Yayasan Lentera Anak (YLA) Bali


Mission and objectives

Education, advocacy, and empowerment of children, youth, and communities, as well as studies and research on children.

Main activities with youth

Activities include advocacy campaigns about respecting, protecting, and fulfilling children’s rights and activities to empower and mentor children about their rights.

Their story

YLA was established in Jakarta on January 22, 2013, by Lisda Sundari, a child protection activist who previously worked for eight years at the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA). The establishment of YLA was motivated by Lisda Sundari’s concern over the proliferation of child rights violations reported by the media, which were not leading to changes in conditions or policies to protect children. This situation led to the realization that critical intervention approaches alone were insufficient to reduce the frequency and severity of child rights violations. Therefore, there was a need to expand intervention efforts to include earlier preventive measures involving the government, community, and families. Preventive efforts are believed to be more effective in reducing cases of child rights violations and victimization.

Constituency

Engage young people as participants.

Current management

A collective community, but there are specific information about the management.

Use of digital tools

They have a website to share some information about their activity and they have an Instagram account, but not very active in posting contents