About
An independent non-profit organization dedicated to
accelerating child-centered systemic change in Indonesia.
Accelerating child-centered systemic change in Indonesia by advancing research, education, and mobilizing collective action to ensure dignity, resilience, and opportunity for every new generation.
Building A Better Future For Indonesian Children
Advance Child-
Centered Research
Generate, synthesize, and translate rigorous research and evidence to illuminate how systemic challenges affect children and new generations, and to inform policies, practices, and public decision-making in Indonesia.
Shape
Education
Strengthen education and public understanding by reframing how institutions, communities,and society understand children’s rights, wellbeing, and future opportunities in the face of complex systemic challenges.
Mobilized
Collective Action
Mobilize and connect diverse stakeholders across government, academia, industry, and civil society to co-create, advocate for, and accelerate systemic solutions that expand dignity, resilience, and opportunity for every new generation.
Building A Better Future For Indonesian Children
Childhood Education
Pembelajar Foundation works to expand and strengthen early childhood education by researching, designing, and scaling systems that give every Indonesian child quality learning from the very start.
Childhood Poverty
Pembelajar Foundation works to break the link between poverty and limited opportunity by building evidence, designing targeted interventions, and advocating for policies that give every child a fair start regardless of their family’s income.
Gender Equality
Girls and boys have equal rights, responsibilities, opportunities, and access to resources. Pembelajar Foundation works to remove the barriers that limit access to education and opportunity by advancing gender-responsive research, inclusive programs, and advocacy that centers every child’s rights equally.
Frontier Technology
Pembelajar Foundation works to prepare Indonesia’s children for a technology-driven future by researching the impact of emerging technologies on child development, integrating digital literacy into learning systems, and ensuring that technology empower children rather than expose them to harm.
Three Interconnected
Approaches
Good research without good people goes nowhere.
Good people without a movement don’t last.
Research and Innovation
We turn evidence into action. Our research cuts through complexity to give policymakers, educators, and communities the insights they need to drive real, lasting reform
Learning and Development
We strengthen the capacity of educators, leaders, and learners through research-based learning and development. By bridging global best practices with local contexts, we enable inclusive, effective, and future-ready education.
Community and Movement
We mobilize youth, educators, and communities to champion education reform. Through advocacy, collaboration, and grassroots leadership, we build a movement that sustains and scales systemic change.
Principles That
Guide Our Work
Evidence-Based
We address the most pressing challenges through holistic problem solving of evidence-based
Innovation
We innovate to accelerate the impact through implementation of the solutions
Collaboration
We mobilize a collective imagination, action, and impact
Meet Our
Management Team
Ihya is an MBA graduate, he works at the intersection of the private and public sectors, focusing on policy, systems reform, and cross-sector collaboration. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Public Policy at Monash University, researching AI competence frameworks for K–12 learners.
Aghnia Nadhira pursues her career in research, with 12 Q1 Scopus-indexed publications. She holds a dual-degree PhD from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and Coventry University. He also a serial entrepreneur with business in strategic consulting
Syahid Rohmatulloh is a finance and strategy professional with experience in public oversight, investment banking, and corporate banking at Bank Mandiri, specializing in capital allocation, financing strategy, and institutional resilience.