Yearly Archive for 2008

Carol Wills Visited Pekerti Office Jakarta and Yogyakarta

Carol Wills, the former IFAT secretary general, visited Pekerti Office on February 22nd, 2008. Few years ago Carol wills helped Pekerti to develop Apikri and Mitra Bali. She also helped to develop CD bethesda and Yakkum. Her visiting to Pekerti is to meet friends in Pekerti Jakarta and Yogyakarta.. In Jakarta she spend one day to have meeting with everyone at Pekerti and finding out how pekerti is doing. In Yogyakarta She accompanied by Pekerti team visiting some of houses that built by Pekerti for earthquake victim. She still concern to help Pekerti to look at funding proposal for Project.

A World Fair Trade Day and Annual Meeting 2008 Report

Pekerti’ World Fair Trade Day 2008 Celebration

As a Fair Trade organization Pekerti was never absent in celebrating the world Fair Trade day. In year 2008, with the theme of “bersama Fair Trade kita selamatkan bumi (with Fair Trade we save our world)” Pekerti celebrated world Fair Trade Day by holding a tree plantation activity on May 10th 2008. This activity was held at “Kampung Pekerti’ (Pekerti village), land purchased by a group of Pekerti’s staff and board”. The 12,822 m2 of land has been chosen to become a pilot tree plantation project for the supply of raw materials used for craft.

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Projects

Check out our new Projects Page, highlighting some of Pekerti’s great Community Development projects. Read about some of our specific projects at the links below:

Craft For Food project

Pandan Women’s Empowerment Program

Business Development Training

Fashion Accessories

We have just added some great new fashion accessories to our Products Page for you to see, so head over there and check them out. Here’s a quick preview:

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Adjustable Bracelet, Sasak Motif, goat leather.

Pekerti web banners and buttons

If you’d like to show your support for Pekerti online, download one of the packages below and follow the instructions.

Pekerti promotional banner red

Pekerti promotional banner green

Pekerti button Pekerti button black

INSTRUCTIONS: Download the images above and use them to link to http://www.pekerti.com, or download the full package with complete instructions and code below.

Download: PekertiPromo.zip

Project Houses in Jogjakarta with partner, The Johanniter

The earthquake left long-lasting traumatic feeling for the victims. Generally, there was positive movements occur in daily lives of earthquake victims, economically-disadvantaged groups, artisans, laborers, and farmers. To date, the communities of earthquake victims are pursuing their livelihood to continue their lives and business, with assistance in the form of, asset replacement, bank loan, loan fund in cash or material loan from shops and refund after fund from government was accepted. Victims have started to re-run their businesses, both new and re-established old. Reconstruction programs have opened windows of opportunities provide new sources of livelihood, where reconstruction activities required skilled laborers and materials which employs idle hands.

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