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Outreach
Dua Tangan Cukup: Actions from Across the Archipelago
A well-known artist makes a poster to raise funds for animal rights organizations. Ken Pattern’s name is synonymous with pen...
What the Dickens Do I Know About Christmas?
It’s hard to get excited about Christmas when words like “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” make me want to...
Yayasan Kasih Suwitno at Ruang Carlo Community Centre
Non-discriminatory, friendly and free services for people with HIV and AIDS. World Aids Day took place on 1 December 2014...
Hard Luck
Living in a red light area of Jakarta, the streets outside my apartment are lined each night with pushcart vendors...
Ami Fahmi: Ojek Driver, Kaki Lima Vendor, Husband and Father
On the streets of dining and entertainment district Kemang, one can often see the familiar face of Ami Fahmi working...
See You in 2015!
November 2014 was the busiest month the Jakarta Comedy Club has ever had. We had four events in 15 days,...
Dua Tangan Cukup: Actions from Across the Archipelago
It’s invigorating to discover that more school communities are getting to the business end of the environmental cause. Let’s start...
Sun Bear Education and Conservation Centre, Samarinda
While everyone is familiar with the orangutan and the problems that the cuddly, cute orange ape faces, spare a thought...
Sexual Healing Swindle
Want to get rich quick? Or cure an illness via alternative healing? Then think twice before visiting a friendly dukun...
The Circus of Dreams
A few impossibly narrow, winding roads and sharp turns through a kampung in Pondok Aren, South Tangerang, dodging goats and...
Bilang Boy of the River
11-year-old Bilang has a very old soul. He lives in a small, somewhat remote village on the edge of a...
Meet Josef Fuchs of ISCO Foundation
Meet Josef Fuchs, an Austrian expat passionate about bringing learning to marginalized children of Indonesia. Josef has been living in...
Saving the Slow Loris
Social Media sensationalized the slow loris, and hopefully, it can save the endangered animal as well. Being adorable was its...
Would You Believe a Talking Fetus?
A North Jakarta grandfather hit the headlines this month over his nonsensical claim that he can lay eggs. That’s nothing...
Things that make you go Ahhhh?
I’m so glad I came to Indonesia. I was pure luck I ended up here really. Had the friend I...
For Whom the Beer Froths
Had you needed to take refuge from a local war a decade ago when the city’s foreigner hang-outs were livelier...
Herry the Rujak Man
Rujak (fruit salad with a spicy sauce) may have been born in East Indonesia, but it makes its home in...
For Sharks’ Sake, Take a Vacation
City girl Kathy Xu dreamt up a paradise trip to save sharks, help fishermen and promote conservation in Lombok, Indonesia....
Agony and Irony
In the early days of the Jakarta Comedy Club, I was fortunate enough to host a radio show every Friday...
Golden Goose Chases
Indonesians from all walks of life are still prone to investment scams. Why? Mainly because of a lack of awareness...