The Artha Graha Peduli Foundation (AGP Foundation) is an Indonesian social, humanitarian, environmental and philanthropic foundation whose activities began during the 1990s. It was founded in 2010 by Tomy Winata, an Indonesian businessman and philanthropist with a vision "to be able to feed at least three million people throughout Indonesia". The foundation focuses on environmental activities to mitigate the effects of global climate change.More Companies Looking to Go Green While Remaining Profitable, The Jakarta Globe, 14 March 2013.
Foundation Activities The social, humanitarian and environmental activities of Artha Graha Peduli began in Jakarta and other parts of Indonesia and was organized by employees of the Artha Graha group of companies and the Artha Graha Network, owned by Winata.Artha Graha helps natural disaster refugees, The Jakarta Post, 18 November 2013. Activities include the weekly (since the 1990s) Beras Jumat-an program (Friday Rice Donation), providing food for poor residents of Jakarta and other parts of Indonesia, disaster relief and environmental activities.Salurkan Sembako Hingga Ke Papua, AGP Kucurkan 5 Miliar , Rakyat Merdeka Online, 3 September 2010.
In 2010 the Artha Graha Network formed a non-profit organization, the Artha Graha Peduli Foundation, with five main activities: disaster relief, education and health, environmental activities, support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and legal aid for the poor. The foundation's philosophy is that it is privately owned to help the public.Artha Graha dan Java Musikindo Galang Dana untuk Aceh , Tempo Online, 1 February 2005.Terkenang Aceh, Bangga Dilibatkan Artha Graha, JPNN.com, 12 March 2013.
The AGP Foundation has participated in relief efforts following the Aceh tsunami, the 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi, the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes, the Rokatenda and Lokon-Empung eruptions, landslides in Wasior and the Jember and Tasikmalaya Regencies, floods in Jakarta and fires. Aid has been provided to Atambua (bordering East Timor), Merauke (near the border with Papua New Guinea), Nunukan Regency (bordering Malaysia), Rote Island and Miangas.
Since 2004, the foundation has encouraged the cultivation of hybrid paddy to increase productivity.Artha Graha expands partnership in seed business , The Jakarta Post, 11 June 2007. The November 2008 harvest in Sukabumi Regency set a record of about 16 tons per hectare. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, First Lady Ani Bambang Yudhoyono and several government ministers attended the harvest festival.Artha Graha, Making Life Better, World Investment News. The foundation supplied aid in the wake of the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
In 2015 the AGP Foundation held a low-cost Ramadan market in Indramayu, Indonesia in order to give the local poor population access to cheap meat and basic foods towards the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays.
In 2016, the foundation started performing eye-checks and free cataract surgeries in Bali as part of the AGP team outreach.
Environmental activities Since 1997 the foundation has run Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation (TWNC), a tiger-rescue center which attempts to reintroduce "conflict tigers" (tigers who have attacked, or killed, humans) into the wild. The TWNC has released five Sumatran tigers (a critically endangered species) into its forest.
The TWNC has of forest and of sea-conservation area.Wawancara Khusus CEO TWNC: Kisah Tomy Winata, Harimau dan Lingkungan Hidup, detik.com, 18 December 2012. Representatives the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have visited the sanctuary,Remarks on the Tambling Indonesian Nature Conservation based Post-Rehabilitation Programme, UNODC, 14 March 2013. which conducts a drug-rehabilitation program in cooperation with Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN, the Indonesian Narcotics Institution).For an ecology of the mind: blending drug rehab with nature conservation in Sumatra, UNODC, 8 December 2012. The program, which encourages former addicts to work in conservation and eco-tourism, was presented by Winata to the 2013 UNODC annual meeting in Vienna.Tomy Winata Paparkan TWNC di Wina , Investor Daily, 18 March 2013. UNODC executive director Yuri Fedotov expressed his appreciation for the program, saying that his office would encourage other countries to learn from it.Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation , UNODC.
In March 2013 in Madrid, Winata appointed Cristiano Ronaldo "Ambassador of Mangroves". He and Ronaldo agreed to plant and conserve existing mangroves, particularly in Bali. The Bali Mangrove Care Forum's motto is "Save Mangroves, Save Earth".Ronaldo ambassador for mangrove, The Jakarta Post, 17 March 2013.Ronaldo Jadi Duta Mangrove di Indonesia, Kompas, 12 March 2013.
References
External links Artha Graha Foundation Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation