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About us
Care that follows the child home.
Specialised medical care — known as palliative care — for children from marginalised communities living with serious illnesses such as cancer and HIV AIDS. Pioneering palliative care in Indonesia since 2006.
Introduction
What Rachel House does
Rachel House provides specialised medical care (known as palliative care) to children from marginalised communities living with serious illnesses such as cancer and HIV AIDS.
Established in 2006, we have pioneered palliative care in Indonesia. Driven by the belief that no child should ever have to live or die in pain, our highly-skilled nurses provide home-based care to children from some of the most marginalised communities in Jakarta, free of charge.
We also educate and equip medical professionals and local communities with palliative care skills and knowledge to provide care for those in desperate need.
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2006
Pioneers of palliative care in Indonesia
The first service of its kind in the country, built one home visit at a time.
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Free of charge, always
Families never pay for a visit, for medication, or for a nurse’s time.
Our vision
To never see a child live or die in pain.
Our mission
To establish a palliative care ecosystem in Indonesia, ensuring palliative care is available and accessible for all children living with life-limiting illnesses.
Our values
What guides every visit.
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Believe in the right of all children to be loved and cared for
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Ensure a safe environment for families to care for their children
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Provide and maintain the highest clinical standards of care
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Ethical behaviour in all aspects of clinical, physical, emotional and spiritual care
Rachel House is a fully registered and accredited Indonesian non-profit organization under the name Yayasan Rumah Rachel — registration number 2265/F.2/31.73.07.1002/-1.848/e/2019
How we began
From a dream of a hospice to a nurse on a motorbike.
The plan was to build Indonesia’s first children’s hospice. The children we met there asked us for something else.
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The dream
A safe haven for children
In the beginning, the dream was to build a safe haven to care for children with life-limiting conditions. The dream captured the hearts of many who came to rally support for the cause. This marked the launch of Rachel House and the plans for building Indonesia’s first purpose-built children’s hospice.
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The pilot
The children asked to go home
When the service was piloted at a 3-bed inpatient hospice, we heard again and again the cries of the little ones who begged to go home. After months and years of chemotherapy and invasive treatments, they pleaded to go home to be close to their friends.
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The turn
Uniforms traded for helmets
In response to this plea, our nurses traded their uniforms for helmets and jackets to travel the crowded streets of Jakarta to reach these children in their homes.
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Today
The nurses others learn from
19 years and more than 1300 children later, Rachel House is today an acknowledged leader in home-based pediatric palliative care service in Jakarta. Our nurses have become the “model” nurses invited to share their knowledge at major hospitals and nursing faculties, and participate in difficult case discussions at some of the largest national referral hospitals in Indonesia.
The road ahead
“Thousands of people have been dying at home… and 500,000 people sick at home (in Jakarta)” — without access to medical care.
However, so much more is needed.
This harsh reality led us to commit to building a palliative care ecosystem to help ensure that pain and symptom management is available and accessible by all, from primary to tertiary healthcare setting, to prevent and relieve suffering. We are actively working to disseminate palliative care skills and knowledge to medical professionals at public hospitals and puskesmas (primary health clinics), while reinforcing the community’s capacity by empowering community volunteers in basic palliative care knowledge.
We hope that you will join us as we build a world-class palliative care ecosystem in Indonesia and transform the healthcare system for generations to come.
Awards & recognition
Recognised by those who watch closely.
The work of Rachel House, and our founder Lynna Chandra, has been recognised both nationally and internationally over many years, including:
72 Ikon Berprestasi Indonesia
Presiden Pembinaan Ideologi Pancasila
Impact Award
The Stars Foundation
Rainbow Across Borders Asia Pacific Awards
Sanofi
Recognitions earned on GlobalGiving in 2025.
Governance
Board Members & Our Team
Our boards set strategy, safeguard the foundation’s finances and hold the organisation to its mission.
Board of Trustees
- Pranata HajadiChairperson
- Jimmy Masrin
- Lynna Chandra
Supervisory Board
- Ronald Liem
- Veronica Colondam
- Dr. R. Akhileswaran
Executive Board
- Notariza TaherChairperson
- Mayang Schreiber
- Charmie Hamami
- Elly Mariana Tansil M.
Fundraising Committee
- Ronald LiemChairperson
- Andrea Risjad
- Charmie Hamami
- Mimi Nurjadin
Advisory
International Panel of Advisors
Mentor & Advisor
- Dr. Rosalie Shaw
Medical
- Dr. R. Akhileswaran
- Dr. Sue Marsden
- Dr. Suresh Kumar
- Dr. Tan Yew Seng
- Jan Phillips
- Edward Poon
Our Team
- [Team member name]Executive Director
- [Team member name]Head of Nursing
- [Team member name]Palliative Care Nurse
- [Team member name]Training Manager
- [Team member name]Partnerships Manager
- [Team member name]Programs Coordinator
- [Team member name]Communications Lead
- [Team member name]Finance & Operations
Take one small step
Fund the next home visit
A gift to Rachel House pays for medication, transport and the hours a nurse spends at a child’s bedside.