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“Terimakasih!” teriak anak-anak di Feeding & Learning Center Tangan Pengharapan di NTT dengan penuh kegembiraan saat menerima pembagian tas sekolah baru berwarna merah yang diberikan langsung oleh pimpinan Yayasan Tangan Pengharapan didamping wakil bupati Timor Tengah Selatan beberapa waktu silam. “Kami minta tas! Kami juga mau sekolah!,” ujar anak-anak yang belum mendapatkan tas.
Pembagian tas ini bukanlah yang pertama kali dilakukan, namun yang menjadikan momen ini terasa istimewa adalah kehadiran beberapa pejabat di kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan. Para pejabat tersebut menyaksikan secara langsung betapa pemberian yang tampaknya sederhana, ternyata memiliki arti yang begitu besar bagi anak-anak.
Bukan hanya secara materil, namun dorongan moril berupa perhatian baik dari Tangan Pengharapan sendiri maupun pihak-pihak terkait seperti pemerintah inilah yang memotivasi anak-anak untuk maju terus menyelesaikan pendidikan di sekolah-sekolah formal yang mereka datangi.
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We want to go to School, too!!!
“Thank you!” the children at YTP Feeding & Learning Center said out loud, receiving red school bags given by YTP managing director accompanied by south Timor Tengah vice regent some time ago. “We want school bags! We want to go to school, too,” said those who had no schoolbags.
It was not the first time those schoolbags were given, but what made this moment very special was the presence of some officials. They saw though those schoolbags were given in a simple way, but they were so meaningful to children.
Besides material encouragement, it is the attention given by YTP and related parties such as local government that motivated those children to continue their education in formal school they attend.