Dian Mandiri working together with The Besom UK, are providing grass root communities a chance to develop their small scale businesses. The Besom through Dian Mandiri help small businesses by providing them equipments that are will enhace their business. These equipment varies depending on their related business needs.

The Thursday floods, spurred when the riverbanks burst throughout Jakarta, Many of our Clients who fled their homes are staying at mosques, schools even on the street or railway, sleeping on floors with little access to restrooms.

Water levels had dropped or receded completely in some areas of Jakarta, but the renewed rains brought water levels in low-lying regions to three meters deep on Tuesday, raising fears of people wading in disease-ridden lakes of raw sewage.

More than 115,000 people returned home on drier lands, but the less fortunate — about 220,000 people — remained in temporary shelters.

So, we move on...

Until Last Night we can only provide and deliver 500 bags of Basic Food to our clients who fled. The most crucial thing in a flood like this is to get people food and safe water and get it to them fast.

We are part of something bigger and so the CLIENTS

Windarti, 34 year old, is a member of "Arwana" Trust Bank Group. She is now in her third period loan of USD 333. She buys materials in Tanah Abang Market. Her customers are factory workers. She learns how to sew from her husband. Her husband is also has his own tailor business. Windarti started her business with USD 22 from her husband.

After joining DIMAN, she is able to raise her weekly net profit USD10 to USD20. She used her loan to buy thread, yarn, buy another new sewing machine and buy hemming machine. She will use her next loan to buy new materials for making t’shirt and to buy one more new sewing machine. She will recruit one more employee.

Windarti is a senior high graduate same as her husband. She has 2 children, Erwin (11 year old) and Anissa (2 year old). Windarti and family have been living in a simple rented house for 6 years. She pays USD 25 per month for the house rent.

Dian Mandiri (Diman) Foundation, works together with the Besom UK with the Project of “ Small Scale and Grass Root Business Development in Greater Jakarta”, provide Mrs. Windarti with a new sewing machine, delivered to Windarti’s house.