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14 year old Marhayati, eighth grade student at Kartini Emergency School, stands in front of her makeshift home under the elevated highway close to the school in North Jakarta. Her family moved to Jakarta from West Java many years ago in the hopes of making a better life, only to end up scavenging. Marhayati has been going to Kartini School since she was in the first grade. "Besides getting a formal education, I've also learned  how to cook, bake, sew, apply make-up and Balinese traditional dance. When I graduate from high school, I know I won't be able to afford a University education but I'm confident that i will be able to earn a living with the skills I've learned," says Marhayati. Since the early 1990s, twin sisters Sri Rosyati (known as Rossy) and Sri Irianingsih (known as Rian) have used their family inheritance to set up and run 64 schools in different parts of Indonesia, providing primary education combined with practical skills to some of the country's most deprived children.