Imagine you are applying for a job at a bank or the government. But you've never touched a computer before. You don't stand a chance. This is no different in Papua. Benkel Kerja Papua (BKP), a team of technically trained volunteers from Jayapura, train Papuans in remote areas in the use of computers and digital media four times a year.

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Ariel Manai carries a great responsibility. His father is a plumber and his mother works for a small NGO from which she earns a small salary. As a result, the family can only afford to send one child to school: Ariel. He is the hope of the family.

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Willem – a student of visual arts at the ISBI art faculty – has been part of Hapin's scholarship program for some time now.

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Year: 2022 Amount: € 1.100,- Place: Jayapura Computer training is essential for many Papuans to be able to conquer a place on the labor market. Hapin supports two organizations that teach digital skills in Jayapura and Merauke. Bengkel Kerja Papua (BKP), a group of ICT volunteers from Jayapura, regularly travels to remote areas for [...]

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‘No farmers, no food’ is a statement that is not strange in the context of Papua. The majority of the population that does not live in the city lives from agriculture. As is often the case in Papua, local farmers need to compete against transmigrants from elsewhere. Avaa – a movement of Papuan farmers in the Sorong area – knows how to change this.

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Anyone who enters the Rumah Baca (translated: reading house) in Yoboi (near Sentani) will soon feel at home. This small library is in fact the porch of the house of ibu Hanny Felle, also known as Mama Hanny.

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Send in an application, prepare a school report, online banking, read the newspaper or advertise your company. Just a few examples of situations in which a computer is necessary. That is no different for Papuans than for us. But you also need skills to be able to use a computer. That is why Hapin supports various initiatives of local partners that teach Papuans the much-needed digital skills. Previously in Jayapura and the surrounding area, and now also in the southern city of Merauke. This year, more than 150 students are going to follow a course of their choice.

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Papua's coral reefs are in serious danger, just like elsewhere in the world. The members of the diving club Papua Diving Academy (PDA) in Tablasupa sounded the alarm and made a plan with multiple advantages: young school dropouts from the kampong Tablasupa are deployed to help plant new coral.

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Norberta traded Merauke for Jayapura to study health care. Since Norberta is 14 years old, her mother has been the breadwinner.

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Sastia Mei Konmop approached Hapin in the last phase of her studies. Until then she had been able to successfully study chemistry at Cendrawasih University.

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