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from livestock and poultry waste that is used as fertilizer on reclaimed mining areas and nursery areas to grow plants and cover crops for land reclamation and for animal fodder.
The objectives of this Integrated Agricultural Program are to: 1. Set a model of integrated agricultural management for the surrounding community;
2. Create employment and business opportunities; 3. Establish cooperation with various counterparts as the irst step to creating partnerships with the
community; and 4. Serve as the learning facility for the community surrounding the operational area.
The program has shown satisfying results with the following progress achieved as of 2009: Number of Balinese cows
grown from 100 cows to 190 cows Superior cows
grown from 288 cows to 325 cows Broiler chickens
18,000 chickens per hatching cycle Fertilizer production
70 bags day Bio Gas
1 unit Revegetated area
38.8 ha Workers
34 people This self-sustaining agricultural program is a prime example of Adaro’s commitment to establish a community
that is independent in the aspects of business, education, and management. In 2009, Adaro won the following recognition from the Ministry of Social Affairs for its economic development
programs: 1. KSN Awards 2009, Platinum Award, category: EconomyPartnership – Micro Financing Institution,
Program: Banua Bauntung Microinance - Paringin Branch 2. CSR Awards 2008, Gold Award, category: Social and Environment – Integrated Agricultural Program
Educational Enhancement
a. Institute for Educational Potential Development of Adaro Partners LP3AP
Prior to 2005, Adaro recognized that assistance to the local education system needed to become a priority for its CSR program if its goal of supporting sustainable development to local communities was to be
successful. To achieve these development targets the Company established the Institute for Educational Potential Development of Adaro Partners, to develop educational programs that would assist the local
educational authorities in enhancing proper formal education within the Community, develop local resources, improve the management of educational institutions and encourage better educational facilities that give
stronger support to the learning process.
The Institute was established on 13 October 2005, initially covering 3 regencies and 2 provinces: Tabalong Regency and Balangan South Kalimantan and East Barito Regency Central Kalimantan. Since then
A villager receives a loan through Micro Finance Institute.
Superior cows have grown in number from 288 to 325 through Adaro’s integrated agricultural program.
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a number of projects have been implemented that have already provided positive results to educational enhancement in these communities.
Programs under the Institute:
Teacher Training
Adaro conducts teacher training through a number of training sessions and workshops to enhance teachers’ quality to provide better formal education. The programs are dedicated to not only the teachers, but also
the principals and supervisors. As at the end of 2009, the number of teachers, principals and supervisors participating in the training
program comprised of the following:
Training Participants accumulative 2006
2007 2008
2009
Teachers, principals, supervisors 527
1,142 3,871
4,359 To date the teacher training program has been conducted in three regencies: Tabalong, Balangan, and East
Barito with 181 participating schools, consisting of 142 in Tabalong Regency, 22 in Balangan Regency and 13 in East Barito Regency.
Model School Program
The Institute also has another excellent program, the Model Schools program comprising three elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools within Tabalong Regency South Kalimantan and
East Barito Regency Central Kalimantan which are expected to be a reference for educational quality enhancement within the area of Adaro’s operational site. The teachers of these schools have passed
the Institute’s teacher training and workshop programs aimed at enhancing the knowledge and learning process.
This Program commenced in 2009 and is designed to set the standard for the quality of education by involving school teachers, principals, students, and culture. The model schools are equipped with School
Information Management System that serves as the benchmark to enhance the quality of model schools in the aspects of educational quality, teachinglearning process, and school management and a target of 2012
has been set for the schools to become a reference for educational quality enhancement in Tabalong and East Barito regencies and models for other schools in the region.
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Adaro is committed to education through the model school programs.
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Mobile Libraries Adaro aspires to encourage the spirit of learning and interest in reading among students and the community,
and has developed a leet of mobile libraries. On National Education Day, May 2, 2006, Adaro launched three vans that had been transformed into mobile libraries, which travel around Balangan, Tabalong and
East Barito regencies. Adaro keeps adding to the book collection for these mobile libraries to keep up with the demand of the communities, and there are now more than 15,698 copies and 4,229 titles.
The book collection consists of textbooks, science books, children’s books, and books for speciic skills such as rubber plantation, agriculture, and ishery. With these mobile libraries, Adaro hopes to keep stimulating
the interest in reading in the communities and to motivate them to have a thirst of knowledge and desire to expand their perspectives.
b. Scholarships