Teman Baik (“Good Friends” in Indonesian) offers a holistic street-based program aimed at ensuring children, youth and their families are able to claim their rights to well-being and self-development. Working in seven cities zones, on the streets and in communities both during the day and at night, Teman Baik protected and empowered over 3,494 marginalized young people and caregivers in 2017.

A comprehensive street outreach program, Teman Baik focuses on providing immediate support to marginalized children and families, with particular regard to increasing economic self-sufficiency. To achieve this, the program supports caregivers and youth to obtain skills and to generate stable income through micro-enterprise development and job placement. This support is linked with comprehensive social work to ensure that young children are supported to go to school.

Teman Baik implements ChildSafe Agent training and local campaigning in Jakarta, as well as the ChildSafe Travelers campaign with partners in Bali. Through collaboration with local hotlines, the program’s rapid response team provide assistance to reports of children in distress and in 2017 directly protected 514 children as a result.