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Music Beats Cancer is a charitable campaign dedicated to the truly brave warriors afflicted with cancer. They and their families are going through this alone.

This is how the story goes: I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in March 2014 when I was fourteen years old and had to undergo surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. For a year, not only myself but also my family were held captive by my illness. You can imagine the fear and the heartache that my family went through. Fortunately, my parents had the resources to access the treatment and support that I needed. There are so many children in this country who are going through what I went through - cancer. However, there is one big difference; they do not have the resources to support them. These people need our help. An organization that is trying to provide halfway houses is YKAKI (Yayasan Kasih Anak Kanker Indonesia), a foundation established in November 2006, by the mother of a child with cancer, to provide support to the families of children fighting cancer. Their mission has been to provide accommodation, education, transportation, and emotional support for children battling cancer. They have done this through their halfway houses named ‘Rumah Kita’. I am in the process of developing an event proposal for a fundraising event called ‘Music Beats Cancer’. ‘Music Beats Cancer’ will be a two-hour long charitable musical event where a number of talented artists donate their time to perform. Additionally, there will be a special musical performance by the truly brave children of YKAKI. The concert will be held on March 20th, 2016 in the Yamaha Center, Gatot Subroto from 4PM-6PM. I believe music plays a great deal of contribution in the healing process. Let's lend a helping hand to these children, from the ground up.

- Nate Kristanto

22/07/2017

A fun day filled with art and music at YKAKI!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2claJugUfs8 Timotius Toto Suwarsito

27/12/2016

UPDATE!

The halfway house is underway! None of this could have ever been accomplished without you. Take a look at the pictures below and see what your donations have helped achieve.

More info: http://ykaki.or.id/index.php/berita-dan-kegiatan/kegiatan-donasi/127-pembangunan-perluasan-rumah-singgah-ykaki-jakarta

24/04/2016

The one and only Violissi, Iskandar Widjaja, at the Music Beats Cancer concert on March 20th, 2016.

21/04/2016

This is Spe.ed.ster, Abyakta's school band run by children with special needs', cover of D'Masiv's musical piece "Jangan Menyerah" played at the Music Beats Cancer concert in 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBcC_fawC6U

Music Beats Cancer is a charitable campaign with the purpose of helping children afflicted with cancer in Indonesia. This year, through the Music Beats Cance...

20/04/2016

After all the hard work, we managed to raise 223,000,000IDR, all of which is now being used to build the new YKAKI halfway house! None of this would have been possible without all of you. Thank you!

03/04/2016

This is the phenomenal guitarist, Jubing Kristianto's, cover of Ibu Soed's children's song "Becak" played at the Music Beats Cancer concert in 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Sz-HNBLpU