Emergency Response

The KKY was founded in 2002 by two medical doctors and two dentists, who were involved in a local program run by a local NGO Dian Desa named CIUD (Community Involvement in Urban Development). These doctors and dentists, together with Yayasan Humana (a local NGO working with street children) and Yayasan Indriyanati (a local NGO working with female street children), ran a three day camp for the street children to find out what were their most pressing needs. This camp was made possible with funding and logistical support from the Dian Desa CIUD program. After the camp Yayasan Humana, Yayasan Indriyanati, and the four doctors decided to set up KKY. The start up funding came from the three above organizations and donations from the four doctors and friends.

WHY KKY ........

During the three day camp it became obvious that street children in Yogja were not able to access public or private hospitals or clinics because non of them had identification cards and were not recognized by the government. Through KKY, the two medical doctors and dentists, mobilized other doctors and medical students from the Gadjah Mada University to provide health services to street children. They ran a clinic, in Pajeksan street, a small street off Malioboro road (the main street in Yogjakarta) three days a week, three other days would be spent running a mobile clinic, bringing services to ‘hot-spot’ areas where there was a consentration of street kids. This service still continues to run up until now.

There has been a lot of progress in terms of government and established medical institutions in the city’s recognition of street kids and their needs due to KKY activities. They have lobbied Rumah Sakit Panti Rapih – to accept street kids when they come for treatment at reduced costs (the bill is paid by KKY). And last year the Social Department in Yogjakarta covered the treatment of two street kids who were found to have HIV/AIDS in the Sardjito General Hospital.

For the last two weeks, because of the earthquake, KKY has used its mobile units to service distant villages, not immediately reached by the government. The intentionally choose to service areas that are not receiving spotlight attention from the authorities and the media. Today for example, Dr. Agus is lobbying for a donation of ‘export containers’ fixed up as mobile units with a capacity of 8 beds to be placed in Gantiwarno, Klaten where the ‘Puskesmas’ (public medical clinic) only remains as a pile of rubble, and Dr. Cahyono who is running it is in desperate need to be able to take in some of his worst patients 

– so that they do not get rained on every night. KKY has been working in collaboration with Subur Gemi Nastiti (SGN) a small community group from East Java - to deliver aid to the Klaten area.

For the last two years KKY has been receiving a significant amount of its financial resources from Oxfam-Novib, through a consortium named “Basic Social Services For Needy Children”. KKY is responsible for the delivery of health services to disadvantaged children in Yogjakarta, Sragen and Boyolali (both of the later are districts in Central Java).