He also said that everyone could contribute to their surroundings, and even a hobby could turn into a good cause. Uno stated that there were several runners who would be participating in the New York Marathon 2011 to support the BUB program. This is a part of our commitment to improve the quality of education and public welfare” Veronica said. Along with BUB, we expect to reach 8,000 underprivileged mothers. This year, YCAB Foundation has provided microloan assistance to 6,000 small entrepreneurs in our existing three clusters. “The funds collected through this program will be useful for the community empowerment in our fourth cluster. Each cluster will empower 2,100 micro entrepreneurs and will financing one House of Learning (Rumah Belajar) to educate 250 school dropouts and underprivileged youth.ĭuring a press conference held following the training session, Founder/CEO YCAB Foundation Veronica Colondam stated that the social investment model implemented by YCAB Foundation is a breakthrough that connects the children’s education with access to microloans for entrepreneurship. The beneficiaries will also get additional training and the program would undergo continuous monitoring. The empowerment program would be implemented in one cluster appointed by BUB. ‘BUB’, together with YCAB Foundation, aimed to raise Rp 4 billion that would serve as a social perpetual investment through an economic empowerment program for underprivileged mothers. So, the appointed foundations by each ‘BUB’ donor would get Rp 80 million per km. In November 2011, Sandi would invite organizations and individuals to donate Rp 40 million for each kilometer he ran, and he would double the donation through a matching funds scheme. Having previously participated in the Gold Coast Airport Marathon in July 2011, for the fourth time the young entrepreneur – affectionately nicknamed as Sandi − would raise funds to be donated to several charity organizations, including YCAB Foundation through his initiative ‘Berlari untuk Berbagi’. Bakrie, Diono Nurjadin, and other young professionals, aimed to make a significant social contribution through the program Berlari untuk Berbagi (BUB), initiated by Sandiaga S.
The team, which consisted of 22 runners, i.e. Jakarta, 9 October 2011 – Today, a team of Indonesian runners who would be taking part in the New York Marathon on 6 November 2011 completed a training session for the event, by run from Senayan-Monas-Senayan. This year Berlari untuk Berbagi (Running for Sharing) Helps Develop Business for Underprivileged Women in Indonesia