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Meet the Volunteers & Ambassadors
SASTRA and Garis Hitam Indonesia, collaborates as Strategic Partners towards building human capital and ending poverty via Social Entreprises.
CHANGE MAKERS
SASTRA Indonesia Chapter was founded with support from Garis Hitam Indonesia. Garis Hitam Indonesia (GHI), also known as the Garis Hitam Project, is a social enterprise and non-governmental organization founded in 2019 in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, dedicated to empowering female prisoners and ex-prisoners. With a Mission of Economic Empowerment, Garis Hitam Indonesia trains female inmates and former convicts to create marketable, eco-friendly products, helping them build financial independence and practical business skills through a social enterprise model.
SASTRA Indonesia is Led by our Change Maker and SASTRA Fellowship 2027 Scholar, Fenti Agustina, with her commitment to building inclusive learning ecosystems that empower individuals, strengthen institutions, and drive meaningful societal progress.
Program Manager for Garis Hitam Indonesia, Ambassador for SASTRA Indonesia
INDONESIA CHAPTER
Footprint & Impact
While the initiative initially started in partnership with the Class III Mamuju Women's Correctional Institution, its reach has since expanded significantly. Garis Hitam Indonesia now collaborates with various major women's prisons across Indonesia, including those in Jakarta and Tangerang, helping hundreds of women gain financial independence and reduce recidivism rates.
SASTRA Indonesia: Partnering with Garis Hitam Indonesia to develop social entrepreneurs
Fenti Agustina is an impact-driven non-profit professional who serves as the Program Manager for Garis Hitam Indonesia, a social enterprise dedicated to empowering incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. Armed with a background from Universitas Pertamina, she specializes in program coordination, project reporting, and research within the international development sector. Her commitment to social justice and human rights is highlighted by her selection as an online volunteer for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Indonesia, where she actively contributed to a nationwide campaign focused on Business and Human Rights. At Garis Hitam Indonesia, Fenti bridges the gap between stakeholders, managing day-to-day data and evaluating metrics to ensure rehabilitation and reintegration programs successfully drive structural and social change.
The organization was founded in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, in late 2019 by a group of passionate youths, including Muh. Rifai Sahida, Achmad Nur, Ulfa Purnamasari, and Muh. Arifsan. The name "Garis Hitam" (which translates to "Black Line") symbolizes a dark or stained past, representing the stigma of imprisonment not the end of a story, but a turning point to write a better future.
Key Pillars & Core Programs
Economic Empowerment & Creative Training: Providing hands-on, sustainable vocational training inside correctional facilities (Lapas). This includes eco-friendly handicraft making (such as weaving pandan leaves and upcycling fabric waste), sewing, culinary arts, and professional makeup artistry.
Psychosocial & Reintegration Support: Offering emotional counseling and mental preparation to help female inmates heal from trauma and build resilience before they face the outside world.
Stigma Reduction & Advocacy: Campaigning for gender equality and social inclusion to break down deep-rooted societal prejudices and employment discrimination against ex-convicts.
Empowering Communities and Shaping the Future
Fenti Agustina
Garis Hitam Indonesia (also widely known as Garis Hitam Project) is a prominent Indonesian social enterprise and non-profit movement dedicated to empowering, training, and advocating for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women (warga binaan and pasca-binaan) to support their successful social and economic reintegration.