On Saturday, July 27th, PPMK hosted a coloring competition for the local children of Bantul. Over thirty kids participated in the competition, arriving that morning with markers and crayons in hand. For nearly two hours, the competitors peacefully and efficiently colored their artworks with strong determination and big smiles. Throughout … Read more
The Gardening Competition Recently, our city of Yogyakarta confronted an issue with waste. Our biggest waste shelter has been permanently closed. A lot of people don’t care about the environment and throw waste away into the river and in the main street. Waste is piled up everywhere. Luckily, during our … Read more
From January to October, around 30 women from various villages in Bantul have participated in a Climate Change Awareness Workshop hosted by PPMK and kindly funded by the Australian Volunteers Program (AVP). We selected the participants amongst our existing microcredit clients, choosing women who can maximize the use of skillsets … Read more
Two years ago, we held a horticulture workshop. Since then, we have been monitoring the progress of the participants. One of these participants was Mrs. Amronah. She had brought her husband to the workshop. Even though he was not invited, we allowed him to participate. Mrs. Amronah explained that her husband … Read more
In the end of October 2021, we held a five-day-long snack-making workshop for 15 women. It is one of our practical workshop project with Australian Volunteers through Impact Project Fund. There were four snacks involved in the workshop: doughnuts, cakes, eggplant crackers, and Dried sambal (Chili sauce). We chose a … Read more
In June, PPMK held our first practical skill workshop in horticulture with 15 female participants, who are clients that work as farmers. Most of them are rice paddy farmers. As traditional farmers, they do not have the know-how to plant anything other than rice paddies, and these paddies are only … Read more
