Will Indonesia keep feeding Prabowo’s free school meal scheme?
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious plan to provide free meals to 82 million school-aged children and pregnant women by 2029, was quietly launched on January 6, 2025. While praised for its potential economic benefits, ability to boost school enrolment and long-term improvement of human capital, the initiative has also faced scepticism about its sustainability. Critics say the programme’s initial budget of 71 trillion rupiah (US$4.4 billion) and long-term funding needs may put a heavy burden on the country’s fragile finances. There are also concerns the programme may divert investments from other critical areas such as infrastructure.
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If meals for children is what bankrupts your country, then perhaps it's time to evaluate where the wealth has really been going
Its been going to officials family budget😂😂
Those children will only become workers in a decade's time. But the cost is upfront. And in Indonesia, there is ample demand for manual labourers, where child stunting does not impact their employability as significantly compared to white-collar office work.
Asalkan anda tau bagi Indonesia anggaran 70 triliun (rupiah) tidak ada apa-apanya dengan jumlah belanja negara yang hampir 3000 triliun, dan 70 triliun menurut kami itu sangat kecil jika di bandingkan jumlah dana yang gelapkan oleh koruptor, saya kasih contoh 1 kasus korupsi timah jumlahnya 300 triliunan rupiah itu sebanding dengan 5 tahun anggaran makan gizi gratis.
subsidy
$28 billion over 5 years for children - how much for wars globally?
the school shown in the video is a fancy school btw
I'm from a town in Kalimantan, they have done this program but only to one highschool that's in the middle of the city. Haven't heard from other schools.
@@raindoesnotexistit takes time, it’s planned to be 2 million kids in july
53 million kids need to be feed!!
fancy? those are literally public schools.
@@urfavchickenlegs8797 He probably meant fancier well funded public school in the city center
If school is obligatory, the government should be obligated to feed the children.
Though unable to qualify the content, I completely laud this channel for at least elevating and discussing a topic that has gained no traction on Western media; with neo-liberalistic austerity-est programs in the West reducing public spending on social projects, showing something of this ambition is worth learning about!
A different conversation on politics is going on the east, for sure
A similar scheme has been implemented in Tamilnadu, a state in South India for almost 60 years. But it is for the students in government schools who are basically from the economically weaker section. The scheme has been upscaled recently to include breakfast also for these students. This should be looked as an investment rather than as an expense.
Yeah the scheme same, but in Indonesia they used "nutritious" means the meals had to consist of protein, vitamin, carbo, and fat in balance calculation by nutritionist...
focus mndukung hal2 baik ,memberi mkn anak sekolah adalah tindakan luar biasa ,semua anak indonesia dan dunia punya hak sama di lindungi oleh negara kesejahteraan dan kesehatan bgitu juga dgn pendidika ...kita sebagai orangtua dan orang dewasa menjadi contoh baik untuk anak2
It will last 2 months... before fund depleted.
Not true
Are you an expert in economics? If not then please shut up.
true, indonesia government budget are alwyas on deficit every year because the income doesnt reach the target
Indonesia needs about Rp400 trillion per year for the free meal program.
Indonesia also needs about Rp460 trillions for the contruction of IKN (new capital city).
But the needed fund for IKN is only for once in about 100 years. While the fund for the free meal program is needed EVERY YEAR. As Prabowo himself predicted, Indonesia will break up in 2030... 🥸
catering food in indonesia got under 1$ / tray to feed those kids thats why the food looks depressing.
Orang Indo jijik deh baca komen kamu
Thanks!
As Indonesians, yes there are rich and poor. And for the poor, this program really helps them a lot. You don't know how it feels to be part of a starving family daily.
That's the brighter side.
Kasih makan aja yg miskin, beres.
@@aliemuddinahmadstop bertindak bgitu ...kaya miskin punya hak yg sama ...sebelum kaya mereka miskin juga harus nya bersyukur orang2 miskin sekarang lbih di perhatikan oleh pemerintah dan media
"Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime".
The goverment job should be to provide free high quality education and healthcare to its citizen. Giving them free food will not not help them to break from the poverty cycle.
