The areas of basic health, environment and the impact of natural disasters are three core areas that continuously restrict the poor riverside and beachside communities of Indonesia from breaking the systemic cyclical poverty that effects their ability to live safely, healthily and sustainably. It is Project Child’s focus to provide education and information to these communities related to these working areas, that is relevant and flexible to specific community needs, delivered using methods that promote participatory learning, efficient and creative resource use, and will have a sustainable and lasting impact on participant communities.

A key aspect of all programs delivered to children by Project Child is ensuring a holistic learning experience for all children, ensuring that the child can be developed as an ‘entire person’, outside of the norms of standard educational systems. Project Child aims to assist children across physical, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions, in the hope that such engagement will help the child to gain a greater understanding of their meaning as a human being, and develop an understanding of the part they play and the impact they have in the world.

Project Child aims to do this by creating a positive, happy and safe learning environment for children, away from the struggles of their everyday life. The organization uses methods of teaching through arts, music, dance, storytelling, and other ways to share knowledge, and integrates soft skills into the practical learning.

Project Child was founded on the use and the promotion of volunteering and engaging with volunteers. As Indonesia’s wealth increases, Project Child aims to foster an increase in interest about volunteering for the citizens of Indonesia, guided by the belief that anyone can help and make a difference if they want. Project Child’s work is evidence that low-cost programs with direct positive impacts are achievable in the development system, and the use of volunteers is something Project Child continues to prioritize into the future.

Such engagement gives citizens of Indonesia ownership of their own improvement and capacity to break the cycle of poverty countrywide. Project Child also believes that if it can inspire passion to volunteer and create awareness for the country’s citizens, whether through training, working engagement, or simply providing information, then it can be part of a movement that will assist and inspire a future generation of volunteers working to improve the lives of everyone within Indonesia and abroad.