Yayasan Seribu Cita Bangsa
We work in remote Indonesian villages to end childhood stunting by training community health workers.
Stunting is the most heartbreaking, yet avoidable crisis facing Indonesia today. Every day 5,000 children are born in Indonesia, and more than 30% of those children will lose up to 10 IQ points as a result of stunting and chronic malnutrition. The 1000 Days Fund was created as a bold approach to invent and test innovative, cost-effective solutions to help end stunting—a condition that affects 1 in 3 Indonesian children. Our mission is to end stunting by 2030. In our quest to improve maternal and newborn health, we partner with governments to build capacity, work closely with communities to deliver tools, train CHWs and advocate for national and grassroots policy change to address the root causes. Our growth charts are cost-effective, evidence-based, and endorsed by the Ministry of Health.
The 1000 Days Fund (legally known as "Yayasan Seribu Cita Bangsa") launched in 2019 as a bold approach to invent, test, and apply innovative, cost-effective solutions to help end stunting in Indonesia. The 1000 Days Fund is relentlessly committed to improving maternal and newborn health outcomes for the poor and marginalized. We partner with local governments to build the capacity of frontline health workers in impoverished communities to deliver high-quality maternal and newborn health care, address the root causes of stunting, and improve data aimed at evidence, advocacy, and policy change.
We are poised for scale.
Meanwhile, our obsession with marrying tech and traditional in-home behavior change allows us to make data-driven decisions on a daily basis. With the help of 31 full-time staff and 11 Quality Assurance Coordinators collecting data across more than 100 sub-districts, we unlock the power of data with interactive dashboards and reports that inspire smarter decisions. Against this backdrop, our in-house team of senior management and health economists undertake systematic and rigorous examination of data to address issues such as ROI and opportunity costs.
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Saving Indonesian Children from Chronic Malnutrition
Because nearly one child born every 10 seconds in Indonesia faces the risk of stunted growth, the 1000 Days Fund (Yayasan Seribu Cita Bangsa) trains and equips community health workers (CHWs) in rural and remote areas with the tools, confidence, and agency needed to eliminate stunting and chronic malnutrition by 2030. Inspired by the work of the 1000 Days Fund, Nayla Punjabi (Davis Projects for Peace Grant recipient) traveled to remote islands in eastern Indonesia to tell the story of the mothers and CHWs dedicated to eliminating stunting. The first 1,000 days after conception are known as the “golden window”. During this time brains and bodies develop faster than at any other point—connections form between neurons that will affect a child’s future IQ and vital organs grow to determine their future. For example, 80% of brain growth happens during the first 1000 days of life. Malnutrition in these early years can wreak irreversible damage. The most visible sign of a lack of essential nutrients is stunting: when a child is much shorter than they should be for their age. In eastern Indonesia, where 1000 Days Fund runs high-touch, high-fidelity programs, the organisation has helped bring the stunting rates down to single digits. But preliminary internal analysis shows that doubling the pace at which stunting rates are currently falling could help bring the figure down to 4% by 2050. This documentary in collaboration with the MD Entertainment Foundation shares the stories of mothers, community health workers, doctors, and activists who have fought to end stunting for years. But the fight is far from over. To truly eradicate stunting, we need to work together to ensure awareness and access to healthcare, one child at a time.
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