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History of the Citra Nusantara Ngada Orphanage
he Citra Nusantara Ngada Orphanage was founded by activists from the "Citra" Ngada Regional Love Foundation in 1992. The establishment of the orphanage was supported by concern and concern for the fate and future of the lives of many children in Ngada Regency who were born with the title of mentally and physically disabled and were neglected.

Background
The Citra Nusantara Ngada NGO, which at that time was concentrating on the rural community empowerment sector, discovered facts and stories that were very worrying, including:


 * Many rural disabled children live neglected lives and do not receive proper attention either from their families or from the surrounding environment.
 * There is discrimination in family treatment of disabled children in all segments of life such as; education, health and nutrition.
 * The fact that we discovered is that children who are labeled as disabled are always neglected in matters of education, health and nutrition. Because of their disabilities, they are not given the opportunity to enjoy education, health services or nutrition.
 * Most families of disabled children feel embarrassed by the presence of a disabled family member. The presence of a disabled family is seen as a disaster and a big disgrace that tarnishes the family's honor.
 * Society's perspective places disabled people as second class human beings. Society in general sees and looks at disabled people with only one sided eye. The presence of disabled people is often the subject of ridicule and what most often happens is that disabled people are not given the slightest space to socialize with their surrounding environment.
 * The high percentage and number of disabled people in Ngada district (2000 people in 1992) while on the other hand there is not a single shelter for disabled children.
 * There is a trend of increasing population of disabled people (in 1990; 1500 people while in 1992 it was 2000 people).
 * Disabled people lose their confidence in getting along and socializing with their surrounding environment.

The long series of suffering of disabled people continues to haunt every trace of the struggle for empowerment that is being carried out by all Citra Ngada NGO activists. From a long period of contemplation, a creative idea was finally born to build a social institution which was later named "Panti Citra Nusantara Ngada".

The existence of Panti Citra Nusantara Ngada provides a spirit of advocacy to all staff of the "Citra" Ngada Regional Love Foundation in fighting for the short-term practical needs of people with disabilities in the fields of education, health and nutrition services as well as long-term strategic needs related to targets for behavior change, awareness, understanding, and treatment by parents, society and government.

Citra Nusantara Orphanage is a strategic choice based on careful and responsible considerations in order to meet the ideal targets for change in each component that is directly related to disability cases:

A. For People with Disabilities

 * The rise of self-confidence can provide opportunities and space for developing your talents and potential.
 * Having the courage and willingness to interact and work with the people and communities around where you live.
 * Building awareness to equip oneself with skills and knowledge through formal and non-formal education.

B. Disabled Parents

 * Awakening of understanding and awareness to accept the presence of disabled family members as the best gift from God
 * The willingness and skills to accompany children towards independence
 * Growing enthusiasm and moral will to concentrate more on serving the needs of people with disabilities in all aspects of life such as health, nutrition, education, economics and social
 * There is an understanding to concentrate more on efforts to prevent disability from an early age

C. Public

 * There is an understanding and change in behavior that increasingly respects the human rights of people with disabilities
 * There is a shared will and commitment to accept and interact with people with disabilities
 * There is participation and concern to join the advocacy movement in order to fight for justice and equality for people with disabilities.

D. Government

 * Changes in the perspective and concept of development policy from a disability perspective
 * There is a moral and political will to allocate regional budgets for self-development and empowerment of people with disabilities
 * There is serious attention to serving the needs and human rights of people with disabilities in all aspects of life (education, health, nutrition, economics, social and political)

Vision of the Citra Nusantara Ngada Orphanage
The creation of children with different abilities who are independent, skilled, educated, cultured, faithful and ethical

Mission of the Citra Nusantara Ngada Orphanage

 * 1) Bridging the fulfillment of educational needs commensurate with the mental, physical and intellectual capacity of children who are obsessed with improving the quality of resources for children with different abilities
 * 2) Generating interest and awareness of creativity that is oriented towards developing the talents and potential contained in children with different abilities
 * 3) Generating interest and awareness in families, communities, social institutions and government with the target of changing behavior, perspectives and fair and equal treatment of people with disabilities
 * 4) Dissemination of disability information to all levels of society in order to raise awareness of disability prevention from an early age

Citra Nusantara Ngada Orphanage Program
Programs specifically designed to address the needs of orphanage residents include:


 * 1) Socialization and participatory discussions about disability issues at the community and family level.
 * 2) Counseling at posyandu in order to build awareness of preventing early disability.
 * 3) Lobby and negotiate with local governments with an orientation towards policy changes with a disability perspective.
 * 4) Skills training: sewing, flower arranging, doormat making, plant cultivation, animal husbandry, cooking, making tofu and tempeh, washing, ironing and carpentry.
 * 5) Computer and English tutoring.
 * 6) Alternative health training.
 * 7) Music, sound and dance arts training

Location
Citra Nusantara Ngada Orphanage is located on Yos Soedarso Road Trikora Ward Bajawa Subdistrict Ngada District Indonesia

Website
panticitra.or.id/

Contact
Head of Orphanage (Robertus Bhute Awa) : +6281236782404

Admin (Gabriel Nggoli) : +6282145976631