In Sorong, young volunteers set up a street library to give children a safe place to read and learn. Your support helps provide books, laptops, and more.

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Many children in Papua leave school prematurely because they do not feel at home or safe. Desi, the driving force behind Papua GLD, has made it her mission to create a nurturing learning environment for children and youths. Under her leadership, a dedicated team of volunteers teaches reading and writing to both school dropouts and students who need extra tutoring.

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Choosing to pursue law wasn’t a casual decision for Anjelly. She’s driven by a desire to comprehend Indonesia’s legal framework better. She’s troubled by the scarcity of female lawyers, especially of Papuan heritage.

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In a previous post, you could have read about how Papuan market women were forced to leave their familiar selling spots for a government building. They suffered from declining incomes and felt ignored by local authorities. They asked Hapin for help in obtaining sales tables and refrigerators to make their new market more attractive.

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Year: 2023 Amount: € 5.400,- Where: Sorong 'No farmers, no food' is a statement that is not strange in the context of Papua. Most of the non-urban population lives from agriculture. The Indonesian government invests in the image of farmers and tries to inspire younger generations in Papua for the profession through training and [...]

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Jaar: 2023 Bedrag: € 1.000,- Waar: Sorong “Education is the key to liberating people from their position. Without education one becomes helpless, a slave to the environment.” Maria Baru is a freelance journalist from Cengkeh, a village near Sorong. She is concerned about the young generation, who she believes is becoming increasingly passive and unmotivated [...]

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Education in Papua does not match the environment and the child's world of experience. Papua GLD does it completely differently: the child learns to ask questions, to think critically and to be aware of his or her role and responsibility towards the other.

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A group of 15 young people - spread across the Sorong region - voluntarily teach children who do not go to school due to circumstances. And then it is good to be back in the classroom yourself every now and then.

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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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The organizations Bunga Papua and Geropa have taken interest in the fate of the Kokodas. They submitted an project proposal to Hapin for the purchase of modern water purification filters.

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