JAKARTA — As an effort to create world peace, the Community Servants Institute (Lembaga Pelayan Masyarakat/LPM) of Dompet Dhuafa held the Children For Peace program. Themed “Orphans and World Peace“, this event gathered 41 orphans and their guardians/mothers from various regions in the archipelago by wearing their own regional clothes. The event lasted for 5 (five) days from Monday to Friday (10-14/10/2022) in Jakarta and Bogor areas.
The event was officially opened on Monday (10/10/2022) night at Sofyan Hotel Cut Meutia Cikini, Menteng, Central Jakarta, DKI Jakarta. Also, present and giving remarks at the opening ceremony, were the Chief Executive of the Hari Agung event, Head of LPM Dompet Dhuafa M. Noor Awaluddin Asjhar, Senior Officer of Social Services Kamaluddin, and GM of Social Services Dompet Dhuafa Juperta Panji Utama.
Head of LPM Dompet Dhuafa M. Noor Awaluddin said that the purpose of holding this program is to provide opportunities for the younger generation of Indonesia to appear in the international arena. Dompet Dhuafa hopes that Indonesian children can contribute to voicing world peace from childhood. In addition, this program is a forum for the formation of a network of beneficiaries of the orphan program in the archipelago, as well as opening up opportunities and motivation for orphans, so that they have a strong desire to realize their dreams.
“We deliberately took this moment by gathering younger siblings to be part of the voices of Indonesian children to voice world peace. Why? We see for ourselves that there are still many incidents of war, hating each other and knocking each other down. We believe these younger siblings are the future big guys in Indonesia. We in Indonesia are from different tribes and customs but can live in harmony and harmony. Now, we want to bring this out to the world, that differences are not a reason to go to war with each other,” explained Awal.
The reason Dompet Dhuafa chose orphans as agents of world peace is that orphans are special children. Many postulates show the glory of orphans. The participants who were selected to take part in this event were selected from the results of the selection by the LPM team. They are children from the Junior High School level who have foreign language skills, and also have achievements in academic and non-academic fields.
Also adding, Dompet Dhuafa Social Services GM Juperta Panji said that this program will be the beginning of a national congress event for orphans every year. He also hopes that the participants present in this program can become agents of world peace, not only for Indonesia but also for the world.
“From today onwards, LPM Dompet Dhuafa invites all younger siblings to become pioneers as busy people, happy and happy in playing and learning to achieve their minds. It’s time for us to turn limitations into strengths. The trick is to be grateful for what we have and what we get from God. The second is by trying to achieve all goodness and truth,” said Panji.
Through a series of events held, Dompet Dhuafa provides facilities for participants to be able to dialogue with local government officials. Furthermore, it also invites them to shop at one of the shopping centers in Jakarta, jamboree the orphans of the Archipelago, write strokes of small hands for world marriage, orphan scholarships, and dream book creation.
As guests in this event, Faisal Husain and his wife and 5 (five) children from Sudan have been in Indonesia for 10 years. The existence of this family the Water Realm is to evacuate because the country is in a state of war. He was pleased with such a friendly Indonesian. He also feels peaceful and comfortable being in Indonesia. Even so, he and his family still hope that the situation in his country improves and can reunite with his extended family in Sudan.
Another, one of the participants from Padang, Azzahra Anastasya, said that she was happy to have the opportunity to take part in this world peace event. The girl, who is currently in the 2nd grade of junior high school, said that her hope of participating in this activity is to be involved in world peace actions.
“As the title, I participated in this activity because I wanted to be involved in world peace action with Dompet Dhuafa,” (Dompet Dhuafa / Muthohar)