@@bots102 your analogy is correct except that you are missing the point, because teaching a man how to fish takes time and while that man cant feed himself yet somebody must be there to give him the sustenance until he learns how to fish himself.
Those Vendors need to audited
My wife open a catering business. She said no. She keep herself as far as she could from the project. 15k rupiah for rice, egg, fruit, milk and vegetables? That leave nothing for the vendor (for the prices in Bekasi). I can't speak for other places.
Milk 5k, orange 2k, egg 2,5k, rice 3k, vegetable 2k, tempe 1k. Already 15,5k. Gas, oils, labor, electricity, spices, seasonings?
@@jokebapack2what are u on about, you will get cheaper if you buy 2000 eggs in big vendor, 200kg of banana etc. I do not understand the way you pricing the food, is your wife buy egg per pcs as a caterer ?.
This is big business, like OP said, they need to be audited
@@dramas9509 I've already using lower lower prices for each items to consider that a catering business can get cuts for buying the raw materials in bulk. You wouldn't get an egg for 2,5K rupiah in Bekasi in any warung makan (small scale cheap resto). That's why my wife would run as far as she could from the program. She know it will full with audits, and each of them will ask for bribery for not giving you intentional malicious false reporting. The margin is already too thin to ever entertain those pesky auditors. The auditors who know nothing will always thought that we landed up a gold mine with this free lunch contract will not backed up without getting something from the auditees.
It's a shame that companies don't provide free food and accommodation for their workers. Even with low pay, people are still willing to work for free. It seems like corporate greed is really bad these days, people who are suffering are viewed as amusements.
when people too much and not proposional to job
" these days ", this has been going on since the 1980's. The way they see it, if it's not profitable, then there's no use investing in it.
Yes lah. To become Indonesian better future, through Makan Bergizi Gratis program. Amen🙏
This is necessary for the future of the children. You need to foster them properly when they are young. You need a strong group of children to lead. This is a necessity. It’s a small price to pay but is worth it.
"Those children will only become workers in a decade's time. But the cost is upfront. And in Indonesia, there is ample demand for manual labourers, where child stunting does not impact their employability as significantly compared to white-collar office work."
I'm fully on board with this program if theres a lot of imperfection at the beginning hopefully they can always fix it. Theres growing misunderstanding that every newly program must aced grade A from the start but that was never the case, the most important thing is to make right correction along the way.
What Indonesia need is cheap groceries price. Currently it's so expensive because of the low income most families in Indonesia earned.
Best initiative by any government in recent times for the benefit of its people, especially when compared to most other policies worldwide, which tend to favor oligarchs and the wealthy
The whole country going bankrupt while oligarchs building wealth (the growth is immense), are there any connections? 👀
What oligarcs ? 60 % of Indonesian economy comes from micro, small, and medium size companies. State owned companies is huge and dominating. Indonesian big business is nothing compared to conglomerate in India, Singapore, etc. Go to statistic who saw which countries have more billionares then you will now. Think and dont just assume using your feeling
All top government official receive land cruiser and 4 bodyguard 😂
It's for our human development index, gov must do it
Those look like prison food, fitting.
Makanan rumah sakit atau makanan tentara
These are the words of someone who has never been poor.
I believe in you cause I bet you ever tried that prison food before in the prison. Please give me the review about it
Well, maybe media should start to call it just "lunch" since it seemed to be neither nutritious nor free. It's funded by the tax
As Indonesian, i believe in him, but EVERYTHING NEED PROCESS
Malaysia has the same programme for 50+ years😊
true👏🏽..time for change!
This programme is make sense in countries with much lower population.
@@Dimaz42It also makes sense not to give most of the country’s money to rich people while children are hungry.
Malaysia programme's is not universal....only fraction can get it
@MANADOSTREET
Yes...only the needy students get the aid. It's a wise decision😁
In US kids can choose if they want to bring lunch from home or eat the meal school provided and back years ago not all kids got free meals only the low income people, so if you are not poor you still have to pay some money to buy lunch at school but I heard not just 3 years ago California give free meals for the school kids…
It create issues like bullying.
