Entrepreneurship training for women
More control over your life and income That was the goal of a series of training sessions organized [...]
Students from Wageningen University advise catfish farmers in Sorong
During her trip to Papua last year, colleague Sophie Schreurs visited a catfish farm in Sorong. [...]
Continued support for farmers in Sorong
The majority of the population of the Sorong region that does not live in the city, earn a living through agriculture. But as is often the case in Papua, local farmers are out-competed by transmigrants from elsewhere.
Entrepreneurship through trial and error
Last year, Edoardo Mote, alumnus of our scholarship program, knocked on Hapin's door. His wish was to have patterns [...]
Coral project: first centimeters of growth realized
Through the website and our newsletter we called for action for the endangered coral reefs of Depapre. Many have you responded, for which many thanks! Meanwhile, the 'fish houses', with coral tied to them, have been placed on the seabed.
Construction of classrooms for street children in Jayapura finally starts
Hapin supports the volunteer organization Gerakan Papua Mengajar (Movement for good education in Papua). This team of teachers takes care of street children and teaches them in a way that matches their own environment.
Doctor Mambrassar
Yohanes Mambrassar, a gynecologist in training, is completing his specialization at the University of Surakarta. Afterwards he wants to return to Papua.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Learning by playing
More and more international companies are investing in Papua. Therefore knowledge of English is very important, more so in the future. The courses offered in the capital Jayapura are aimed at young adults. A child's brain however picks up a foreign languages much easier.
Mama Salomina receives microcredit
Mama Salomina Arompauw (57) is originally from Biak. She has 4 children. To help his husband, who is a farmer as well fisherman, she moved to Jayapura all by herself a year ago to make extra income. She decided to sell hot coffee and tea with noodles in the Pasar MamaMama.
Mama Mama Papua
For market women from Papua it is not easy to sell products in modern Jayapura. The competition is fierce, especially since non-Papuans sell the same merchandise at a better place on the market.
Lawyers in Papua
In many ways Papuans are unlike other Indonesians, whereas they are equal before law. It is the responsibility of the Indonesian government to protect minorities and to ensure that every citizen has equal rights. If or when authorities fail to ensure human rights, the work of local NGO's are of utmost importance.
Pigfarm
The village Arso IX lies near the border with Papua New Guinea and is populated by transmigrants from all parts of Indonesia.
New school
Hapin will help to maintain the HBS SMAGabungan in Jayapura. 80 percent of all students on that school are Papuans. Unfortunately, the state of the building and the quality of education has been neglected for quite some time.
Creating civil awareness towards law and human rights
Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Papua in cooperation with Pt. Hapin Papua held a Workshop on Legal Education and Human Rights [...]
Small sago project in Papua
In May 2010 former director Jeroen Overweel, Evelien Veenhuizen and Fokke of Saane traveled to Papua. Their goal was to shoot some short documentary films on behalf of the Papua Support Foundation-Hapin.
Papua Pride, a successful day
In November of last year the Papua Pride event took place in the Jacobi Church in Utrecht. An event during which, 40 years after the Act of Free Choice, the future of Papua and the Papua people was given extensive consideration.
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.
