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News and Event Past Events Activities of ISDI 2019
Activities of ISDI 2019 |
| January 01 |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019... |
| January 14 | Our most and important mission and vision has always been…to give our DS young adults back to the community…to be appreciated and valued by their own community and the community at large. A big ambition they say…but we say..nothing is impossible and by the Grace of God…we, ISDI have been met by a great and respectful and one of the oldest lawyer’s company in Indonesia. This is truly a wonderful and unexpected turn of event for ISDI and all Down syndrome in Indonesia. The office of lawyers of Makarim and Taira S. Law Firm offered our students the chance of working there at several positions as a start and hopefully working upwards climbing up the ladder. We are given two weeks for both sides to have a time of adjustment to learn about each other…since this is also the first time the Law office have taken up intellectually challenged people. Cross all fingers and hope for the best. We have done our homework well for many years to prepare them for this day…..and with tears of awe and happiness we send 4 (four) of our best to start working. |
| January 18 |
Leading up to the big event of celebrating World Down Syndrome Day on 21st of March. The first Fashion Show of and by Down syndrome in Indonesia and probably the world will be staged at The Lamoda Restaurant at the main lobby of Plaza Indonesia, Central Jakarta. Special guest appearance will be Miss Madeline Stuart, herself a Down syndrome, is as professional as any other world fashion model will be our students mentor. 10 (ten) of our students will become super models overnight…..Hurraaah!!!! Finally our DS children will be seen as great and awesome. Today is the start of practising walking the runway….a day full of giggling, silliness and fun. Life is always fun with our Down syndrome kids…be they small or young adults…always a happy event. |
| March 17 | NES, a fashion label house and sympathetic towards people born with Down syndrome and save the planet, initiated a recycling product of materials with art creation from ISDI’s Down syndrome hand painted on each product during the celebration of the World Down syndrome Day inviting ISDI as models of NES’s various products. The fun event was taking place at a real photo studio Yesterday Café, jl. Pangeran Antasari No. 36, Cipete Selatan, Cilandak, South Jakarta. |
| March 21 |
On this special day, the world celebrate The World Down Syndrome Day as recognition and acceptance of all people born with Down syndrome. We celebrate it too with two significant events: 1. A movie of Down Swan by Production House Adikasi Film at the cinema XXI, Epicentrum, Kuningan, South Jakarta. 2. The much awaited and celebrated Fashion Show featuring Down syndrome with special guest star: Madeline Stuart from Australia, a first in Indonesia with so much fuss and fanfare, choreographed and sponsored by The Lion’s Club-Tulip Jakarta and Alleira Batik, with the perfect title “Move Right”. This was a great raising awareness for all and everybody from various communities and corporate business sectors and the government sectors. 11 of our students were qualified to walk the runway. It was just so perfect….the day ended well with so much happiness. The event was held at the Lamoda Café at Plaza Indonesia, Central Jakarta. |
| March 22 | Mrs. Aryanti Rosihan Yacub, representing ISDI and as part of NES’s campaign of “RISING WOMEN” gave a presentation of the history of ISDI, the first Down syndrome organization in Indonesia, to the wife of the US Ambassador, Mrs. Mei Chou at her official residence, jl. Taman Suropati No. 3, Menteng, Central Jakarta. NES: a fashion house brand in ethnic design of the various culture in Indonesia. |
| March 27 | Still celebrating The World Down Syndrome Day, on this day it was group dance competition organized by POTADS: Parents with Down syndrome children organization. ISDI sent three group dance and won two category: third place and first ribbon. All had fun in the bright outdoor sunshine at The Venue, Lippo Kemang Village, South Jakarta. |
| April 14 | Karate: Goshuku- a prerequisite activity prior to an exam of belt elevation was done and held at Kebun Raya, Bogor. |
| April 30 | Garuda Indonesian Airways invited students and teacher from Center of Hope ISDI to see, survey location and familiarize work duties at the Terminal 3, Soekarno –Hatta Airport in relation to work opportunities given by Garuda as their CSR program to special needs communities. |
| May 01 | Karate: KYU INKAI-exam of ascend of belt level: from yellow to green. Being held at KOARMADA- The Navy fleet base office, Jl. Gunung Sahari No. 67, Central Jakarta |
| May 3 | PARASWIM: Annual swimming competition of DKI Jakarta Province for all difable. ISDI sent 12 athletes to this prestigious games and won only two medals. The competition was held at the Sumantri Brojonegoro Swimming facilities, Kuningan, South Jakarta. |