Many kids that get "free lunch" got bullied and discredited by other kids
@@joMan1060in indonesia it's for all children. Poor and rich children parents still get free meal for 17000 island entire indonesia
Ini mirip di Indonesia biasanya.
Man .... Your country literally has abundance of resources and you are hovering over the question why you should give them a free meal ?
5 percents owning 70 percent of the economy.
@jokebapack2 That's cool
Only if all the budget used for it's purpose, not corrupted.
Too naive 😂
3:21 they managed to said a swear word on international media 😅😅
I hope so. During harvest time, our farmers always crying because food price drop due to oversupply. This causing many food to rot on the field.
With this program, BULOG (national logistic company) could absorb all the harvested food and using it to support free meal program for students.
Only been few days and the government already ask us to donate some money for this program 🙄 i dont think this program could last
It's a noble cause that counts.
I believe in him. He will do anything for the sake of our country.
knock off trump but wihtout the trust of its people
Tidak sepenuhnya janji hukum mati korupsi belum di jalankan.
Why would we pay tax to feed rich kids? I would totally understand if it was to feed needy children on poorer provinces, but why would we feed kids who are not even need the food, doesn't make any sense, would be better if they fix the transportation to and from school problem
but what about high speed train and tall sinking jakarta apartment buildings bragging?
Money and corruption is the problem. i really really hope the govt would find better solution for all these insanely problems.
child stunting is a serious problem in here. Like legitimately INSANELY serious. I'm 25, it's not that long since I graduated highschool, but me and my friends keep having a discussion that kids these days are so small, so petite, doesn't look like their age, some highschooler have a body that look like my friends and I when we were in middle school, and that convo always happened whenever we saw a highschooler or middlechooler walked in front of us. But the food for these kids also not that healthy 😭
Like genuinely I hope our govt will find a much much better solution.
Kids these days are so small? Where exactly do you live?? Here in my area junior high kids are even as taller as me!
"Those children will only become workers in a decade's time. But the cost is upfront. And in Indonesia, there is ample demand for manual labourers, where child stunting does not impact their employability as significantly compared to white-collar office work."
@@John_Smith_86how unfair…. Keeping the children fed is a bare minimum for a functioning nation. Corruption kills.
@ Even without corruption, it is very expensive for a developing country to feed every single one of its children
This is a country with no income support at all. I give them a couple of months before they scrap it.
Wdym by a country with no income support?
@maharanient6636 you don't get government support for those with low income.
yeah, no support at all from the gov, low minimun wage salary but they keep increasing the tax and tell us to spend out money
@@Phlegm_Thrower There are tens of millions living on low income, it would take a huge chunk of the Indonesian state budget to support this many people. Indonesia is not a rich country unlike Europeans or east Asians, it simply doesn't have enough money.
YO PINOY, you realize that all your electricity come from Indonesia don't you?
Nope, Indonesia has no Money, even for 6 months later, I bet that, Will see on March - August 2024 and the big chaos in 2028. Free Foods are not exist in middle country.
No free lunch. Teachers are underpaid.
Just propaganda...not the whole country only a few in jakarta.Prabowo is a show off.This scheme has been done in malaysia in decades.He only wants recognition from his people and the world to know he is the best leader in the world.Too much arrogance on his part.Nothing to be proud of.There has been cases of mass food poisoning in schools.
Butthurt 25%+17% 😂
bau2nya anak Wabah😂
No it's real, it even reach Papua
you malaysia ?
Schools' lunch only rises to 2% . How much is wasted in bureaucracy and corrupcion?
The prison food even look better
I believe that. Because you've been in prison for a long time for not feeding your children.
Which prison do you mean? you wouldn't want to be in prison Indonesia
So have you ever tried prison food? Please give the review. I bet it tastes like a criminal 😂
with the limited budget you can't provide decent foods for the kids...this program will become massive food wasting event
Indonesia children are so desperately poor that they will happily eat whatever food is provided to them. This is not the US.
Bodoh sekali pemikiran anda. Ini akan membantu perekonomian mereka kalau anda cermati.
