JAKARTA — As a philanthropic organization that has been dedicated for 31 years in community empowerment, Dompet Dhuafa officially collaborates with the Indonesian Film Artists Association 1956 (PARFI 56) to carry out humanitarian campaigns and culture-based empowerment. This collaboration was marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which took place on Tuesday (10/12/2024), at Sasana Budaya Rumah Kita, Philanthropy Building, South Jakarta.
The meaningful collaboration agreement between two humanitarian institutions and organizations that unite arts and culture actors in the world of cinema was packaged in an event entitled “Together, Cultured, Empowered”. This activity also symbolizes a joint commitment to support humanitarian and empowerment activities through a cultural approach.
The signing was done by Ahmad Juwaini as Chairman of Dompet Dhuafa Foundation and Marcella Zalianty as Chairman of PARFI 56. The procession was witnessed by Parni Hadi as the Initiator and Chairman of Dompet Dhuafa Trustees, Yudi Latif as the Board of Trustees of Dompet Dhuafa Republika Foundation, as well as Rahmad Riyadi and Yayat Supriyatna, Chairman and Supervisory Members of Dompet Dhuafa, and Olivia Zalianty.
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This cooperation aims to expand the scope of humanitarian campaigns and community empowerment, by involving both institutions in programs that involve resources from both parties. Dompet Dhuafa, known for its five pillars of empowerment programs, namely education, economy, health, social humanity, da’wah, and culture, will strengthen the cultural pillar in each of its initiatives.
“Dompet Dhuafa and PARFI are uniting hearts, uniting good intentions, to do good,” said Parni Hadi, who also added that this synergy will help accelerate and expand the process and impact of empowering the poor in Indonesia.
As a senior journalist in Indonesia, in this collaboration Parni Hadi intends to hold a creative writing program. He will introduce prophetic journalism. She wants people who become journalists to have a prophetic nature, namely writing with good intentions, noble intentions, with good goals, namely amar ma’ruf nahi mungkar. Not journalists or journalists who just write.
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Meanwhile, Marcella Zalianty, in her speech, admitted that she was amazed by Dompet Dhuafa, which has a great concern and love for culture. For her, culture is a wealth that must be equally preserved and introduced more widely. Through culture, Indonesian people also have the opportunity to introduce and promote their wealth to the world. Furthermore, culture and humanity will strengthen the identity of the Indonesian nation.
“I am amazed that Dompet Dhuafa has an extraordinary concern and love for culture. We are very happy that this can be a good space, the right one, to collaborate to be more useful. Not only for the profession, not only for others, but together we join hands to advance Indonesian culture and empower the Indonesian people. Through this collaboration, there are certainly many noble goals that we want to achieve. One of them is to raise public awareness to be more concerned, more active, in empowerment programs, especially for women,” she explained.
Within the scope of this agreement, both institutions agreed to run several joint programs. These include humanitarian campaigns and fundraising involving various promotional channels, events, art performances, and movements. In addition, support from influencers and artists involved will also strengthen these programs, with the aim of targeting beneficiaries from both parties.
This collaboration also includes efforts to preserve Indonesian culture through congresses, commemoration of art and culture days, as well as art performances and film productions. Each year, these activities will be carried out with support from the proceeds of the joint fundraising campaign.
The signing ceremony was closed with a gong by Parni Hadi as a symbol that the cooperation between Dompet Dhuafa and PARFI 56 is now officially started and ready to run. (Dompet Dhuafa)
Text and photo: Riza Muthohar
Editor: Dhika