GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Yayasan Griya Mandiri (YGM) is a non-profit organization established by a group of activists with various educational backgrounds and expertise, which have similar views to the need of improving the quality of community empowerment activities, particularly low-income group. The organization was initiated in 1997 through some pilot projects on community-based housing development. In 2001 YGM was established into a formal organization and was legally formed under the notary act No. 22, June 25, 2001. Vision and Mission

VISION AND MISION

Vision

Creating access to decent and affordable housing in healthy living environment for low-income communities

Mision

• Promoting participatory development planning to empower grass-root communities
• Facilitating low-income communities in housing development and improvement
• Promoting partnership in housing and settlement improvement for low-income people
• Producing accountable facilitators through capacity building programs

PROGRAM

To carry out its mission YGM concentrates on the following programs:

1. CO-BILD

   Community-Based Initiatives for housing and Local Development (Co-BILD) was initiated in mid 2001 by UNHCS/UNDP in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia and is financially supported by the Government of the Netherlands.

   Objective: :

   The general objective of the program is to provide financial assistance for housing and settlement development for the low-income families that have no access to financial support from banks. .

   Specifically, the objectives are directed towards the following:

   • To promote community-based initiative for housing and settlement development,
   • To provide revolving fund to improve the quality of housing and settlement,
   • To create mechanism to develop a funding system to support housing and settlement development that is more affordable and can be easily accessed by the low-income people.

2. Healthy Kitchen

   The program was initiated under a collaboration with Dinas Kesehatan Propinsi DIY (Provincial Health Department of Yogyakarta), aimed at enhancing community’s awareness of healthy dwelling. This program consisted of two activities that is Providing revolving funds to improve kitchen’s physical condition and liquid waste or household sewerage system.

   Objective:

   To provide opportunity and motivation for women or housewives in improving family healthcare through kitchen improvement.

3. Training

   YGM conducts training in cooperation with several institutions. The objectives of this activity are:

   • to enhance the capacity of human resource, especially the youth who are interested in community development in the area of housing and settlement improvement.
   • to upgrade the skills of professional community organizers on technical and managerial aspects of community development

4. Short-term Programs

   YGM also works together with government and other organizations in local, national, and international levels in implementing short-term programs in the area of community-based housing and settlement development and built environment.

Organization

Board of trustee:

• Ir. Harsoyo, Dipl. HPB.
• Ir. Wiryono Raharjo, March.
• Ir. Doso Winarno, Msi
• Nasir E. Djufrie, S.H.
• Ir. Cipto Priyo Leksono

Board of supervisor:

• Ir. Noor sasongko, MT
• Drs. Setia Adi Purwanta

Board of executive:

Director: Wijang Wijanarko, ST

Deputy Director: Bambang Aris Kartiko, S.S.M.A

Finance:

1. Nur Maya Setyaningsih, SE
2. Catur Siwi Probondari, SE

Co-BILD Manager: Endah Purwanti, SE

Monitoring and Evaluation: Didik Laksito, S.IP

Facilitators:

• Andri Krisnanto, Amd
• Benedictus Haris Wibowo, SP
• Nur Indah Rahmawati Sholikhah, S.Si
• Raditya Kurniawan, Amd
• Renny Melyasari, STP
• Rosy Setyawan Nugroho, SE
• Shofiyah Wilda, ST
• Sumarsih
• Supriyono
• Vitria Rosma Sari, S.Psi
• Wahyu Setiyo Suryanto, ST

Experts: