The economic downturn since 1997 increased the number of poor people. The World Bank has described the reversal in Indonesia’s fortune as “the most dramatic economic collapse anywhere in 50 years”. The UNICEF report on” the State of The World’s Children 2000” revealed that Indonesia is suffering the greatest setbacks worse than any other country in East Asia. Even UNICEF Indonesia and Malaysia representatives said that Indonesia faces the threat of an entire generation lost, characterized by a large number of unhealthy, malnourished and uneducated children, including those who work on the streets (http:// www.lists.esential.org).