Meaningful Education in Preparation for a Meaningful Life

The founders of Begawan Foundation, Bradley and Debbie Gardner, firmly believe that children, adolescents and young adults in Indonesia and other countries around the world need meaningful education to prepare them to take up creative and responsible roles in their future lives, and to equip them to meet the complex demands they will have to face in the coming years.

Their concept of meaningful education places a strong emphasis on entrepreneurial skills. Rather than turning out numbers of potential employees for the conventional labour market, they believe education should nurture visionaries who recognise and understand problems, develop entrepreneurial ideas for dealing with them, and implement those ideas in a way that contributes to the community.