Heroes Legacy Program: Indonesia

Program Overview

Give2Asia’s Signature Heroes Legacy Program directly supports the children of frontline workers who lost their lives providing medical care and essential services during the COVID pandemic. Heroes Legacy has been piloted in China since 2020 and has impacted the lives of over 150 children, raising US$3M to support their development. Give2Asia is now expanding Heroes Legacy to Indonesia, where many frontline workers have passed and left behind children without one or both parental figures.

Give2Asia is partnering with PKPU (Yayasan Pos Keadilan Peduli Ummat) Human Initiative and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to deliver psychosocial, education, and workforce skills development support to honor the sacrifices of these essential workers and care for their children’s futures. The program will support an estimated 250 children over three years, with the potential to help many more children after the initial cohort is served.

Program Deep-Dive

Essential workers served critical roles during Indonesia’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Healthcare workers provided medical care to patients, and other frontline workers provided transportation, sanitation, and food services to allow cities to function. As a result of their duties, these essential workers were at high risk of contracting the novel coronavirus. Many essential workers who passed had young or adolescent children. By official counts, 1,200 frontline healthcare workers in Indonesia lost their lives fighting COVID-19. The true number of deceased essential workers in Indonesia is likely to be far higher, as this figure only includes healthcare workers.

Many families of these deceased frontline workers are facing financial difficulty, and they have just experienced immense loss in this challenging time. To honor those who died battling COVID-19, the Heroes Legacy Program aims to provide support for the children of these heroes, both emotionally and developmentally. Give2Asia will partner with Human Initiative and YCAB Foundation to carry out this program.

The Heroes Legacy Indonesia program will focus on three pillars of impact tailored to the needs of the children in each country: Psychosocial Development, Education, and Workforce Skills Development. Child development programs provided to the children will include:

Psychosocial Development

• Meetings with mental health professionals and counselors
• Extracurricular activities, including enrichment trips
• Character-building and life skills training

Education

• Educational and learning support, including supplementary courses, to help children stay in school
• Scholarships for children’s school tuition and tertiary education
• School kits comprised of essential educational items
• Mentors who provide tutoring outside of school to help students succeed academically and build confidence in their abilities

Workforce Skills Development

• Financial literacy training, digital marketing mentoring, and tailored certification training for caregivers
• Courses for youth in competencies related to their future careers, including English, digital skills, and entrepreneurship
• Soft skills workshops to enhance the employability of youth upon graduation and connect youth with resources to optimize their job search

Other supplementary supports provided by the Heroes Legacy program include medical check-ups, health supplements, and parenting and communication education for caregivers.

How You Can Help

Join us in supporting the children of frontline heroes in Indonesia and honoring the lives of workers who lost their lives in this ongoing fight against COVID-19.

Individual donors can give using a variety of payment methods using the buttons at the top of this page. For large gifts or corporate giving opportunities, please contact our international grantmaking team.