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Swadaya was established by Bina Swadaya as a course of action to achieve its new objectives. The majority members of Arta Mekar Mulya Group who were micro entrepreneurs and peasants now could borrow up to Rp. 400.000 without any form of physical collateral allowing them to expand their micro businesses or further improving their rice farming which will aid in increasing the productivity as well. The success of the SHG attracted villagers from other villages to become members of Arta Mekar Mulya Group and this greatly freed many villagers from heavy debts as now instead of borrowing from money lenders who charged exorbitant rates of interest, they can seek financial help from Arta Mekar Mulya Group. Another attribute of this SHG is that instead of only focusing on the well-being of its group members, the profits which were the fruits of their success were channeled to address other social needs of the village as well which resulted in shops, bridges and the establishment of other community infrastructures.
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that by organizing their resources and developing in a collective way to form a self-reliant group, the poor themselves will be able to come up with their own solutions to their own problems which at the same time gives them a sense of achievement and making them independent in the process. As
Bambang Ismawan who is the founder and director of Bina Swadaya says, "We do not offer a solution. We only listen to the people and help them find the best solution. It is really something to see their faces light up when they find a solution to their problems,".
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Swadaya has chosen micro finance as a tool to empower the poor in Indonesia. According to the foundation, Self-Help Groups (SHG) forms the foundation for micro finance development. It is because these groups teach them how to be self-reliant and how to conduct savings and credit activities which
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Swadaya views the problem of poverty in a slightly different light. Instead of coming up with solutions by itself, the foundation considers the poor as subjects rather than objects of anti-poverty programs. Since the poor in this region are viewed as 'the have little' type, Bina Swadaya believes
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Since the sustainability of the pump irrigation project was a problem due to high operational costs, Bina
Swadaya changed its approach in 1994. Its new objectives were to strengthen the existing SHGs and to increase the availability of the micro finance scheme to the villagers. And a rural bank, BPR
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An example of such a SHG would be Arta Mekar Mulya Group which is located in
Sidamulya village, the District of Subang, the province of West Java where 91.5% of the village population are peasants where the majority of the land owners possess less than 0.5 hectares. The first successful project of
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Swadaya in Sidamulya village was the pump irrigation project that was started in 1985. Its main objective was to increase the productivity of uncultivated wet rice fields and it was achieved when the rice production increased from three tons to eight tons per hectare.
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In the form of regional development activities, Public Health, Sanitation, Environment, Farming, and Labor by way of: research, training, consultation, and facilitation. (Educational and
Training Center, Center of Studies, Consultancy and Branch
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Supply information to different field of development area through publishing magazine, book, radio and TV program, VCD. (Trubus
Swadaya, Penebar Swadaya, Puspa Swara, Trubus Media Swadaya and Niaga Swadaya).
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Micro Finance Services is carried out through Banking Financial Institution and Non-Banking institution; reaching the poor and the marginalized. (Bina Arta Swadaya, Rural Banks, Micro Finance Institution)
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Developing 120,00 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in collaboration with National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) and the Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic of Indonesia.
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Ismawan, Bambang. 2003. "Partisipasi dan Dimensi Keswadayaan: Pengalaman LSM Membangun Keswadayaan Masyarakat", Jurnal Ekonomi Rakyat, Tahun II – No. 3.
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Ismawan, Bambang. 2003. "Partisipasi dan Dimensi Keswadayaan: Pengalaman LSM Membangun Keswadayaan Masyarakat", Jurnal Ekonomi Rakyat, Tahun II – No. 3.
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Managing printing industry to support development communication activities and increase institutional income. (Penebar Swadaya Printing House)
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Suharko. 2007. The Roles of NGOs in Rural Poverty Reduction:The Case of Indonesia and India. Discussion Paper No.160.GSID-Nagoya University.
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Suharko. 2007. The Roles of NGOs in Rural Poverty Reduction:The Case of Indonesia and India. Discussion Paper No.160.GSID-Nagoya University.
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By way of product marketing activities and farm production facilities, developing farm shop toward franchise system (Trubus Mitra Swadaya).
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