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According to the Bank’s website, the Project Development Objective is to improve community-based childcare provision and livelihood opportunities for low-income households living in rural communities by simultaneously addressing economic and social constraints. The project will be implemented in 100 villages across 10 Indonesian provinces: Aceh, North Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Java, West Java, East Java, Yogyakarta, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, and West Nusa Tenggara. The implementing agency, the PEKKA Foundation will work with around PEKKA Federation and 15 Unions, a membership based organizations for women heads of households.
The environmental risk rating is low. The project aims to improve community-based childcare provision and women’s empowerment in rural low-income households by simultaneously addressing economic and social constraints. The typology of project activities focuses on capacity building, facilitating community outreach, and providing technical assistance. The scope and nature of the project activities themselves would present minimal to no environmental risks and negative impacts.
The overall social risk rating is low. There is no physical investments, nor procurement of equipment, goods and materials with potential harms to the environment and people will be financed by the project. The project does not finance feasibility or design of any future investments in specific footprints with potential downstream adverse impacts. The project will not specifically targeted indigeneous peoples (IPs) and/or vulnerable/disadvantage groups, however, it is acknowledged that such groups are presence in the targeted locations.
Grant Amount: US$ 4.25 Millions (Early Learning Partnership US$ 1.5 Millions / Japan Social Development Fund US$ 2.75 Millions)
Yayasan Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga (PEKKA) - Since 2000, the Foundation for the Empowerment of Women Headed of Families (PEKKA) has focused on empowering women heads of families to improve their standard of living and encourage them to be active in social and political life.
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Task Team Leader: Emcet Oktay Tas
Title: Senior Social Development Specialist
Email: etas@worldbank.org
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