The hope of 3 students from Cirendeu Community for the chance of attend college in September has now been fulfilled. Here is the story of two of the students. Rustandi is studying Management and Ardiansyah is studying Industrial Engineering. Rustandi (nickname Tandi) and Ardiansyah (nickname Ardi) have started their college year last month, after going …
Aminah is one of the Angels at Cirendeu garbage dump. She was born in Jakarta on 19th August 1983. Her parents have 6 children, both already passed away. Aminah went to school until SMK (Vocational School), she wanted to continue her education but her parents being a trash picker did not have money to pay …
A great event as our products are quite popular at JIS. Special thanks to the school for giving us this oppurtunity to showcase us, and we hope the students and teachers have a great year ahead!
In Indonesia, the 2018/2019 school year started this month. As we have done for the last 10 years, XSProject arranged for all students living at the Cirendeu trash picker community to have new uniforms, shoes and school supplies purchased with donations from our GlobalGiving supporters. Our Kindergarten class is located at the dump site in …
As the school year draws to a close in Indonesia, four Grade 12 students in the XSEducation program are preparing to graduate. Three students are hoping for a chance to attend college in September. To be accepted, they need to pass the exams. Then it’s all about choosing a college and studying hard. Ardiansyah (Ardi) …
Over the years, as the size of the Cirendeu open garbage dump in Jakarta grew, the 7 wells, used by more than 100 trash picker families living there have become contaminated. For years the rotting garbage, with help from torrential rains and flooding, has been polluting their water supply. These families wash, cook and drink …
Many thanks to Dr. Titi and RSIA Lestari Hospital for helping XSProject at the Grand Opening of the XSProject Organic Farm. Our guests enjoyed the tour of the farm, given by our 3 farmers Andre, Rudy and Armand. Guests went home with fresh organic produce and some great XSProject products!
It started in April 2015 with Darni. As she began to learn more complicated skills in her sewing classes, she had difficulty seeing small details. I told her to go get her eyes checked. New eyeglass frames are very expensive, but it just so happened that Noto, Darni’s husband, had found a pair of glasses …