As an Indonesian, I’d say this is a pretty idiotic program. Yes, stunting is a serious issue in Indonesia, but giving out “free meals” feels like a shortcut the govt is using instead of resolving the fundamental problem: economic inequality and limited access to nutritious food.
I think the govt should focus the budget on improving living standards and creating more job opportunities, thereby making healthy food more accessible and affordable for everyone, hence stunting issue can be tackled.
I doubt this program will even last a year. Another failure made by Prabowo-Gibran administration 🤦♂️
kalo cuma ngomong mmg enak. memberikan kontribusi utk negara aja kau belom mampu. Udah sok kali kau bilang ini program yang bodoh 🗿. coba kau bisa gak ciptakan lapangan pekerjaan?!? mmgnya itu mutlak tugas nya pemerintah doank! Orang yg tinggal di luar negeri tunjukkanlah kontribusi nya kpd publik biar bisa dinilai manfaat yg sdh didapatkan slama nyaman dan nyari cuan dinegara org! 😅
Contoh orang sok pinter yang gak napak
Agreed. It's too expensive for a country like Indonesia, it simply does not have that much money (yet).
03:20 What did the kid say?!
Never trust indo gov't propaganda
It's not the Indo.
It's the corrupted Republic of Indonesia created by Soekarno who has betrayed Hatta.
Originally Indonesia should be a Republic Federal Indonesia (United States of Indonesia) for fair and prosperous Indonesia.
Republic of Indonesia is rotting since the beginning.
Indonesia became a developed country since she has high speed train.
🤣🤣🤣
Indonesia don't want u.s regime train!😅😅
@@moviemakerjo6756
US has no train for export, abdul
@@Hkchinese888 yeah.. working with China it dose!..no future with the u.s of a!....🍉
@@moviemakerjo6756Indonesian president loves trump 🥳🥳
@@Liverpool4life5 so what..?
where will Funding come from ?
From many sources...
You say free meal for students make money not productive ??? Students is the next generation for future my country.
They can’t afford it
Both the Govt and the poor people
Sorry we are not UK now, 😂😂😂
@ Brics 🥴
Souf East Asians will always south east Asian
Pardon?
I am a complete multiracial blood mix born Indonesian, fluent multilingual, living around the world all alone since a child.
You didn't understand the meaning
@@etas1cthen explain that
I think this program feels too forced. It would be better to address the core problem of stunting, which is rooted in economic issues. Efforts should focus on creating manufacturing industries to increase employment, ensuring equitable development, raising teacher salaries to a decent level, and addressing urgent environmental issues like waste management and pollution
SDM rendah susah diarahkan...
The core problem of stunting is the lack of nutrients input into your body.
@ true, I've been live in a remote area in Indonesia. The main problem is low income families need more economic support like stable and decent job, access to quality education, and a proper environment to live in
Satu negara satu bangsa tapi makan gratis gak merata di kampung aku belum ada makan gratis untuk anak sekolah.
bertahap
Sudahlah... Buat BAYAR HUTANG NEGARA SAJA !!!!... kami masih mampu memberi anak kami makan, cuma makan siang sepiring saja. Infrastruktur di pedesaan masih banyak yang belum dibenahi, jangan membuang anggaran negara dengan hal-hal yang tidak terlalu penting. Jangan hanya program kampanye, tapi ke depannya negara ini malah tambah susah perekonomiannya. Ingat, indonesia hanyalah negara berkembang, belum bisa memiliki standart seperti sekolah² di negara maju untuk menyediakan makan siang
Ini nih contoh kalau pas masih kanak kanak kekurangan gizi
@Sayakesal Nah ini yg komen malah orang yg kurang edukasi... Maaf, saya bukan termasuk anak kekurangan gizi krn ortu kami terbilang mampu. Wlwpun 9 bersaudara kami semua lulus sarjana. Jangan hanya krn komen utk mementingkan hutang negara anda mengatakan bhw seseorang kurang gizi. Dimana kolerasinya coba. Ada bbrp hal yg harus dipertimbangkan dlm memberikan makan gratis, hitung jumlah seluruh siswa, brp bnyk sekolah yg masuk kategori makan gratis, sumber dana, sampai kapan, apakah dari sabang sampai merauke, dari pelosok desa hingga kota besar. Okelah jika semua sdh direncanakan, tp dampak pd perekonomian ke depannya, jgnkan menunggu 5 thn, 1 thn ke depan belum tentu berjalan mulus
@@roydeeyaa6239 Anda seriusan nanya dimana kolerasinya? Baiklah saya jelaskan, Tidak ada kolerasinya karena komentar saya bermaksud menentertawakan komentar anda yang lebih memikirkan utang negara dari pada memperbaiki gizi penerus bangsa.
