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belakang dan tujuan: Bermula dari keprihatinan nasib kelompok yang
bekerja di sektor informal perkotaan, mereka tidak memiliki
perlindungaan hukum sehingga selalu dieksploitasi oleh majikan. Maka
lembaga ini didirikan untuk menghimpun mereka dalam wadah yang
menangani persoalan yang dihadapi bersama. Yayasan Lembaga Swadaya
Membangun Kesejahteraan (Yayasan GEMETRA) dibentuk pada 22 Mei 1990
berusaha untuk mengangkat harkat pekerja sektor informal di perkotaan
dan kaum marjinal pada umumnya.
Bidang
dan bentuk kegiatan: Bidang kegiatan utama lembaga ini adalah
pembinaan sektor informal di perkotaan, pengembangan sektor pertanian,
lingkungan hidup, pengembangan hutan kemasyarakatan dan penguatan
buruh. Selain itu juga pengembangan usaha kecil dan koperasi membina
sektor informal, pendidikan demokrasi dan hak asasi manusia, juga
pelayanan kesehatan dan anak-anak. Bidang kegiatan tersebut
dilaksanakan dalam bentuk pendidikan dan pelatihan, pengembangan dan
pendampingan masyarakat; juga seminar, diskusi dan advokasi serta
pelayanan perkreditan.
Program:
Lembaga ini telah melakukan berbagai macam program, antara lain
penyuluhan AIDS bagi remaja perkotaan, penyuluhan lingkungan hidup
bagi masyarakat di sekitar hutan, pengadaan sarana air bersih dan
sanitasi, bengkel kreatif untuk remaja putus sekolah, pendampingan
manajemen, pelatihan disain manajemen evaluasi pekerja anak, pelatihan
gender analis dan sebaginya.
Sumber
dana: Lembaga ini mendapatkan dana dari subsidi pemerintah (yaitu
Departemen Kesehatan, Departemen Perkebunan dan Menteri Negara
Kependudukan dan Lingkungan Hidup), bantuan dari lembaga internasional
(antara lain AIDAB, NZ-ODA, Canada Fund dan ILO), dan dari lembaga
dalam negeri non pemerintah, yaitu Dana Mitra Lingkungan, PDF dan Bina
Swadaya.
Keanggotaan
dan wilayah kerja: Yayasan ini menjadi anggota dari organisasi
regional Forum Informasi Pembangunan Berkelanjutan dan Forum Daerah
LSM Sulawesi Tenggara. Juga menjadi anggota organisasi nasional Bio
Forum. Sedangkan wilayah kerjanya meliputi daerah Kabupaten Buton.
Staf:
Yayasan ini dikelola oleh 3 orang staf tetap dan 6 orang staf tidak
tetap, di antaranya 2 orang tenaga profesional dan 2 orang staf
administrasi.
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Background
and purpose: Starting with the concerns over the fate of the
people working in urban informal sector who have no legal protection
and always being exploited by those in charge, this foundation was
founded. This foundation which was founded on May 22, 1990 is a means
to handle their problems and is aimed at improving the dignity of the
urban informal sector workers and the marginal people in general.
Area
and form of activities: The main activities of this foundation are
developing urban informal sectors, agriculture sector development,
environment, social forestry development and labour empowerment. They
also have activities such as small business and cooperative
development, informal sector development, democracy and human rights
education as well as health services and children care. Those
activities are brought about in the form of education and training,
community development and assistance along with seminar, discussion,
advocacy and credit services.
Program:
Since its establishment this foundation has conducted various
programs. Those programs are, among others, AIDS counseling for the
urban adolescents, environmental counseling for the community living
around the forests, clean-water facilities and sanitation, creative
workshop for drop-out adolescents, management assistance, training on
designing, evaluation management of child labour, analyst gender
training and so on.
Funding
sources: The activities of this foundation are funded by
government subsidies such as from Department of Health, Department of
Plantation and the Office of State Minister for Population and
Environment. They also have financial assistance from international
institutions such as AIDAB, NZ-ODA, Canada Fund and ILO. The domestic
non-governmental institutions which have helped are Dana Mitra
Lingkungan, PDF and Bina Swadaya.
Membership
and working area: This foundation is a member of regional
organization of Sustainable Development Information Forum and Regional
forum of NGOs of Southeast Sulawesi. This foundation is also member of
the national organization Bio Forum. It covers the area in Buton
District.
Staff:
This foundation is managed by 3 full-time and 6 part-time staffs; 2 of
them are professionals and 2 are administrative staffs.
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