Opportunity: Equal Chance

“No one has ever become poor by giving”

Equal Chance is a campaign initiated in 2013 by Indonesia based hotel management company, Tauzia, as their Corporate Social Responsibility program (CSR) of their property throughout the country. The company intend to extend chances of people development from early years to the marginalized children and avoiding them becoming street children or child labor by providing support and access to allow them to have better education.

Why Equal Chance?

“Think of others” is one of Tauzia key values. At Tauzia,  they believe that everyone has the right to education. Education is a ticket for a better chance in life and a key part of Tauzia’s commitment.

Equal Chance campaign is the extended program of this commitment to the less fortunate children of Indonesia. This is an opportunity for the company to give a chance for street children by raising funds for their education and creating a framework to ensure their success throughout the years.

About Tauzia

Established in 2001, Tauzia Hotel Management began as Consulting Service actively
supporting the development of ACCOR  as it’s exclusive representative in Indonesia  from 2001 to 2006.

In 2002, Tauzia Hotel Management pioneered and managed its own hotel concepts and products in Indonesia with a collection of brands in deluxe properties – PRÉFÉRENCE & WORLDHOTELS, mid-scale – HARRIS HOTELS, economic – YELLO Hotels to ‘eco-friendly’ budget hotels – POP! HOTELS.

Alongside hotel management service, Tauzia brings its extensive experience in Estate Management & Consulting services.

The Tauzia Corporate Team, located in the head office in Jakarta, consists of 70 members providing a panel of highly qualified expertise that is vital to support and follow-up the daily operations of the properties managed by Tauzia.

Tauzia Hotel Management provides active assistance in Human Resources, Finance, Product Development, Graphic Design, Sales & Marketing, Technical Assistance, E-distribution and IT.

Tauzia has signed an agreement to sponsor 54 children in Jakarta and Surabaya as the first phase. It is their commitment to provide education with its supporting programs with our strategic partner,  ISCO (Indonesian Street Children Organization). It currently sponsors the education of 1,785 children from 5-17 years old and monitors each child’s education and individual development while maintaining a close relationship with the families.

About ISCO

ISCO Foundation (known as Yayasan ISCO in Indonesian) is a non-government organization, located in Jakarta, Indonesia, dedicated to improve the quality of life of street children through education. The main goal of ISCO is to help to improve the quality of life of these marginal communities and give them not only hope, but also the means, to change their futures for the better. To this end, ISCO’s main programs consist of providing scholarship and educational support for the children starting from pre-school until high school level, and in some cases where possible and feasible, until university level.

ISCO began helping children in the areas of Kampung Jembatan (Cipinang Besar Selatan/East Jakarta) and Manggarai (South Jakarta), where children were forced to work on the streets, and often dropped out of school because their parents could not afford the fees and other expenses.

ISCO works together with local school authorities and formal and informal community leaders to identify the neediest families, to arrange for the children to attend public school, to support them and their families in many practical ways and to make sure that these children will not become street children or child laborers.

Beginning in 1999 by sponsoring 50 children in two areas of Jakarta, today ISCO operates in 26 areas – 17 in Greater Jakarta, 7 in Surabaya and 2 in Medan. Around 1,785 children are currently sponsored, most of whom are between the ages of 5 and 17 years. ISCO monitors each child educational development progress individually and maintains a close relationship with each family.

ISCO’s particular focus is the children of those families, who face serious obstacles in their struggle to achieve the productive futures that are accepted as normal by most middle class families. ISCO believes that all children deserve the chance to achieve their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens and leaders of Indonesia.
We invite you find out more at this web site about our programs, our children’s achievements and how you can help.

Providing free education for vulnerable street children is a proven and effective method of protecting these children’s rights. The poor, and working children, should not suffer any discrimination in learning opportunities (World Declaration on Education for All, 1990).

How to get involved?

You may contact Tauzia office or one the properties for further information. I found the opportunity to know this campaign took part in Harris Day 2016 held in Harris & Pop! Hotel Denpasar. A stall for Equal Chance campaign was opened to sell pins and 100% of the raised fund donated to  the campaign.