Year: 2025 Amount: €2,000 Location: Kampung Wasur, Merauke In 2023, Merauke was named the official capital of the South Papua province. Since then, the city has changed drastically. New megastores line the main road. Large hotels and modern restaurants pop up like mushrooms during the rainy season. Like in many places around the world, [...]

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For several years, Hapin has been supporting a thriving learning center in the city of Merauke (South Papua), offering Papuan youth access to courses and guidance.

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Many young Papuans do not feel at home in the Indonesian education system, which is also characterized by corruption and mismanagement. These young people are welcome in the education center of Papua Mandiri Sentosa (PMS) in Merauke.

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Imagine yourself applying for a job but never in your life even touched a computer, nor speak English or have good writing and speaking skills. Without saying the  chances are that you will not stand a chance. In Papua this will be no different. Our local partner in Merauke (South Papua), Papua Mandiri Sentosa, trains as many Papuan young people as possible in these basic skills, in order for them to find a paid job or study soon. This year there is room for about 65 young people.

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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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When Norbertus (28) brings a small piece of carved wood to a entrepreneur course, everyone is amazed by his craftsmanship.

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About 8,000 people from the Asmat-tribe live in Merauke (South Papua). They moved from small villages in the Asmat region to the city, looking for work and a better life. Unfortunately, they often end up in deprived areas of Merauke due to lack of land and education.

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Year: 2020 🌳 or 🌴? Depending on where you were born you will choose the first or the latter. This is contextual learning. Teaching methods that adapt to and develop learning styles in accordance with the demands of society, family, religion and culture. Indonesia modernizes its school system and didactical methods, but in remote districts [...]

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The Hapin scholarship program usually focuses on students in the first phase of their studies, the bachelor phase. Yet sometimes there are special requests and we deviate from this rule.

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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.

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