Good Causes
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Education
KITA works from access to education for all, enhancing contextual and quality of education, to conducting research-based policy and practices
Public Health
KITA works from campaigning equal and inclusive access to health service, conducting researches on quality improvement in public health, to improvement of women and children nutrition quality
Environment
Weak governance of environment and natural resources causes environmental damage, natural resources destruction, climate change, ecological and social injustice, particularly to indigenous people, rural communities, and natural resources dependent women.
Community development
KITA focuses from Enhancing the fulfillment of disability rights, Linking marginalized communities and local authorities and voluntary sector organizations, Enabling marginalized people and community to make their own decisions, to sharing experiences, working and learning together to help increase understanding and empathy
Institutional Strengthening
History proves that Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) play pivotal role in promoting and guarding democracy as well as social justice. Therefore, the presence of CSOs with good CSO governance, strong capacity to influence public policy, and relevant to community needs, become today’s necessities.
About us
A Dream for The Most Vulnerable Communities
KITA was founded by alumni of 36 alumnies of Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP) Cohort 5, social change leaders with background from or working with Indonesia’s most vulnerable communities.
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Core Values
- Independence
- Equality
- Non-discrimination and respect for diversity
- Accountable
- Transparency
- Nonviolence
- Non-partisan
- Non-profit
Educations for all
Community development
Developing sustainable environment
Advocacy on public health
Institutional strengthening
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Collaborate with team members to Struggle for Social Justice.
The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of equality, especially towards the lowly and the poor. Our team members work hand-in-hand using individual specializations to empower the communities and create better social environments. Harness the power of social justice to spread.
Thoughts about our work
Imaculata Kurniasanti
Expert on women and children of left behind families of migrants. She has a master’s degree in women’s and gender studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and currently Ph.D student in Social Welfare at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Over the past 18 years, she has been a key member for initiating programs for marginalized women and children in Indonesia. She provided supports for survivors of human trafficking, refugees, and asylum seekers, including women, children, and disabled people. She assisted survivors with accompaniment, emergency support, shelter, legal support, and helping them to prepare for a new life, and reintegrating victims with their families.
Hasriadi Masalam
Works on issues of rural education, youth as changemakers, rural development, capacity building, and knowledge management for two decades. He holds a PhD in the sociology of adult education and development from the University of Alberta, Canada, and a master degree from SIT Graduate Institute, VT, USA. Hasriadi is a co-founder of ININNAWA, a federation of popular social action NGOs, working on rural transformation, traditional market revitalization, literacy and education, and publication on local culture. Hasriadi has contributed to more than dozen publications distributed in Indonesia, Europe and North America.
Buyung Ridwan Tanjung
An activist in labor movement and human rights issues since 1995. He did his undergraduate study at the Faculty of Law Universitas Sebelas Maret Solo (UNS) in 1999, and received his license as an advocate/lawyer in 2002. In 2008, he pursued a graduate study and obtained an LL.M/Master’s Degree in Law in International Law of Human Rights program at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Besides handling cases in court, he also writes for mass media, facilitates workshops, speaks at many seminars, and teaches in universities. He was appointed as an ombudsman commissioner by local government in Province of Yogyakarta during 2011- 2014. Today, Buyung is a senior advocate and legal consultant in the Disability Law Centre – OHANA INDONESIA.