Indonesia
From helping children grow healthier to providing low-cost financial services to aspiring entrepreneurs, our program in Indonesia is nearly as vast as the nation's myriad islands.
For years, Mercy Corps has helped more than 1,000,000 Indonesians across the country's vast expanse of islands. With December 2004's tsunami, the May 2006 Java Earthquake and flooding in Jakarta, our work in Indonesia expanded. In addition to helping survivors recover and continuing long-established nutrition programs for schoolchildren, we have also launched a "bank of banks" that is designed to help small business owners to lift their families from poverty and establish strong, vibrant local economies.
Recycled Life ›
Topics: Citizen Involvement, Civil Society, Environment, Livelihoods, Marginalized Groups, Urban, Water/Sanitation
Darpi, a 56-year-old woman who’s been living in Jakarta's Penjaringan slum since the mid-1970s, is proof that things can improve.
Special Report: Nineteen: The Lives of Jakarta's Street Vendors ›
Topics: Water/Sanitation, Urban, Marginalized Groups, Livelihoods, Food/Nutrition, Economic Development
Street vendors, hawking anything from food to medicine, dominate Jakarta's urban landscape even as they scrape by to provide for their families. Here are five of their stories.
Eat your tempeh, kids ›
Topics: Children, Food/Nutrition, Health, Urban
Mercy Corps is working to reduce child malnutrition in Indonesia's capital by educating parents and teachers — and by sponsoring street-food carts that sell healthy snacks.
Video: Nineteen: Cahyan, Tofu Snack Seller ›
Topics: Urban, Economic Development
Cahyan, 45, sells a tofu specialty called tahu gejrot from a food stall in Jakarta's affluent Menteng neighborhood.
Video: Nineteen: Hasanuddin, Water Seller ›
Hasanuddin, 44, operates a small food stall and sells water in an illegal settlement under a toll road in Jakarta.
Video: Nineteen: Eni, Jamu Seller ›
Topics: Urban, Economic Development
Eni, 31, sells a traditional herbal medicine called jamu from a basket that she carries around the dockyards and fish markets of North Jakarta.
Video: Nineteen: Hepi, Soto Ayam Soup Seller ›
Topics: Urban, Economic Development
Hepi, 47, sells chicken soup every day on Platform 3 at Central Jakarta's Kota Train Station.
Video: Nineteen: Sriyusiati, Soto Betawi Soup Seller ›
Topics: Urban, Marginalized Groups, Economic Development
Sriyusiati, 49, operates a food stall in South Jakarta, selling coconut rice, beef soup and other traditional dishes to office workers.
Indonesia: Biogas from Waste ›
Topics: Citizen Involvement, Climate Change, Environment, Marginalized Groups, Urban, Water/Sanitation
Mercy Corps is helping the impoverished families of Jakarta's slums through the installation of biogas facilities that convert human and other organic waste into energy that can be used for cooking and lighting.
Video: Reach Hopes for the Poor ›
Topics: Urban
Mercy Corps Indonesia's Urban Program aims to build just, productive and secure urban communities.
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