Photographer in training: A participant of Kelas Jurnalis Cilik, a nonprofit community empowerment program founded by freelance journalist Syamsudin Ilyas, holds up a cardboard camera she made during the photography segment of the program’s four-month journalism course. (JP/A. Kurniawan Ulung)

Kelas Jurnalis Cilik empowers Cilincing youth through journalism

Freelance journalist Syamsudin Ilyas is empowering the children of Cilincing, North Jakarta, through a free, four-month journalism course provided by Kelas Jurnalis Cilik, the nonprofit community empowerment program he founded.

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