The provincial government of Papua raised the alarms mid-March when it became clear that the corona virus had reached the island. People were requested to work from home, to keep a safe distance from each other and to wash hands frequently.
Mention the name of Dr. F.C. Kamma on Papua and many elderly people will show a happy face. The cultural [...]
The Port Numbay medical team is eager to help refugees in Nduga. In the spring of 2019, thousands [...]
Yohanes Mambrassar, a gynecologist in training, is completing his specialization at the University of Surakarta. Afterwards he wants to return to Papua.
Papuan parents entrust their children to teachers on the assumption that their education offers them perspective for the future.
Hapin supports young Papuans who have proven to be qualified to successfully complete a secondary or higher vocational education or university.
Starting from July 1st this year, Nova Seseray entered the service of Hapin as a consultant. She is responsible for the scholarship program and regularly visits the students personally to monitor the progress of their study and to keep up to date with their personal life
Are you an adventurer and do you like challenges? I would like to take you to the National Park [...]
Many Papuan women make a living on the market by selling fruit, fish, sago or nuts. This trade dominates their daily life. With support of Hapin-Papua Support Foundation, these women learn all kinds of entrepreneurial skills in a five-day course.
This year a 4 year schoolproject will start in the remote areas of West Papua, called Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE). This project will be operating under Hapin's framework but managed and monitored by Marlôt Fliers and Harold van Grinsven.
Hapin supports DANI WAH, a group of bee farmers/entrepreneurs from Hitigima, Wamena.
Papua is still undicovered land by tourist around the world. Culture and nature are pure and pristine.
The office of Hapin is closed during the christmas and new year holidays, 22nd of December until 9th of January.
On 14th en 15th of October our fieldpartner pt. Hapin gave a bookkeeping training to four staffmembers of a kiosk in Papua.
Yulius Degei born in Paniai, a remote area in the mountains of Papua, is studying to become a counselling teacher.
Saveria grew up in the Asmat, a region in the South op Papua. She decided to specialize in Criminal Law because she would like to be a Law Consultant.
Kana is doing her internship in the university’s hospital in east Jakarta. Kana will focus on neurological disorders.
In Papua soccer is immensely popular and Dutch football heroes such as Johan Cruyff and Rob Rensenbrink are still highly appreciated.
In February our team of fieldpartner, Pt. Hapin, visited the village of Yenbeser to assess a proposal from a group of teachers from Marthen Luther Pre-School in Raja Ampat.
Tiene, is a graduate student for Gender Studies at a university in Jakarta. Last April to May Tiene did her internship at the office of our fieldpartner in Papua, pt. Hapin.
In 1938, the American Richard Archbold, saw a valley from his Catalina seaplane. The view from above filled him with great excitement and amazement.
In 2013, we introduce you to Grant Gesture, an online fundraising platform that makes it possible to sponsor and monitor an individual student. With the knowledge they gain, they not only want to realize their own dreams, but also that of Papua.
A pioneer in pur sang, as described by Wim Revet (85) himself. The military service brought him in the early fifties for the first time to the former Dutch New Guinea. After his military service, he was employed as a civil engineer in the area.
Sponsor of Hapin, Iko Zijlstra, recently pointed us to a cocoa project in Aimbe. The cocoa cooperative, led by Derek Wanyambe, suffers for years from a poor harvest. The plants had a survival rate of up to five years, the yield and the quality of the bean was low and the plant was not resistant to disease.
GrantGesture is an online fundraising platform for our scholarship program. Through the website it is possible to sponsor and monitor an individual student.
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