Indonesian Future Leaders

The organization is run by all youths and has approximately 150 staffs, 700 volunteers, and 30,000 online supporters as of early 2013[4] spread all in its seven chapters in Jakarta, Bandung, Malang, Yogyakarta, Bali, Medan, and Bulukumba (South Sulawesi).

IFL’s tagline of “Initiate, Act, Share, Inspire” is represented in its various capacity building, community development, and advocacy projects online and offline[5] which aim to create socially aware future leaders of Indonesia.

In February 2012, IFL has won the Millennium Development Goals awards presented by the government of the Republic of Indonesia for its active involvement in promoting the MDGs to Indonesian youths.

[9] The winner of the School of Volunteers 2010 was team Hermes from SMA Negeri 8 Jakarta with their project named Petualangan Sabtu Minggu (The Saturday-Sunday Adventure), a project aimed to promote the 3rd MDG, i.e. the concept of gender equality, among children in which the participants can get to know more about various occupations and be inspired by the professionals who have stood out of the occupational gender stereotyping.

[10] This year, IFL continued to host similar program, the School of Volunteers 2012, with a main theme of Securing the Future of Indonesian Children.

These 33 candidates have to undergo many stages similar to the real life parliamentary system, starting from campaign, election, and representing their constituents during the sessions.