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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YEU has assisted more than 60 women groups from Yogyakarta Province and Central Java Provinsi since 2015. The woman groups had conducted risk mapping at the beginning of the assist... Read More
Vulnerable groups, such as people with disabilities and pregnant women, began to receive vaccinations in the regions. This effort is encouraged to minimize the risk of being infect... Read More
IDEAKSI Innovation Workshop held on 29/06 & 30/06 attended by 15 local innovator groups to deepen the knowledge of local innovators in creating community-based inclusive innovation... Read More
YAKKUM Emergency Unit's second IDEAKSI (ide inovasi aksi inklusi) Innovation Workshop was held via online on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The first session held by Ratna Susi, i... Read More
Support in a difficult moment Elderly people who under normal circumstances manage their life very well by themselves can be hit hard by natural disasters and suddenly need support. Like 74 year-old Ruth Hekneno who lives on Timor Island which was affected by the tropical cyclone Seroja in April 2021. In the midd...
Since Indonesia announced its COVID-19 first case on 2 March, 2020, the economic activity in Yogyakarta has begun to slow down. The government policy on the large-scale social restriction affected the community’s capacity in obtaining income. The changes in social behavior and economic stagnation resulted in the unprecede...
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