About CARDI
In October 2001, the Consortium for Assistance and Recovery towards Development in Indonesia (CARDI) was founded as a response to multiple humanitarian crises erupting across the Indonesian archipelago. A severe economic crash in 1997, the fall of the Suharto regime in 1998 and communal conflicts scattered throughout the country resulted in a chaotic and volatile environment in which tens of thousands of people were killed and over a million were displaced. At the time of its inception, CARDI provided short-term emergency interventions in both Aceh and Eastern Indonesia, and the majority of CARDI's beneficiaries were displaced victims of political unrest, economic redistributions and ethno-religious violence.
In October 2001, the Consortium for Assistance and Recovery towards Development in Indonesia (CARDI) was founded as a response to multiple humanitarian crises erupting across the Indonesian archipelago. A severe economic crash in 1997, the fall of the Suharto regime in 1998 and communal conflicts scattered throughout the country resulted in a chaotic and volatile environment in which tens of thousands of people were killed and over a million were displaced. At the time of its inception, CARDI provided short-term emergency interventions in both Aceh and Eastern Indonesia, and the majority of CARDI's beneficiaries were displaced victims of political unrest, economic redistributions and ethno-religious violence.
Since CARDI's inception in 2001, the humanitarian situation in Indonesia has changed. What were once chronic emergencies that caused substantial displacements are now situations that require a new programming focus. Today, the probability of a renewal of large-scale conflicts, and large-scale displacements, is increasingly unlikely and economic and sociopolitical conditions are slowly improving. However, Indonesia remains affected by extreme poverty and regularly suffers severe natural disasters. Conflict-affected regions still struggle with the loss of social cohesion and social capital that resulted from the conflicts. The changes to Indonesia's humanitarian landscape-the changing needs of CARDI's clients-today requires programming that broadly addresses poverty alleviation, natural disasters and the lingering social tensions and losses of social capital that accompanied inequitable government policies and ethno-religious conflict.
While still providing short-term emergency interventions that address the basic needs of displaced populations and returnees, CARDI is increasingly involved in longer term programming that provides transitional, post-conflict recovery and development programs. CARDI currently has programs in the provinces of Aceh, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Central Sulawesi, Maluku and North Maluku.
Four strategic, cross-cutting approaches -Advocacy, Rights, Good Governance and Gender- are evident in all CARDI programs, and ensure that change is both durable and sustainable (berkesinambungan). While still addressing basic needs for displaced populations and returnees, CARDI increasingly provides transitional, post-conflict recovery and development programs.
VisionIndonesians articulate their needs, advocate for change and affect improvements in their lives through social and economic entrepreneurship.
MissionCARDI works with Indonesians affected by poverty, conflict and natural disaster, and invests in economic development, health, children and youth initiatives and disaster response and mitigation.
CARDI invests in its human and technical resources to ensure optimal program quality, impact and scale.
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