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Letter from Andien

One of our sponsored students who recently graduated from high school and was granted admission to the Institut Teknologi Bandung, sent us a touching letter that we would like to share with all of you.  Below is the letter in Bahasa Indonesia, followed by the translation. Bismullahirahmanirrahim   Assalamu’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh   Yang terhormat Bapak/Ibu pengurus Cerdas

Message from CERDAS President

Dear CERDAS supporters,   From the Annual Fundraising Dinner that showcased our culture and cuisine in March to the fun-filled Charity Bazaar in June, these past months have been quite a journey for CERDAS Foundation and its supporters. Whether you donated your time as a volunteer or your money to the scholarship fund (or both!),

Cerdas Has Acquired 501(c)3 Status!

Today we received a letter, nay, the letter, from IRS informing us that our application for the 501(c)3 status for non-profit organization has been APPROVED!  This is certainly a great news for all of us, who had been working hard to complete the application and all the supporting documents since early last year, and have

Happy New Year!

We at Cerdas would like to (belatedly) wish everyone a Happy Holiday, and a Happy New Year!  We are moving along nicely with our Fundraising Dinner planning and preparations, and we have set the date for the event on March 7, 2009.  So mark your calendars, and we’ll hope to see you all there!

New Look For Our Anniversary

Just a little over a year ago, we founded our Cerdas Foundation with nothing more than good intention and a little nerve.  And now, a year later, we got a brand new website courtesy to our own very talented Jessica Na.  You rock, Jessica! And even though we’ve been quiet for some time (well aside from

CERDAS Foundation Program

CERDAS Foundation as a non profit organization works with the mission to provide financial aid for education to underprivileged children and to offer relief assistance for any natural disaster in Indonesia. Our work based on principles of independence, non-partisanship, transparency, professionalism and spirit of volunteerism. To undertake the mission there are two kinds of category

CERDAS Foundation

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