 2017, YEU has been assisting more than 250 villages and partnering with more than 350 community-based organizations across Indonesia.

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25 Apr
Nosarara: A Women-Led Collective Business Entreprise to Manage Plastic
Nosarara: A Women-Led Collective Business Entreprise to Manage Plastic

Nosarara is one of five Women Plastic Entrepreneur Groups (WPEGs) assisted by YEU in Ngatabaru Village, Sigi District, Central Sulawesi Province. The Nosarara group was formed on 2... Read More

24 Apr
Poverty Reduction Program in the Context of Climate Change in CRPP Forum
Poverty Reduction Program in the Context of Climate Change in CRPP Forum

The Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) is a partnership program to help countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific region scale up investments in climate adapta... Read More

12 Apr
Peer Learning as Innovators' Sharing Platform
Peer Learning as Innovators' Sharing Platform

On 9 March 2023, innovators of the IDEAKSI Project[i] and members of YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) gathered at the Prime Plaza Hotel in Sleman in order to update each other and one o... Read More

29 Mar
Peer Learning to BUMDes Panggung Lestari
Peer Learning to BUMDes Panggung Lestari

Picture 1: Group picture with the Head of Panggungharjo Village with sign 3R campaign. On Wednesday, 15 February 2023 the YEU team made a peer learning visit to Waste Management... Read More

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A Long Path Manifesting Inclusive and Sustainable Development

The theme raised for the celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities  on 3 December 2022 is Meaningful Participation Towards Sustainable Inclusive Development. This was a very encouraging theme as the practice of meaningful participation in daily life remains a challenge. Since Indonesia ratified the Conv...

The Story of Mbok Seneng: The transformative power of an innovation

“Mbok Seneng,” is how people in the village greet her. Her name is Seneng, which bears the meaning of “joyful” in English.1 When Mbok Seneng started farming, she planted millet, adlay (Chinese pearl barley), and sesame. She also cultivated rice and cassava, but she would harvest these crops for her family’s con...

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