| May 11 | KONEKIN (Koneksi Indonesia Inklusif), a non-profit organization focussing of environmental issues and education. Mrs. Aryanti was invited to be a guest speaker on inclusive education of the Special Needs vs the norm, titled : Inclusive Education is not a Jargon: being held at Ruang Komunal Indonesia from Facebook, 11th floor One Pacific Place, SCBD, South Jakarta. |
| May 13 | It was a long time since Devosi Maria Church has invited ISDI to their special occasion. We are happy to see and meet with familiar faces and rejoice at helping their occasion be more joyful, we chose to perform our folklore dance Lenggang Betawi, a native Jakarta dance. Dancers dance their best and with smiles on their faces…dancing effortlessly like a professional. We are proud of our student dancers. |
| May 14 | Seribu Paras- an organization focusing on helping raise awareness of Down syndrome by creating various projects done by people born with Down syndrome, such as: photo model, painting, fashion model and many more. On this day some of the organizing committee board and designer visited Center of Hope ISDI to have a feel at how best to serve and help us raise awareness using talents form our students. Two of our students: Miss Lani Regina Saputra and Mr. Michael Rosihan Yacub won the art coloring competition judged by Seribu Paras. |
| May 16 | Mrs. Aryanti Rosihan Yacub as a philanthropist gave an interview to DA AI TV hosted by Meliza Gilbert at her residence on her role in ISDI’s Center of Hope facilities, programs for adult Down syndrome going back to community. |
| May 17 | DAAI TV filming activities in Center of Hope supporting the interview of “Filantropi” by Mrs. Aryanti Rosihan Yacub earlier at her residence. |
| May 27 | ISDI was invited by The Ministry of Finance to open break fast during the Fasting month. It was a first for ISDI by the Ministry office and we are proud to accommodate. |
| June 18 | Precious One came to our Center of Hope ISDI to survey and give us a long term project of one of their many projects programmed for special needs people. We are proud to be chosen and qualified for their spoon packing project. |
| June 20 | One of the outside activities of the Center of Hope ISDI is going to the cinemas. This time it was to see Aladdin The Movie at cinema XXI, Kelapa Gading. North Jakarta. Needless to say.. they all enjoyed the movie or spending the time outside the Center. |
| June 27 | For ISDI’s 29th anniversary, we decided to go for nature outing, well it was not a natural nature, but more of setting of nature and creatures that we can pet, give food and admire their colors and habitat. We had fun games with plenty of gifts. Then we went and stroll around a miniature of various famous places such as the Eiffel Tower, The Wind Wheels of Holland, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy and many more. It was very educational as well as a nice change of scenery. |
| June 28 | We are so lucky that we can include the celebration of ISDI’s 20th anniversary to include an invitation by KidZania-an indoor playground of various. |
| July 21 | My Dream, the world famous musical dance of people with various disabilities was coming to town, and ISDI was lucky enough to be invited to the amazing show by DA AI charity organization. Unfortunately the invitation was limited, thus we cannot bring so many to see the incredible show of the fame Bodhisatwa One Thousand Hands dance performed to perfection by the deaf dancers. It was awesome to say the least. Of course it was a jaw-dropping performance by those incredible people. |
| July 22 | Today is the start of our students from Center of Hope ISDI working in our international airport, Soekarno Hatta. We were given a job at the terminal 3 domestic premium counter check-in of Garuda flight, to welcome departure passengers, assist passengers with their hand-carry belongings if necessary, and other things to make passengers feel most welcome and appreciative. This is a first time CSR by Garuda Indonesia to the community of people with disabilities. ISDI is very fortunate to be chosen as the first. |
| July 27 | Konekin (Koneksi Indonesia Inklusif) has a monthly gathering of non-disable people with disable people. Today the theme is Creative Hobby. |
| September 09 | BINUS TV (Bina Nusantara), a communication program of the fame Bina Nusantara University. Today invited Mrs. Aryanti Rosihan Yacub as ISDI’s founder and currently as chair of Supervisory Board, an exclusive interview at her residence, of her journey in building and raising awareness of people born with Down syndrome in Indonesia. The program was called: Perspective. The interview was put in youtube for easy access and can go viral… thus making it easy for people everywhere to watch. |
