Who we are

The Foundation for Mother and Child Health works with their long time local partner Yayasan Balita Sehat to provide support and educational programmes for impoverished Indonesian mothers and their children.

Our goal is to eliminate malnutrition and the cause of poverty in the communities we serve. In 2000 the  Founders/Board of Governors opened a mother-and-child centre in South Jakarta and in 2001 it became a registered charity under Indonesian law.

Activities for Indonesian mothers and children

Mothers have access to health education and small skills training programmes and children have the opportunity to benefit from a preschool education and primary school scholarships. Many of the children suffer from undernutrition and all of them come from impoverished backgrounds.

Our staff includes two doctors, three preschool teachers, a programme manager, a medical and educational scholarship coordinator, two sewing teachers, three health educators and a cook. In addition to these paid locally-engaged staff, the centre relies on local and international volunteers from the UK, New Zealand, Australia and the US. These volunteers help in various roles: nutrition, primary school teaching and nursing/midwifery.

FMCH runs early learning centress (ELCs) in South Jakarta. These centres enable children from poor families to attend preschool. Alongside these early learning centres, FMCH has set up a very successful scholarship system that allows sponsors to fund children through primary school.

Alongside these early learning centres, FMCH has set up a very successful scholarship system that allows sponsors to fund children through primary school.

Amongst its other activities, the Foundation conducts a series of health education programmes for both mothers and community health workers living and working in urban slum areas in South Jakarta. Foundation’s team of health educators and and address topics such as health, hygiene and nutrition.

Programmes conducted at FMCH have grown tremendously and with help from all our important sponsors we hope to see further growth in the future.

The Family Guide to Jakarta

A committee of expatriate and Indonesian mothers living in Jakarta have worked together to produce a handbook for new parents of all nationalities living in Jakarta: ‘The Family Guide to Jakarta’. Profits from the sale of the book go towards supporting programmes run by the Foundation for underprivileged Indonesian mothers and their children.

Current officers at the Foundation/ Yayasan Balita Sehat

Officers at the Foundation are made up of local salaried staff, unpaid volunteers and a few local consultants.

FMCH Community Health Workers and Health Educators holding plaques awarded to FMCH Jakarta by the Mayor of Jakarta in December 2005. FMCH were commended for their outstanding programmes working with low income families in South Jakarta.

Adminstration

Education

Nutrition and Health

Skills training

Jl. H. Naim III No. 48, Cipete Utara, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia 12150 Tel. / Fax (62-21) 722-6559  fmchjakarta@gmail.com or contact@fmch.co.uk