New students: Salsa and Mikhael

New students: Salsa and Mikhael

We are very happy to welcome two new students into our Heliconia Community for the academic year 2022-2023: Salsa and Mikhael! Salsa is from the Hati Suci shelter. She enjoys setting clear goals, taking the lead and speaking in public, […]

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Third Heliconia baby born

Third Heliconia baby born

On 24 May 2022, our cooperation partner Naomi gave birth to her first child: Hugo! Naomi got married to her husband the year before, and they are very happy to welcome their firstborn into their family. Congratulations Naomi! As soon […]

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Honouring Mr Koijmans, our greatest donor

Honouring Mr Koijmans, our greatest donor

The Heliconia Scholarship Foundation is here today, because of Mr Koijmans, our most special donor. He included our foundation in his will in 2013. He wanted his legacy to contribute to the development of higher education in Indonesia, the country […]

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Head of Student Affairs visits the Netherlands

Head of Student Affairs visits the Netherlands

Our Head of Student Affairs Naomi visited the board in the Netherlands. Because of Naomi’s first time pregnancy, she came over as soon as possible. In January 2022, Naomi arrived in a cold and rainy Holland, during a Covid-19 lockdown. […]

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New students: Holy, Lisa, Wina and Sevio

New students: Holy, Lisa, Wina and Sevio

The year 2021 was the second year in which the Heliconia Scholarship Foundation had to select new candidates for the Heliconia Scholarship online, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. When recruiting the new students, we first did a document selection, by […]

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Head of Student Affairs got married!

Head of Student Affairs got married!

Naomi, our Head of Student Affairs, got happily married to her soulmate, in Bandung on May 29th, 2021. Happy wedding dear Naomi! Naomi became our first full-time employee in December 2019, after having been a volunteer since 2012. Naomi is […]

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Encouraging each other: our most important value

Encouraging each other: our most important value

Over the years, we have learned that commitment to each other is the most important key to our success! Because running a foundation or completing a university education requires dedication and perseverance. We all feel most motivated to give our […]

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Graduate Veronica got married

Graduate Veronica got married

Graduate Veronica got married to the man she loves, Yeremia, in Jakarta on December 11th, 2020. Happy wedding dear Vero! Vero received the Heliconia Scholarship from 2012 to 2016. She studied Nutritional Science at Universitas Indonesia. Now she works as […]

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Graduates receiving Heliconia Graduation Certificates

Graduates receiving Heliconia Graduation Certificates

In 2020, the Heliconia Scholarship Foundation handed out official graduation certificates to all our Heliconia graduates. This year, we decided to make the Heliconia certificates so that graduates can add them to their resume. Obtaining a Heliconia Scholarship and participating […]

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Sefta celebrates her graduation online

Sefta celebrates her graduation online

Hooray! Sefta has graduated on November 22nd, 2020! The members of the board and cooperation partners of the Heliconia Scholarship Foundation are very proud of her! She graduated with a GPA of 3.54. We are so happy for her. You […]

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