| September 28 | JCI (Junior Chamber International) for the 2nd time invited ISDI to perform at their international event, participated by members from 15 neighbouring countries and USA. ISDI’s dancers gave their best performance of the fame Pendet Dance from the island of paradise, Bali. Then we gave an impromptu of our HIP HOP dance version to a roaring applause from everyone attending. It was a fun and nice night. |
| October 10 | Mudita, a young Buddhist organization never forget to include ISDI in their annual celebration of anniversary. Today is their 9th. We gave them our version of the folklore Ondel-Ondel dance..to which everyone applauded enthusiastically to give our dancers the much needed appreciation so that they dance with gusto and happiness. Buddha spread happiness. |
| October 12 | This is a really fun event for us and BnB Hotel staffs. It was their national celebration of OctoBart in all their 13 places in the provinces of Indonesia. We gave our Kicir-Kicir golklore dance and the energetic Hip Hop dance to the tune of the duet of singer Olivia Newton John-John Travolta famous dance song from The Grease musical movie. |
| October 17 | DAAI TV, a humanitarian TV program, donated one keyboard to ISDI for our music program. The event was held at Wisma Cheshire Indonesia, jl. Wijaya Kusuma No. 15, Cilandak, South Jakarta. |
| October 19 | On this happy occasion, ISDI participated in a social gathering of charity for Tzu Chi a religious Buddhist organization in raising funds for their massive hospital…naturally concentrating to help the mass population of the under-priviledge. |
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October 27 |
Mrs. Aryanti was invited to present the ultimate Marciano Cup at the 12th equestrian event Cinta Indonesia Open tournament, a pre-selecting event for the FEI International Asian Continental Championship in Pataya, Thailand in the coming December month. |
| November 16 |
6 teachers from our Center of Hope ISDI attended a seminar on Health Reproduction issues for young people born with disabilities from the medical and psychological point of view. Guest speakers were: 1. Prof. Dr. Frieda Mangunsong Siahaan, M. ED (Dean of Psychology of University of Indonesia) 2. Prof. Dr. dr. Soejatmiko, Sp. A (K) M. Si (Child specialist & Magister Science Psychology) 3. Mr. Hendratmoko, M. Si (Chairperson of PORTADIN: Parents of children with disabilities organization) |
| November 24 | ISDI’s Hip Hop dancers will perform at the opening of the 7th Congress of Women PERSAHI (Organization of Ladies law makers Indonesia) at IBIS Hotel, Jl. MT. Haryono No.9, Cawang, East Jakarta |
| November 30 |
Again Hip Hop dancers from ISDI will perform for Charity Seminar of PT. Marketing Revolution International (a one stop shopping marketing company) at Swiss-Belhotel Mangga Besar, jln. Kartini Raya No. 57, Central Jakarta. |
| December 01 | Special Olympics Indonesia or SOIna is celebrating World Disable Day by staging a National Unified Dance Festival, which means a collaboration of non and dancers with disabilities. ISDI is represented by two groups of dancers and their caregivers and teachers. |
| December 11 | Christmas is coming… and what better way than celebrating it with elementary school children. ISDI or Center of Hope will be having a jolly good time celebrating Christmas with Elementary School of Tunas Bangsa Gading Serpong and GKI (Christianity Church of Indonesia). |
| December 13 | Birthday celebration is always a time of joy and fun. On this day NES a well- known and on the rise brand of fashion house is celebrating its 5th anniversary. 6 students from our Center of Hope ISDI will walk the catwalk showcasing NES’s latest collection. Hurrahhh..it will be our 2nd fashion walk!!! With real and genuine VIP attendees. |
| December 14 | Mrs. Aryanti representing ISDI will be guest speaker at the Festival of Volunteers’s 4 anniversary. It will gather around 5000 volunteers from all over Indonesia…..such a spectacular number of attendees and the majority is young people. |
| December 15 | December is Indonesia’s national Mother’s Day and this year ISDI will celebrate with Tzu Chi Center, a humanitarian organization with a very special and touching program full day: 1. A thank you to mom by washing mom’s feet by children. ISDI will bring 15 Down syndrome children to celebrate. 2. Follows by the well-known Adie MS. Twilite Orchestra. The special event will be held at the Tzu Chi Center at Boulevard Pantai Indah Kapuk. |
About Us
ISDI (Ikatan Sindroma Down Indonesia or Indonesian Down syndrome Society) was formally established on 21 st April 1999. A non-profit support group of parents, medical professions, special-needs experts, teachers, and all of those who have deep concern.
We, as parents are very concerned of the future of children with Down syndrome in Indonesia especially when little is done to support them by the government or other non-profit organizations.
We so look forward towards a better future by sharing our experiences and supporting each other in our monthly gatherings. This way we gain knowledge and our children benefit from our experiences.