THE STREET CHILDREN FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY: A STUDY ON THE SANGGAR ALANG ALANG, A FOUNDATION IN SURABAYA THAT CARE FOR THE STREET CHILDREN TO ESCAPE POVERTY TRAP

The crucial problem during centuries in this world is poverty. However, this problem needs industrious effort to overcome in various types. Poverty is the responsibility all of human being over the world, therefore in the year 2000 the United Nations Organization i.e. UNDP declared the millennium de...

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Main Authors: Rachman A., Ujianto, Brahma R.I.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences 2020-01-01
Series:Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
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Online Access:https://rjoas.com/issue-2020-01/article_25.pdf
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Summary:The crucial problem during centuries in this world is poverty. However, this problem needs industrious effort to overcome in various types. Poverty is the responsibility all of human being over the world, therefore in the year 2000 the United Nations Organization i.e. UNDP declared the millennium development goals to reduce half of extreme poverty by 2015 as of the first priority. A lot of efforts to overcome poverty had been done, yet those efforts were only synonymous with treating those who were sick, had not done early prevention of a kind of vaccination so that children do not experience poor life hopelessly. The research was conducted through The Sanggar Alang Alang Foundation in Surabaya, later on it is mentioned as the sanggar, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that had carried out informal education on street children, neglected children, beggars, buskers in order to have basic capital through life after starting adulthood (18 years), at least it can be expected being a member of a prosperous society, even though there is also a failure, because children are also educated by a non-conducive environment coupled with the child's personality itself also influenced the results of the studio's business. Education in the sanggar from specific content and ways of conveying, the material provided includes issues of ethics, aesthetics, norms and religion, education is free as in family gatherings. All the implementation of education is intended to complement formal education or pursue packages for assisted children who are endeavored to get scholarships and some are funded by their own foundations. Thus, in addition to the government, the community also has social responsibility in overcoming poverty and inequality by maintaining neglected children and the poor as mandated by the Law, especially as the Sanggar Alang Alang Foundation does not have a definite financial source.
ISSN:2226-1184