“This is my first time I have had my own exhibition. My parents don’t have a clue what I have been doing all this time. But they are curious why my studying period is so long”, Sidik grinned as he introduced his first solo exhibition on August 24th, 2018 at Kitasuka Café, Yogyakarta. Sidik has …
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ROTA (Reach Out To Asia), a non-profit organization for education, regularly organizes volunteer assignments in developing countries in Asia, including Indonesia. This time ROTA sent 20 volunteers from Qatar University to do volunteer work in Bayat, Klaten, Central Java. Muhammadiyah Primary School (SD MPK) was chosen as the place for their activities. Titian Foundation (Titian) …
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There are many ways to convey values to and instill values in our children. Performing a play can serve as an effective means to get the message across for teenagers. Gen 1 Titian Tangsel Scholarship got their acting debut as the opening act for the School Students Organization (OSIS) Solidarity Competition at the SMKN 4 …
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Women all over the world including Indonesia picked-up the International Women’s Day (IWD) vibes, using their voices to speak out on a variety of issues, especially gender rights and equality. To say that Titian scholarship recipients who are girls are aware of those struggles would be an understatement. Their circumstances epitomize these challenges and they …
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It all started of with a talk circulating among housewives who live near Titian’s CLC in South Tangerang (Titian Tangsel), aspiring something more in their lives beyond their mundane chores as housewives. They seem to have lost their own identity; they don’t know what they want, have little interaction with others, don’t know how to …
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“Home, however far away it is, will always be the place we long to go back to.” Titian Foundation (Titian) is like second home to the scholarship recipients, also known as Titianers. For three years, Titianers are being groomed by Titian. Frantic, that’s for sure. Being a Titianer means becoming someone who is different from …
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The Literacy Programme is one of the most awaited activities by Elementary School children in Bayat. This activity has been carried out since September 2017. The objective is to introduce and improve reading culture in children, either by visiting schools and bringing along books to read or the students visiting our CLC. Right now, CLC …
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For the second time, CLC Titian, Bayat, hosted a Cultural Art Festival. This year, the event took place on December 21st until 23rd, 2017. This Cultural Art Festival is not only a means to introduce CLC’s activities and programmes for the newbies but also to embrace and to get closer to the surrounding community. Among …
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A recent article published in Kompas on November 28th 2017, strikes a chord with one of Titian’s causes, which is embodied in our Teacher Quality Improvement (TQI) Programme. The article stresses the challenges involved in improving teacher quality and capacity. Whilst government imposes certification as a means to set quality standards, but it is argued …
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English Mastery (EM) is one of the mandatory activities that Titian scholarship recipients have to undertake. This additional course aims to improve students’ verbal skills in English and prepare them for the increasingly competitive era of globalization. The EM class is held every two weeks on Sundays, and there have already been four meetings. This …
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When Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) completed its agenda in 2015, the world leaders established more ambitious agenda post 2015, called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aimed to encourage changes towards sustainability based on human rights and equity development in social, economic and the environment. Philanthropic organizations such as Titian Foundation (Titian) are partners with the …
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CLC Titian Tangerang Selatan (CLC Tangsel), which has already been in operation for about two months, has brought changes to the community, especially children. One of the challenges in the CLC neighborhood is children’s misbehavior. One of CLC neighbors, Ibu Meli, said that children in Suka Bakti have their own “gangs”, and their errant behavior …
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