It began with one classroom and a promise to keep going.
In 2009, our founder returned to her home village in Central Sulawesi and found a generation of children with no school within a day's walk. She started with a borrowed room and eleven students.
Seventeen years later, that promise has grown into a movement — powered by volunteers, local leaders, and donors who believe every child deserves a fair start.
— Ratih Kusumawardani, Founder