SMART Recovery Workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia

At the moment there are only two trained SMART Facilitators across all of Indonesia but increasingly we have seen a growing interest in the SMART program from Indonesian rehabilitation and addiction treatment providers. SMART Facilitators Sam & Denis capitalized on this interest by organizing a one-day SMART Recovery workshop in Jakarta last week.  

The goal for the event was to raise awareness, to generate interest in starting a small group of SMART meetings (online and where possible face to face) and to build on the work being undertaken by Sam Nugraha and his organization Yayasan Perkumpulan PEKA.

 The workshop was attended by representatives of twelve key non-government organizations and clinics.  SMART Recovery shirts and banners were created for the workshop.  The attendees heard presentations from SMART Recovery International and SMART Recovery Australia.  Sam and Denis both presented on their insights into the SMART Recovery program and its applicability in Indonesian culture. 

 The workshop had successful outcomes, two of the attendees are now taking the SMART Facilitator training, there is a plan to have five SMART meetings up and running by the end of the year and Sam & Denis have appointments to follow up with the key organizations in the next two weeks.  

SMART Indonesia has begun!

Terimakasih banyak Sam & Denis for your commitment and belief in SMART Recovery and thank you also to the following organizations for your interest in SMART Recovery. Yayasan RASA Bogor, Yayasan Besakih Bogor, Yayasan Sekata Samarinda, Yayasan Karisma Jakarta, Yayasan Lingkaran Indonesia Peduli Jakarta, Ashefa Griya, Pusaka Jakarta.