Handed over at the bases where drivers wait between orders.

Two hundred kits went out across South Jakarta and Tangerang. This was the first batch that took us outside Jakarta itself.

What we did

1. Prepared and packed 200 first aid kits (10 cartons of 20)
2. Coordinated with driver communities and base points across the area
3. Distributed the kits directly into drivers' hands at their bases
4. Ran a short training and socialisation session at every stop: what is inside the kit, how to use it, and what to do at a crash scene
5. Asked every driver whether they were registered with BPJS Ketenagakerjaan

We added that last question partway through. Running the sessions made it obvious that the kit only covers small injuries, so we started asking drivers whether they had accident insurance. We are still adding up the answers. They will tell us whether the next stage is worth attempting and roughly what it would cost.

By the numbers

• 200 first aid kits distributed (10 cartons of 20)
• 200 drivers reached
• Base points across South Jakarta and Tangerang (Pancoran, Senayan, and others)

Thank you

Thank you to the volunteers and donors who paid for this batch and helped hand it out. And thank you to the drivers who stopped to listen. They are paid per trip, so twenty minutes with us costs them money.

One driver at a time, wherever we found them.

The second batch went to East and Central Jakarta, around Kramat Jati and Pramuka. We did it the same way as the first: find where drivers stop between orders, turn up with the kits, stay long enough to go through what is inside.

What we did

1. Packed and prepared the kits for distribution
2. Coordinated with driver communities across East and Central Jakarta
3. Handed the kits over in person at each stop
4. Ran a short session alongside each handover

What we changed afterwards

We gave out a lot of this batch one driver at a time, wherever we found them. Outside a shop, at the roadside, waiting for an order. It worked, but we ended up repeating the same briefing over and over to one person, and the busiest drivers were the hardest to catch.

For the next batch we went to the bigger base points instead, where drivers wait in groups. We could talk to several at once, and they kept discussing it after we left.

The first batch went to West and North Jakarta, including Palmerah and Koja. It was the smallest and the roughest of the three. Most of how we work now came out of it: go to the drivers instead of asking them to come to us, put the kit in their hands, and never leave without running the session.