Memang kenapa Hutang negara kita? Anda paham tentang hutang negara? Paham External Debt dan Internal debt? Debt to GDP ratio? Dan parameter2 lainnya? Kalau paham saya yakin anda tau hutang negara kita tidak seburuk yang digembor gembor kan politukus2 oposisi yang suka nakut2in para SDM rendah kurang Edukasi, Bahkan cendrung bagus dan lebih baik dari kebanyak negara2 lain.
Indonesia memang masih negara berkembang belum masuk negara maju, tapi banyak kok sektor2 yang Indonesia lebih unggul dari negara maju pun. Tapi ya namanya Lalat walaupun ditaman penuh bunga akan mencari tumpukan sampah tidak seperti lebah yang walaupun dipembuangan sampah akan tetap mencari bunga.
Alhamdulillah yaa, kalau orang tua anda mampu memberikan gizi yg baik bagi 9 anak anaknya. Orang tua anda cerdas memprioritaskan gizi anda dan saudara2 anda, sayangnya diIndonesia banyak orang tua yang tidak seperti itu, entah karena tidak mampu, tidak tahu atau tidak diprioritaskan makanya sampai Pemerintah mesti turun tanggan.
Kalau program perbaikan gizi buat para penerus bangsa yang menghabiskan 2% APBN 2025 akan membuat negara bangkrut sedangkan impactnya bisa dirasakan oleh masyarakat secara langsung tidak penting dan lebih baik dipakai buat bayar hutang negara yang kalau diukur dengan data masih baik dan jauh lebih baik dari kebanyakan negara lain, kayanya anda mesti belajar menepatkan prioritas deh.
@@roydeeyaa6239 Anda seriusan nanya dimana kolerasinya? Baiklah saya jelaskan, Tidak ada kolerasinya karena komentar saya bermaksud menentertawakan komentar anda yang lebih memikirkan utang negara dari pada memperbaiki gizi penerus bangsa.
Memang kenapa Hutang negara kita? Anda paham tentang hutang negara? Paham External Debt dan Internal debt? Debt to GDP ratio? Dan parameter2 lainnya? Kalau paham saya yakin anda tau hutang negara kita tidak seburuk yang digembor gembor kan politukus2 oposisi yang suka nakut2in para SDM rendah kurang Edukasi, Bahkan cendrung bagus dan lebih baik dari kebanyak negara2 lain.
Indonesia memang masih negara berkembang belum masuk negara maju, tapi banyak kok sektor2 yang Indonesia lebih unggul dari negara maju pun. Tapi ya namanya Lalat walaupun ditaman penuh bunga akan mencari tumpukan sampah tidak seperti lebah yang walaupun dipembuangan sampah akan tetap mencari bunga.
Alhamdulillah yaa, kalau orang tua anda mampu memberikan gizi yg baik bagi 9 anak anaknya. Orang tua anda cerdas memprioritaskan gizi anda dan saudara2 anda, sayangnya diIndonesia banyak orang tua yang tidak seperti itu, entah karena tidak mampu, tidak tahu atau tidak diprioritaskan makanya sampai Pemerintah mesti turun tanggan.
