After receiving scoring from three external judges that are: Reda Gaudiamo (writer), Kristin Samah (writer), and Indra Dwi Prasetya (ID Next Leader), on September 11th, the best articles selected for the IDEAS Writing Challenge were announced through VDMI social media.
This August, VDMI held an online event to introduce some Regional Representatives (RR) and encourage other RR that have not activated yet. Combining VDMI Zoom as well as Youtube channel, five RR from Kupang, Padang, Makassar, Jawa Timur (Jatim), and
VDMI continues to inspire alumni and grantees through the ‘OtotSendi’ program, which discussed various interesting topics. From July to August 2020, the Instagram Live Talkshow presents, first, Thomas Sembiring (alumnus from Sanata Dharma University) who experienced as a Journalist in
To encourage VDMI family to write, VDMI creates a program called IDEAS Writing Challenge. IDEAS stands for Inspiration, Digitalization, Education, Art and culture, as well as Science. Those are topics of articles that VDMI alumni and grantees could write and
VDMI continues to support VDMI grantees and alumni’s mental well-being through the Teman Curhat session. On June 25th the counseling session discusses ‘anxiety and cabin fever’. The pandemic situation indeed makes people have to stay at home as many as
Start from March 2020, Indonesia applies lockdown in many cities. The Indonesian government suggests all citizens to do self-quarantine by staying at home as much as possible. To support VDMI family during this situation, VDMI initiate a program called “OtotSendi”,
On March 5th to 7th, 2020, Van Deventer Maas Indonesia (VDMI) held Regional Meeting (RM) I in the Economic and Business Department, Pattimura University, Ambon. The participants consisted of VDMI grantees from Pattimura University (33) and Christian University of Indonesia
On February 3rd to 9th, 2020, VDMI held the second Regional Meeting in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera. The participants were VDMI grantees from Padang State University (27), Bung Hatta University (9), Andalas University (10), and Sriwijaya University (1). The current Regional
Citizenship Workshop (CW) Jatinangor was the closing event of VDMI capacity building events in 2019. As the other CW before, the theme of the event is Building Active Citizens for a Sustainable Society Development. In the first day, the participants
The Citizenship Workshop in Bandungan was started with the participants sang the national anthem of Indonesia, “Indonesia Raya”. After that, Ibu Parche Manoto provided the welcoming speech along with the explanation of the trends of VDMS/VDMI grantees and alumni. Also,