Tag: Aid, Child Support
Supporting Children in Indonesia
Child Support Foundation Indonesia is a non-profit organisation which founders are active in Indonesia for 25 years. The core business is financial adoption of...
Indonesia, Heal Thyself!
In the absence of health insurance or government medical services, getting sick in Indonesia can be truly painful. Not only do doctors insist on injections for...
Fishing Village in a Metropolitan City
Jakarta is a place where there is a significant gap between the rich and the poor, where the two could look at each other and would wonder how they could live in a very...
Can a Vegetable be Political? The Story of Genjer
"The vegetable genjer? It's been a really long time since I've tasted it," said Mbah Sukri, a 69-year-old retired textile factory worker from the Sleman area of...
Photobook on Sidoarjo disaster
In 2006, Indonesia also experienced a disaster that some people would rather forget, the Porong, Sidoarjo mud eruption, the biggest mud flow in the world that became a...
More than 1,000 articles posted on Latitudes
Again we have achieved a milestone. With exactly 1,099 contributions posted on Latitudes.nu on February 1st 2015 our cute little online magazine has become an important...
Book on Wayang Potehi
Indonesia is blessed with vast and unique arts and culture—a result of being a melting pot of different cultures that ever visited the archipelago for centuries. One...
Trucker Life in Indonesia
By: Ajar Abdillah Edi On the Indonesian road, the truck is king. One blare from its horn can force other vehicles into submission, sending them seeking refuge off the...
Sea Turtle Guard below Yogyakarta
By: Ari Susanto Amid a sunny day at Samas beach of Bantul, Yogyakarta, Rujito digs black sand in a planted concrete pot with his two palms slowly. It is the time...
The Wali Songo Pilgrimage
Making a pilgrimage to the tombs of the wali songo is a tradition among many Javanese Muslims. It is undertaken throughout the year, but is particularly popular during...
