Rise With Health Heroes and KOPAJA Bringing Young People’s Perspectives on Food Waste and Climate Change to an Equitable and Sustainable Space
Data from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Statistics Agency (2023) shows that organic waste, including food waste, contributed 49.87% of total waste accumulation in 2022. The Free Nutritious Meal Program (MBG), an initiative to expand access to healthy food for school-age children, indirectly opens up new potential for increasing food waste accumulation.
Express Yourself Freely, Create Yourself Safely: Your Voice, Your Art, Your Space.
In a rapidly evolving social and political landscape, empowering youth with the tools to navigate challenges and express themselves safely is more critical than ever. The recent “Express Freely, Create Safely: Your Voice, Your Art, Your Space” event, a powerful collaboration between RISE Foundation, Generasi PINTAR, and Royal Ambarrukmo Yogyakarta.
Anisa Internship Journey with Rise Foundation
Hi! I’m Anisa Uddin from New Jersey, USA. I recently graduated high school and am currently on a gap year before starting college at Princeton University. As part of my gap year program, I had the opportunity to live and volunteer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for several months. One of the main components of the program […]
Refood Cycle 2025: A Collaboration Between RISE Foundation, Royal Ambarrukmo, and Bumiku Lestari
Trade Your Inorganic Waste to Staple Food this powerful call-to-action wasn’t just a tagline; it was the heartbeat of Refood Cycle, a collaborative Earth Day 2025 initiative held at Royal Ambarrukmo Yogyakarta. As a youth-led organization advocating for food justice and climate resilience, RISE Foundation was honored to contribute to this collective moment of change. […]
Best Practices RAN PIJAR of Bogor City
Multisector collaboration is the key to the success of the National Action Plan for Improving the Welfare of School Age Children and Adolescents (RAN PIJAR) programme in Bogor City. RISE Foundation contributes significantly in strengthening youth participation, promoting health education, and ensuring the programme is sustainable. Through an inclusive approach and technical support, RISE Foundation helps realise an environment that supports the holistic growth and development of adolescents.
Kick Off the 2nd Year of KOPAJA
On the first day of the activity, the agenda began with remarks from RISE Foundation representatives and the reading and signing of the cooperation contract. The main session discussed reflections on the implementation of the Urban Futures 2024 programme, with discussions on obstacles, lessons learned, and improvements that need to be made in 2025. One of the major changes is the adjustment of the cooperation model with CAI organisations, where in the future, KOPAJA will no longer refer to one particular organisation in involving inclusivity. This change aims to open up wider collaboration opportunities with various other inclusion organisations.
YOUTH NUTRITIATIVE II
RISE Foundation supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Indonesia is committed to encouraging inclusive and meaningful youth participation in the fulfilment of the right to nutrition information and access to healthier, safer, affordable, responsible and less wasteful food for adolescents in Indonesia.
This commitment is realised through the Youth Nutritative (Nutrition Innovative) batch II initiative. Youth Nutritiative II is a continuation of the previous Youth Nutritiative programme which focused on issues such as healthier food choices, food labelling, food categorisation, and accessibility.
The programme is implemented from August to December 2024 by involving youth organisations from various backgrounds and issue focuses to collaborate in creating an ecosystem that supports the right to nutrition information, and access to healthy and sustainable food.
Youth Nutritiative 2 Bootcamp: Encouraging Youth Initiatives for Sustainable Food Action
Youth Nutritiative Bootcamp, organised by RISE Foundation and GAIN Indonesia, is a capacity building programme for 15 youth organisations that were selected through a call for proposals in July 2024. The Youth Nutritiative Bootcamp was held for 4 days on 31 August – 3 September 2024 at Swiss-Belresidences Kalibata and Aone Hotel Meeting Room. This […]
RAN PIJAR: Bogor City’s Step Towards a Healthy and Empowered Young Generation
Bogor, October 2024 – The Bogor City Government demonstrates a strong commitment to improving youth welfare through a strategic partnership with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK – Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Pembangunan Manusia dan Kebudayaan), RISE Foundation, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Indonesia in implementing the National Action Plan for the Welfare of School-Age Children and Adolescents (RAN PIJAR – Rencana Aksi Nasional Peningkatan Kesejahteraan Anak Usia Sekolah dan Remaja).
Celebrating World Food Day: Learning Permaculture & Digital Content Management
On October 16, 2024, the RISE Foundation Communications Team celebrated World Food Day by participating in an exciting training session. We learned a lot about permaculture and digital content management with professionals. So, what exactly did we uncover? Curious? Let’s explore what we did and the interesting things we took away! The Communication Team’s Capacity Development activity, organized by RISE Foundation, was filled with enthusiasm and energy. The activity was held to celebrate World Food Day, with two exciting workshop sessions: one on permaculture, local food, and the climate crisis, and another on content management capacity building with professionals.
