FOUNDATION KEBON SEPATU: A BROADER HORIZON

Providing educational programs for those who, for lack of formal education on Lombok and Sumbawa, are offered access to acquire skills and trainings, through Social-Eco Projects.

Help  us to develop educational projects  by offering equal opportunities to youngsters and adults.

Our Projects

Boat Maintenance & Building Workshop

Organic Homeopathic Garden

Introduction

Since the establishment of Yayasan Kebon Sepatu Indonesia in 2007, the Board of Directors on Java has been committed to ensure the development of educational projects for various segments in society, which never had the opportunity to have formal education. Most vulnerable are the youngest, but also their parents – amongst them single mothers who were abandoned and who had been forced to provide for their dependents –  or families in the lowest income groups.

During the preliminary studies two groups  were in need of support; the vast farmers community, predominantly concerned with staple rice crops, and the fishermen – most of which had not even received the most basic skills of safety measures, like proficiency of swimming.

In setting up various educational/training projects, close cooperation with the local population is mandatory in ensuring success. To check  feasibility, for example of the agricultural project in Ketare (Lombok NTB), farmers were invited to join a multi-crop  training program, provided by the agricultural expert of the Yayasan Kebon Sepatu Indonesia, Mohammad Djaeni. 

Progress on the boat- maintenance and building school – youngsters from 15 to 18 years old – is the main focus of our current visit and will be up and running in September 2019.

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Friday 24 March, Radboud University in Nijmegen (NL) celebrated their 100th anniversary and on this occasion I had the privilege to represent Peneleh Jang Oetama Foundation, as I am their Ambassador to the Netherlands.

Radboud University is undisputedly the foremost important University concerned with Theological, Philosophical and Antripological studies. Having said that, when I needed advice on which translation of the Koran I could best acquire, I found the best answer at the University of Amsterdam. However, philosophers, clergy and "Great Thinkers" will refer to Radboud University as the best in the land.

The event was planned to accommodate many international speakers, who were either professors at the University or had received a research mandate for the topics I attended. It was a bit of an overloaded program I felt, but two of the research studies were most interesting to learn. The first was called "Gender and Islam in a Globalised World" and the other delft into the historical issue of "Race and Religion".

In the first topic, I was pleased to listen to one professor's candidate, whom I believed came from Dubai (Joud Alkourani) and who had interviewed women from various backgrounds in the country; native, non-native but raised, and converted Muslim women, who had obviously experienced an (hidden) aversion of the faith. Although her studies had tested decrease of religious practices (source BBC), she felt that this trend was likely to be caused by the "liberation" of external factor, and only seemed to show such an demise. The other speaker (Lena Richter) based her research primarily on the Moroccan women she had interviewed, and although it is not easy to access these communities (one has to be introduced if one is Western), slowly she gained insight in what moved women there to "unveil" themselves and be confident to express how they felt about their religious opinions. After this session I introduced myself and exchanged my ideas, specifically on my observations and experiences in Indonesia.

The second round of speakers dealt with a very quick (10 minutes each) expose on the issue of Race and Religion. The first speaker - Josias Tembo - explained the role of Christianity where it came in during the Missionary phase in "converting" the heathens as instructed in Portugal and Spain by the Pope, and factually legitimising slavery. Justine Bakker continued in her 10 minute dissertation that the very fact that people were suppressed and maltreated because of their race and skin-colour, empowered the black Afro-Americans to take the Islam as their identity, because that would give them rights to fend of this white-dominant oppression.

Thoroughly enjoyed this event, and although I would liked to have stayed to hear the band and dance the night away, I thought it wiser to leave the prancing about to the young ones.....

Please look up: www.pri.or.id / www.urup.or.id
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Friday 24 March, Radboud University in Nijmegen (NL) celebrated their 100th anniversary and on this occasion I had the privilege to represent Peneleh Jang Oetama Foundation, as I am their Ambassador to the Netherlands.

Radboud University is undisputedly the foremost important University concerned with Theological, Philosophical and Antripological studies. Having said that, when I needed advice on which translation of the Koran I could best acquire, I found the best answer at the University of Amsterdam. However, philosophers, clergy and Great Thinkers will refer to Radboud University as the best in the land.

The event was planned to accommodate many international speakers, who were either professors at the University or had received a research mandate for the topics I attended. It was a bit of an overloaded program I felt, but two of the research studies were most interesting to learn. The first was called Gender and Islam in a Globalised World and the other delft into the historical issue of Race and Religion.

In the first topic, I was pleased to listen to one professors candidate, whom I believed came from Dubai (Joud Alkourani) and who had interviewed women from various backgrounds in the country; native, non-native but raised, and converted Muslim women, who had obviously experienced an (hidden) aversion of the faith. Although her studies had tested decrease of religious practices (source BBC), she felt that this trend was likely to be caused by the liberation of external factor, and only seemed to show such an demise. The other speaker (Lena Richter) based her research primarily on the Moroccan women she had interviewed, and although it is not easy to access these communities (one has to be introduced if one is Western), slowly she gained insight in what moved women there to unveil themselves and be confident to express how they felt about their religious opinions.  After this session I introduced myself and exchanged my ideas, specifically on my observations and experiences in Indonesia.

The second round of speakers dealt with a very quick (10 minutes each) expose on the issue of Race and Religion. The first speaker - Josias Tembo - explained the role of Christianity where it came in during the Missionary phase in converting the heathens as instructed in Portugal and Spain by the Pope, and factually legitimising slavery. Justine Bakker continued in her 10 minute dissertation that the very fact that people were suppressed and maltreated because of their race and skin-colour, empowered the black Afro-Americans to take the Islam as their identity, because that would give them rights to fend of this white-dominant oppression.

Thoroughly enjoyed this event, and although I would liked to have stayed to hear the band and dance the night away, I thought it wiser to leave the prancing about to the young ones.....

Please look up: www.pri.or.id / www.urup.or.id

Wishing my dearest friends and family, near and far, a wonderful celebration of the Holy Month.

May kindness, forgiveness and compassion be the focus of our shared prayers and may it teach us to find happiness in the company of our loved ones as well as being grateful for all the blessings in our lives!

Ramadan Kareem!

Mohon maaf lahir dan bathin......
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Wishing my dearest friends and family, near and far, a wonderful celebration of the Holy Month. 

May kindness, forgiveness and compassion be the focus of our shared prayers and may it teach us to find happiness in the company of our loved ones as well as being grateful for all the blessings in our lives! 

Ramadan Kareem! 

Mohon maaf lahir dan bathin......

Contact Us

Yayasan Kebon Sepatu

Achterom 157
Postal code: 2611 PN
DELFT, The Netherlands

E-mal:
foundationkebonsepatu@yahoo.com

Tel NL: +31 (0)6 407 50484
Tel IND: +62 817 7526 6641

Yayasan Kebon Sepatu (Indonesia)

HQ: Jakarta Pusat

Project Office
Office Location: Bale Pelange, F4-no. 12, Sandik, Batu Layar, Lombok Barat NTB – Indonesia