June 13, 2011

"I Almost Quit My Study"

"I almost quit my study" said Yusuf when he told us about his experience as one of starfish. Yusuf was study in Surabaya pursuing his Bachelor degree in Business Management and almost quit his study on his 2nd year. He was facing dilemma when his parents run out the money and he has to decide to quit his study and get some job to earn money. Yusuf met Mimi Anzel, the Starfish angel in the right time. Mimi can trust Yusuf because his best friend is the first starfish and by the time Mimi met Yusuf, the first starfish has just finished his study.

Mimi sees Yusuf as a smart and talented student so she doesn't want to see Yusuf quit his study. she decided to help Yusuf the same way she helped the first starfish. When Mimi fly back to US, both stay in touch through email, Facebook and Skype. Every end of semester, Yusuf send his exam result by email to show the progress of his study.

During his study, Yusuf involved in  AIESEC, the world largest student driven organization. He met lots of international students and get many experiences from them. His dream is to visit Europe, US and many countries in Asia. One of his dream came true when he visit Rusia for 3 month as a AIESEC member in student exchange program.

Finally Yusuf get his Bachelor degree in 2010 and Mimi come to Indonesia to attend his graduation ceremony. Currently Yusuf is working in a multinational company in Indonesia and he was able to visit US, Malaysia and Singapore. He still dreaming of traveling around the world and he wrote his experiences in his personal blog.

May 26, 2011

When Dreams Come True

A kid who lives in the village in Indonesia and is a son of a farmer, unable to go to college because they do not have much money. With the help of Mimi finally he managed to go to college, get a college scholarship in the USA and now he becomes a lecturer in one famous polytechnic in Indonesia. 

This a story about the first starfish

May 25, 2011

What is Starfish Mission?

The name of the Starfish mission is actually taken from The Starfish Story, adapted from the writings of Loren Eiseley

As a young boy and girl walked along a beach at dawn, they noticed an old man ahead of them picking up starfish and tossing them into the sea. Catching up with the man, the girl asked why he was doing this. The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die
if left in the morning sun.
“But the beach goes on for miles and there are thousands of starfish,” exclaimed the girl. “How can you alone make any difference?” The old man looked at the starfish in his hand and then tossed it safely into the waves. He turned to them, smiled and said,

I made a difference to that one. ” 

 
This story inspired a great woman named Mimi Anzel in helping a number of  students in Indonesia in continuing their studies. They are helped by Mimi are those who have graduated high school and don't have enough money to go to college. Of the many number of people in Indonesia who can not go to college, Mimi has helped some of them to be able to finish their studies and improve their quality of life.