Muliama Elementary School
Muliama Elemetary School in Asologaima (Baliem Valley) is a bit of an odd one out. It maintains the rule of “education is there for the students and not the other way round.
Tomer
Between Merauke and the border with Papua New Guinea is the Wasur National Park. The villages in the area are poor, but generally people can survive what nature has to offer them.
Horticultural school Kimaam
Twenty students grew up on the island Kimaam (Frederik Hendrik Island), but are studying in Merauke. Dutch veterans have finances their house. This project provides the students with their own income by cultivating vegetables and keeping chickens.
Gender and Economie
In the villages Urumb, Waninggap and Matara a NGO called Yasanto gave a training on Gender and Economics. 120 people participated in the training.
Baseline survey and communal mapping
Adat land in Papua is hardly ever captured on paper let alone acknowledged in Papua. This is especially dangerous when companies, mostly supported by the government, would want to occupy the land for a plantation or mining.
