SUPPORT COMING TO THE REFUGEES FROM NDUGA IN WAMENA
The Port Numbay medical team is eager to help refugees in Nduga. In the spring of 2019, thousands [...]
Doctor Mambrassar
Yohanes Mambrassar, a gynecologist in training, is completing his specialization at the University of Surakarta. Afterwards he wants to return to Papua.
TO SCHOOL IN PAPUA
Papuan parents entrust their children to teachers on the assumption that their education offers them perspective for the future.
ALUMNI DEMI NAWIPA
Hapin supports young Papuans who have proven to be qualified to successfully complete a secondary or higher vocational education or university.
Introducing: Nova Seseray
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
SNORKELING WITH A WHALE SHARK IN THE CENDERAWASIH BAY OF PAPUA
Are you an adventurer and do you like challenges? I would like to take you to the National Park [...]
Papuan market women become proud entrepreneurs
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.
Remote Papua school initiative
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 bee farmers
Hapin supports DANI WAH, a group of bee farmers/entrepreneurs from Hitigima, Wamena.
Travelling in Papua
Papua is still undicovered land by tourist around the world. Culture and nature are pure and pristine.
Selamat hari natal dan tahun baru!
The office of Hapin is closed during the christmas and new year holidays, 22nd of December until 9th of January.
Bookkeeping training in Papua
On 14th en 15th of October our fieldpartner pt. Hapin gave a bookkeeping training to four staffmembers of a kiosk in Papua.
GrantGesture: Yulius Degei
Yulius Degei born in Paniai, a remote area in the mountains of Papua, is studying to become a counselling teacher.
GrantGesture: Saveria Nunggut
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.
GrantGesture: Kana doing internship
Kana is doing her internship in the university’s hospital in east Jakarta. Kana will focus on neurological disorders.
Soccerpower in Papua
In Papua soccer is immensely popular and Dutch football heroes such as Johan Cruyff and Rob Rensenbrink are still highly appreciated.
Hopes for Children from Raja Ampat
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.
Student doing her internship at pt. Hapin
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.
A meeting in Muliama-Baliemvallei
In 1938, the American Richard Archbold, saw a valley from his Catalina seaplane. The view from above filled him with great excitement and amazement.
New students on GrantGesture
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.
Sponsor in the spotlight: Wim Revet
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.
Coklat Belanda
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
GrantGesture is an online fundraising platform for our scholarship program. Through the website it is possible to sponsor and monitor an individual student.
Sponsor in the spotlight: Alje Drost
Alje Drost (63) already supports Hapin for more than fifteen years. His parents were supporters from the start. Alje and his wife Margret continued the tradition. As a former teacher in secondary vocational education Alje is especially interested in education and scholarships. That's why he follows an initiative like GrantGesture with particular interest.
Yunita’s dream
Yunita Irap was born in Genyem, the outskirts of Jayapura. Her father is a farmer and her mother is a housewife. To cut down living expences she shares a room in the city with her cousin. Yunita receives some financial support from her father but it is not enough for her tuition fee.
