Yayasan Kesejateraan Anak Indonesia - YKAI - (The
Indonesian Child Welfare) is a national non profit organization
which has more than 10 branches in major provinces of Indonesia.
It is established in 1979 and they have been engaged in several
studies and other activities on children in general and working
children since 1983. YKAI is more specialized themselves in dealing
the street children. YKAI is also one of institution in Indonesia
which provides such a rich information on children issue in their
library.
YKAI has participated IPEC programme since 1993
as one of the IPEC'S partners in Indonesia. In 1993 and 1996, YKAI
in collaboration with IPEC and Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration,
YKAI organized National Conference I and II on Child Labour and
disseminated the information through out Indonesia by using the
Internet. About 30 NGOs has also been trained how to use the internet
to access the information of child labour. YKAI has also produced
hundred series of photos on Working Children in Indonesia under
biennium 1998/1999. Pictures were taken in Java Island (Jakarta,
West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java) and Central Sulawesi.
Under biennium 2000/2001, YKAI spreads the child labour issues to
broader audience through media campaign activities which focusing
on ILO Convention No. 182/Law No. 1/2000 Concerning The Worst Forms
of Child Labour. As part of the media campaign activities, one of
the Indonesian celebrities, Ms. Shahnaz Haque, assigned as the Child
Labour Ambassador, Child Labour Marching conducted on the National
Children and Information Kit on the Worst Forms of Child Labour,
Posters and Panels were produced. Other media campaign activities
which will be conducted are:
n establishment of
child labour free zone
n round table and consultative discussion
on selected member of districts to prepare time bound programme
n public hearing with parliament
n journalist forum
n training on the trade unions
