Fadjar Harapan
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Fadjar Harapan was a short-lived Indonesia
n pioneer organization
, linked to the Communist Party of Indonesia
(PKI). Fadjar Harapan was founded in 1959, parallel to the already existing scouting movement initiated by the Communist Party. However, the organization was officially not connected to any political party (according to the constitution of the organization) and was open to all children between the ages of six and thirteen. The initiative to found the new organization was taken by the party leader Aidit. Cadres of the Communist Party and Pemuda Rakjat (the youth wing of the Communist Party) were given the task to study how pioneer movements functioned in other countries, but adapting Fadjar Harapan to Indonesian conditions.
Once Fadjar Harapan was launched, it consisted of local organizations with no functioning national central organization. Fadjar Harapan groups were set up in different major cities around the country. In the capital Djakarta the movement had around a thousand members. Fadjar Harapan groups would arrange sport events, help school pupils with homework, provide agricultural and handicraft trainings, promote studies in revolutionary history and organize excursions to museums and sites of historical interest. Sumijati, a Fadjar Harapan representative, read out a declaration at the sixth congress of the Communist Party held in 1959.
Both Fadjar Harapan and the Communist Party-led scouting movement were forcefully merged into a new national scouting association (with president
Sukarno
as its chief scout) in 1961.
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n pioneer organization
Pioneer movement
A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party. Typically children enter into the organization in elementary school and continue until adolescence. The adolescents then typically joined the Young Communist League...
, linked to the Communist Party of Indonesia
Communist Party of Indonesia
The Communist Party of Indonesia was the largest non-ruling communist party in the world prior to being crushed in 1965 and banned the following year.-Forerunners:...
(PKI). Fadjar Harapan was founded in 1959, parallel to the already existing scouting movement initiated by the Communist Party. However, the organization was officially not connected to any political party (according to the constitution of the organization) and was open to all children between the ages of six and thirteen. The initiative to found the new organization was taken by the party leader Aidit. Cadres of the Communist Party and Pemuda Rakjat (the youth wing of the Communist Party) were given the task to study how pioneer movements functioned in other countries, but adapting Fadjar Harapan to Indonesian conditions.
Once Fadjar Harapan was launched, it consisted of local organizations with no functioning national central organization. Fadjar Harapan groups were set up in different major cities around the country. In the capital Djakarta the movement had around a thousand members. Fadjar Harapan groups would arrange sport events, help school pupils with homework, provide agricultural and handicraft trainings, promote studies in revolutionary history and organize excursions to museums and sites of historical interest. Sumijati, a Fadjar Harapan representative, read out a declaration at the sixth congress of the Communist Party held in 1959.
Both Fadjar Harapan and the Communist Party-led scouting movement were forcefully merged into a new national scouting association (with president
President of Indonesia
The President of the Republic of Indonesia is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Indonesia.The first president was Sukarno and the current president is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.- Sukarno era :...
Sukarno
Sukarno
Sukarno, born Kusno Sosrodihardjo was the first President of Indonesia.Sukarno was the leader of his country's struggle for independence from the Netherlands and was Indonesia's first President from 1945 to 1967...
as its chief scout) in 1961.