Other Assistance Program

General Social Services

• Medicine and medical personnel for health services to victims of conflicts and natural disasters, which include those in Maluku (2000 - 2002), Minahasa (February 2006), Yogyakarta and Central Java (May - November 2006), and Pangandaran (July 2006).
  

• Provision of wheel chairs and crutches for victims of May 2006 Yogyakarta and Central Java earthquake.
  

• Construction of transition shelters post earthquake of 2006 in Bantul and Klaten with funding from the Australian based Scoobie Trust and field implementation by the Yogyakarta based Jesuit Refugee Services;
  

• Support, training and technical assistance to ceramic crafters in earthquake stricken areas in Yogyakarta and Central Java in collaboration with the Pekerti Foundation.

The Jean and Julius Tahija Memorial Library

The Jean and Julius Tahija Memorial Library comprises a private collection of books, photographs, historical mementos and documents that record this remarkable couple’s personal journeys, the values guiding their achievements, and notable accomplishments the most impressive of which, perhaps, is how they resolutely continued practicing their core values during the turbulent times of the early post-Soekarno period.

From the mid-twentieth century, Jean and Julius began collecting books about Indonesian history interpreted and described by explorers, naturalists and colonists. Presently, the library includes books and documents describing several centuries of history of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Tahija family intend adding to the collection with books and documents of this kind and may extend the collection’s scope to include works that consider the Archipelago’s history in a regional context. Presently too, while the majority of the library’s historical material has been written by Europeans, the library may eventually include works recording voyages to the Archipelago by Chinese, Arabian, and Indian explorers and the consequent influence by them on the Archipelago’s indigenous cultures. Additionally, the library intends to continue adding to its collection of Indonesian literature and history that describes contemporary political and social development.