About Us

A non-profit foundation rooted in Kampung Sitanala

Yayasan Agape Hijau Abadi takes the legal form of a Yayasan (foundation) under the law of the Republic of Indonesia — not a company, and not a profit-oriented organization.

Evergreen Love is the English name of Yayasan Agape Hijau Abadi — “Agape” means love, and “Hijau Abadi” means evergreen. This is why the foundation’s official website is evergreenlove.id.

Vision

A Kampung Sitanala community that is healthy, educated, and living in equal dignity — free from the stigma that has long attached to people affected by leprosy and their families.

This vision is expressed through the three fields of activity set out in Article 2 of the Akta Pendirian: social, humanitarian, and religious affairs.

Mission

  1. To provide education and learning support for children in the foundation's neighborhood.
  2. To organize social service activities and health care for residents in need.
  3. To provide assistance to families in poverty and to victims of natural disasters.
  4. To strengthen community life and accompany families facing hardship.

Our values

Agape

Love given unconditionally and without distinction between those who receive it.

Dignity

Every resident is served as an equal person, not as an object of pity.

Long-term presence

Our work is carried out inside the village continuously, not as a one-off visit.

Openness

Legal identity, officers, and the use of funds are reported openly.

History

Kampung Sitanala, in Kelurahan Karang Anyar, Kecamatan Neglasari, Kota Tangerang, grew up around the Sitanala leprosy hospital. For several generations, people affected by leprosy and their families have lived in the RW 013 neighborhood and have faced social stigma that limits their access to education, work, and general health services. The village is now home to approximately 1,400 households, around 4,500 residents — the entire service area of the foundation lies within it.

The Sitanala leprosy hospital was founded on 28 July 1951. Until 1980 the government placed people affected by leprosy in the RW 013 neighborhood, forming five sub-villages (RT 001 to RT 005) that are still inhabited today. Indonesia has the third highest number of leprosy cases in the world. After the government declared the disease brought under control, attention to the residents of this neighborhood fell away sharply — and that is where the foundation works.

Work in the Sitanala community began in 2017, together with a supporting community from Korea. To continue and expand that work so it could run officially, sustainably and accountably, Yayasan Agape Hijau Abadi was formally established on 30 June 2021 and registered with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

That establishment was made through Akta Pendirian (deed of establishment) Number 05 before Notaris DR. Diana Ria Winanti Napitupulu, S.H., M.H., M.Kn., M.Sc. in Kota Tangerang Selatan. The founder on record is Milton Hasibuan, S.H., M.H.

An English class at the Edu Center Agape Hijau Abadi
Tutoring at the Edu Center, running since August 2018.
The children’s library room in Kampung Sitanala, with bookshelves around the walls
The children’s library in Kampung Sitanala, opened in February 2024.
The registration desk on a community health outreach day in RW 013 Sitanala
The community health outreach, held on the fourth Saturday of each month.
2017 Work with the residents of Kampung Sitanala began, together with a community health outreach held every month.
Apr 2018 A cultural festival for the residents of Kampung Sitanala.
Aug 2018 Edu Center tutoring began.
Sep 2018 Relief for areas struck by disaster in Palu and Donggala — five times over four months.
Jul 2019 A memorandum of understanding with a school inside the village, and study space expanded for about 120 children.
2020 Emergency COVID-19 relief on three occasions, reaching about 1,500 households each time.
Jul 2020 Relief for 50 Afghan refugee families in Bogor.
Jan 2021 The learning programme resumed online after being suspended since April 2020.
Sep 2021 The Sita BUG football class began.
Sep–Oct 2021 First and second rounds of vaccination for village residents, held together with the local public health centre.
2021 Eleven prosthetic legs provided to residents over the year.
Jan 2022 The monthly community health outreach resumed, and disinfection of the village began (twice a year).
Mar 2022 The taekwondo class began.
Jun 2022 Repair of a disused health post building inside the village.
Sep 2022 Rebuilding of residents' homes after a fire in the village.
Nov 2022 – Mar 2023 Relief for residents affected by the Cianjur earthquake in West Java.
Feb 2024 The children's library in Kampung Sitanala opened.
2024 The monthly community health outreach ran in RW 013; on 25 May 2024, 248 residents were served in one day.
Oct 2024 Service activity with a supporting community from Korea in Lampung Selatan (15–17 October 2024).
Jul 2025 About 80 new children joined, bringing tutoring participation to around 260 children.

The composition of the foundation’s organs (Pembina, Pengurus, Pengawas) and every official registration number are listed on the Legal Status & Transparency page.