Yayasan Mitra Alam


Mission and objectives

Focus on environmental sustainability, community empowerment of natural resource utilization, disaster mitigation, and advocacy for HIV/AIDS and Narcotics victims.

Main activities with youth

Mentoring community empowerment, HIV, AIDS and drug rehabilitation. They have an orphanage for young people with HIV/AIDS.

Their story

Mitra Alam Foundation was initiated in 1998 when Indonesia experienced a severe economic crisis that had a major political, social, economic, and cultural impact on the community. Initially, in that year, it focused on helping farming communities experiencing an agricultural crisis with difficulties in seeds and fertilizers. On July 19, 2000, it was formed but not yet legal, and it only became legal and registered in 2009.

Constituency

Engaging young people (children to teenagers) to become volunteers and foundation boards.

Current management

There is a clear board structure, with a male director and head of each division. Members are aged 20 to 40.

Use of digital tools

Instagram, website.