How We Work

Early intervention efforts are made to prevent violations of children’s rights.

Educate & Empower

Education will raise awareness about various social problems and encourage Children’s groups and communities to be able to identify and overcome problems so that they can take action and find solutions.

As a result, Children & Young People, Parents, communities, and other stakeholders are empowered and contribute to various efforts to protect children and support change.

Lentera Anak has considerable experience in working with children and young people in school and community organizations. From 2017 to 2022, Lentera Anak trained more than 6,000 children and young people as a peer-to-peer educator, agent of change, and leader to educate, advocate, and campaign about tobacco control, preventing risky behavior, nutrition, and nutrition waste management. Peer-to-peer education programs have impacted 106,685 children and youth, 3.207 teachers, 2.326 parents, and 134 health workers in Indonesia.

206.685 Young People

Lentera Anak has considerable experience in working with children and young people in school and community organizations. From 2017 to 2022, Lentera Anak trained 106,685 children and youth.

3.207 Teachers

From 2017 to 2022, Lentera Anak trained 3.207 Teachers in 391 Schools in 38 cities.

2.826 Parents

From 2018 to 2022, Lentera Anak trained 2.826 Parents in Schools and community organization

134 Health Workers

From 2018 to 2022, Lentera Anak trained 134 Health Workers

Capacity Building

Lentera Anak has vast experience developing training tools and manuals for capacity building for children and adults. Selected examples of capacity building include:

Developed training tools for the schools and children's forum to advocate Tobacco Advertisement Promotion and Sponsorship Ban in near school
Developed module and training tools on waste management for Teachers as a ToT program
Assisted Ministry of Women and Children Protection to create a tobacco control model for Family Centre Development and Children Forum
Developed a manual for coordination meetings at the district level
Supported the Ministry of Health to developing terms of reference and preparation for the National Jamboree for students across Indonesia
Conducted national, regional/district, and community-based training of trainers.

Campaign & Mass Movement

Organized efforts to influence public perception, build community support, and drive social and policy change

Lentera Anak has been supporting strengthening reform to protect children and youth from harmful products and behavior through a creative campaign.

Notable successes to date include: facilitating 11.000 children and young people to send a letter to President Joko Widodo which this event influenced President to hold a limited consultation meeting to strengthen tobacco control policy in Indonesia.

Lentera Anak also created a campaign about young health programme, waste management, nutrition, and tobacco control that engage 10 million people across Indonesia. This campaign aims to increase awareness of the issue and their action to support advocacy for strengthening the regulation.

Advocacy

Influence stakeholders and policymakers to social change and implement policies that prioritize the best for the child

Lentera Anak has extensive experience in advocacy projects at national and sub-national levels with various issues ranging from tobacco control, child-friendly cities, and gender-based violence. Lentera Anak advocated and was involved in the process of Government Regulation (GR) 109/2012 about Tobacco Control, President Regulation No. 25/2021 about Child-friendly Cities,

PP 52/2018 about Coordination Cross-stakeholder in children's protection, and giving technical assistance to more than 38 city/region to create regulations in children protection across Indonesia. Lentera Anak has a full-time staff dedicated to advocacy work.

Media

The mass media is an important partner in Lentera Anak Foundation’s journey to promote social change.

Through press releases, media briefings, opinion articles, and other collaborations, the mass media helps Lentera Anak Foundation’s messages and campaigns reach wider and higher levels up to policymakers.

More than 2,500 reports on various Lentera Anak activities and programs covered by television, radio, print media, and online media.

Study & Research

Are carried out to capture issues and problems into a collection of evidence and facts that will support advocacy and campaigns. So advocacy messages and campaigns refer to issues and problems based on a collection of evidence and facts (evidence-based advocacy/campaign).

Mainstreaming diversity, and inclusivity in our Program

We have a unique and vibrant culture at Lentera Anak as a children's protection CSO in Indonesia. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are the heart of our work environment and help advance our mission.

Diversity—of ideas, identities, perspectives, and backgrounds—is vital to who we are and what we do. We seek people who embrace these values and will help reinforce them. Our work culture is collaborative, creative, and empowering. We operate based on trust and respect. Teams across the organization frequently collaborate on programmatic work and support inclusivity for all.

In many of our programs, Lentera Anak collaborates with Disability Organizations or the community. We always provide sign language in every program. We also ensure the representative participation of children and young people equals across Indonesia in terms of geography and prioritize vulnerable groups.