Kalau program perbaikan gizi buat para penerus bangsa yang menghabiskan 2% APBN 2025 akan membuat negara bangkrut sedangkan impactnya bisa dirasakan oleh masyarakat secara langsung tidak penting dan lebih baik dipakai buat bayar hutang negara yang kalau diukur dengan data masih baik dan jauh lebih baik dari kebanyakan negara lain, kayanya anda mesti belajar menepatkan prioritas deh.
the worst project ever in Indonesian Prabowo need 70 Trilions to support this program, but he cut 300 Trilions from all Government Budget in Indonesia. This budget not only to support those wasteful project, but also incompetent and fat structure of his cabinet.
In the long term, it will trigger the low Economic Growth, or even worse, recession most likely will happen.
No buzzer here? Ah I see. They can't understand English.
of course not, program asbun ga matang gitu berjalan setahun aja udah keajaiban 😂😂😂😂
Subsidi BBM jalan puluhan tahun padahal uangnya cuma lari ke arab sama Singapura ini muter ekonomi lokal masih mending
@MANADOSTREETsubsidi bbm uangnya kabur ke arab (minyak), singapore (broker), dan jepang (kendaraan) 😂😂😂
Itu yg komen diatas mungkin mikir semua program pemerintah bsa berjalan dg lancar dari awal tp gw hidup lebih dari 30 tahun, setiap program yg dijalankan pemerintah pasti berantakan dulu di awal bhkn presiden Jokowi saat awal2 pun sama dan program2 dya bsa dibilang hampir 99.9% slalu jalan. Yg penting ada koreksi dan perbaikan. Ini program baik knp gak disukai saya aja bingung...
Bro, negara Kita mampu subsidy minya puluhan tahun jauh lebih mahal dsri ini aja mampu 😂😂😂..
Indonesians who are against this program should be ashamed of calling themselves Indonesians. The scheme for it may not be perfect ofc, but going against the very concept of a government feeding their young is pretty much saying that they shouldn't care about the future of this country at all
People like these should be ashamed of voting on our elections in the first place, how can you vote for officials who would make the country better when you don't even care whether the young eats healthy or not? It's impossible
Because this programme is just a gimmick. It does not solve the root cause of stunting, which is economic inequality.
About voting for officials, how do you defend the current cabinets being filled by unprofessional individuals?
With a trade of VAT hikes from 11% to 12% only less than 5 years? with a trade of shrinking middle class of Indonesia? With a trade to fund current regime that has the most ministers and staff that not coming from related backgrounds and only for politics? As long the Corruption, Collusion, and Nepotism are the root cause for govt program, this free meal will be another problem not a solution that directly solve the root cause
I don't have high hopes for Prabowo's administration, unlike Jokowi's.
Indonesia not rich enough to feed all the kids. 50% will go to waste or to the pocket of someone.
NOP, the nation is bankrupt. Cant even pay debt. lol
🤮🤮
Poor country
Why poor country?
Yes we are poor country. We are willing to bleed to get out of it.
The meals is so simple, yet many students crying when they got it, they want take it home for their mother.
We are trying feed the future mam. To cut poverty
But Indo kids mybe eat better then kids in yr country lol
@@joMan1060 I am from China
indeed
As Indonesian, we enjoy life either we are rich or poor.
Plz note we are country with most volcanic and earthquake activity in the world.
Yes, most our infrastructure not last longer than other country. So most budget go there n saving for next disaster.
I dont mind if Prabowo or my country ask for debt especially from Cina for this programme, We Will Pay It !!!
😊😊😊
China funded Indonesians free meal program..190 trikiun rupiah. UK and Japan also sponsor or funded Indonesia.. Recently, School puplis got Food Poisoning from consuming Free Meals in Indonesia. Pupils have no choice since the meal has only one choice. Unlike other countries, puplis have options. Some kids dont eat fish, but they dont have choice in Indonesia. ..Ps, Not all Schools receive Free Meal. Only selected Schoos and Provinces in Indonesia.
biggest fraud 😂
Free lunch is common in republic of Taiwan but never happened in china
This is actually a breakfast for students, not lunch. We wish to have students properly nourished before their class. They deserve it. They are our future.
@@yssunjokogave you a tick!... the comment you respond to is non researched and imbicillic?
8/10 rage bait
Chyna is a developed country, there is no free lunch.🤣🤣🤣
@@yssunjokobut your government can't afford you are poor