How we achieve our goals
The foundation is committed to the underprivileged in Indonesia. We do this by:
1. Football.
2. Education .
3. Other projects.
1. Football
A. Our clubs Terang Bangsa (C-Java) and Pelita Nusantara (Sumba).
B. Courses.
C. Clinics.
D. PLedge United.
E. Football trips.
A. Our clubs
Football culture in Indonesia.
The PSSI (= Indonesian FA) does little in football development.
Clubs are not structured and do not have their own field.
There is no youth football program.
This places the country at number 122 on the FIFA list (280 million inhabitants!).
The club as an example for Indonesia
Structure and discipline.
These are key words in our clubs. 150 children (5-17 years) play with us, they are brought by their parents on a moped. Training takes place all year round, after school between 3.00 pm and 5.30 pm from Monday to Friday. During the fasting month, adapted training is given. The o7 trains weekly 3 x 1 hour, the rest 3 x 1 ½ hours. Goalkeepers receive special training.
Every year players are chosen for regional and national selections and move on to the (semi) professional leagues 1, 2 or 3.
Competitions and tournaments
There are almost no competitions.
A tournament or match is played twice a month per age group. A tournament often starts on Saturday. When you get through the group stage, matches will take place on Sunday according to the knock-out system. Sometimes departures are made as early as Friday. Parents take care of the whole organization.
Coaches
We are training all our coaches by ourselves. After this we sponsor them to follow a Indonesian FA (PSSI) course to get an official license For most trainers it is an important part of their income.
B. Courses and C. Clinics
We train a class of 16-year-old players every year.
Course: 4×2 hours with internship at our club. 358 trainers have now been trained. On request, we provide free courses at universities and schools.
D. Pledge United and E. Football Trips
Pledge United: a collaboration with “Inspire-Indonesia” trains trainers to point out gender equality between boys and girls and to pass this on to their players.
Voetbaltrips: stimulating youth football on other islands through clinics, courses and camps.
2. Education
Terang Bangsa (light if the world) is an idea of a local church.
The church offers football and education to 60 students. These teens aged 12-17 have a scholarship. Selections are made for this. For 3 to 6 years of education, they receive football training with full care where necessary. They follow education at our high school, which is next to the field, and train four times a week. Players from out of town live together in a dorm.
Example of education: Franz Rizky
Rizky, one of our former players, received a contribution from Awas Kaki for his sports studies at the university and finished his study. His official training diploma-3 was also sponsored by the foundation and he was allowed to participate in the KNVB World coaches course.
“My impression of taking the Youth Coach Training was extraordinary, why is that, because when I was still in school, I also wanted to gain coaching knowledge. From the Youth Coach Training I can learn how to make a good and fun early childhood training program and of course, in the training we not only learn how to be a coach, but also how to be a good role model for these children. Now I can finally help coaching at SSB Terang Bangsa Semarang.”
3. Other projects
Because of football we get a lot of questions for help. Dozens of projects have been carried out as a result.
Food aid – distribution of food packages during COVID (helped 87.072 people).
Guidance of youth trainers – mentors, advice (358 trainers educated).
Emergency relief – such as for spills, floods.
On request – primary schools are helped.