Outing Program for Homeless and unfortune Childrens

One of annual events held by KKS Melati is the Outing Program for Homeless and Unfortunate Children. This exciting program has been conducted since 2003.
2003 Visitation to the Bogor Botanical Garden with the children from Sekolah Anak Jalanan (SAJA - school for street children)
2004 Trip to Taman Mini Indonesia Indah with SAJA
2005 Trip to Pesanggrahan river and kite museum with children from four shelter houses.
2006 Two day camping trip in Cilember waterfall, West Java, with children from one foster house, two shelter houses and one reading corner
2007 Outing trip with the theme “your ocean… my ocean… our ocean!!” at Carnaval Beach, Ocean Park, and Seaworld Indonesia
2008 Outing trip entitled “Kembali Kampoeng” or “Return to the Village” at Kampoeng 99 Pepohonan with children from 7 shelter houses. The trip was intended to give the children an experience of living in a village.

For the latest outing program for homeless and unfortunate children, KKS Melati would like to apply the concept of experiencing the beautiful Indonesian Archipelago and put up the new theme “Jelajah Pulau” (Islands Voyage).

This program will invite the participation of homeless and unfortunate children from:
1. Sekar Street Children Shelter House, Kampung Bawang, North Jakarta.
2. Dian Mitra Foundation Shelter House, Galur – Senen, Central Jakarta
3. Balarenik Shelter House, Penggilingan – Cakung, East Jakarta
4. Sumbangsih Children’s Study Group – Kamal Muara, West Jakarta
5. Remaja Peduli Sesama Group – Bangka, South Jakarta
6. Bina Peduli Dhuafa Foundation – Cipete, South Jakarta
7. Melati Reading House – Ampera, South Jakarta
8. Lazuardi Foundation, Jakarta

These eight places are also included in KKS Melati’s book rolling network, which is a program intended to provide more books for homeless and unfortunate children. The total target number of participants involved in this outing program is 80 children and around 40 volunteers.