Year: 2024-2026 Amount: € 1.000,- Where: Jayapura Aplince is a resilient young woman with a clear goal: to earn her diploma and become a primary school teacher. Despite financial setbacks, she has never given [...]

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.

As a young boy in primary school, Kaleb daydreams about a future as a soldier, drawn to the allure of adventure and the desire to serve his country. However, as he matures, his aspirations shift towards a new horizon.

Dionisius started his training as a health analyst. Life as a student in Jayapura is expensive. Dionisius' parents have a modest income and can only contribute a little of the education costs of him and his older brother. That is why Dionisius works as a cleaner in addition to his studies.

For young people from the highlands of Papua, being able to study in the city is the exception rather than the rule. The distance to travel to the city is enormous, and life there is very different culturally and socially. But not every family has the money to bear the high study costs. Efet Asso (24) is one of the few young people from the Baliem Valley for whom it became possible to enroll at the university in Jayapura. That didn't happen without a fight.

Delin is 27 years old and the second child in a family of five children. With the family’s small budget, Delin completed part of a nursing course. However, she had to stop early because all the study costs together became too high. The will to continue studying remained. Delin would like to get a good job with a diploma, so that there are means for her brothers and sisters to study as well.

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.

Isak (22) is well on his way with his medical training. Recently he successfully completed his bachelor's degree. Now he only has two more years to go. For that he needs a financial boost.

Kristina Soge provides legal assistance to victims of domestic violence and aims to become a registered lawyer.

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

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.

Earlier this year Nova and Irma, Hapin consultants in Papua, visited an asrama (student house) in Jayapura. There witnessed a distressing situation: several Asmat students living here had great difficulty financing their studies. In order to be able to pay their tuition fees, they saved on their daily food, among other things. One of the students that Nova and Irma met here is Yeremias (Yeri) Dawu. Yeri was in big trouble at the time. Not only could he not pay the tuition fees for the new semester, he also had debts for previous years of study.

Teaching geography to primary school students: that is Alda Saroy's big dream. Initially, it was her mother who urged Alda to study to become a teacher. But now she's got a taste for it herself. She is studying geography at UNCEN University in Abepura and enjoys attending lectures, acquiring knowledge, doing an internship and interacting with fellow students.

Otis Breiram studied computer science at the STIMIK college in Jayapura. He still lives at home with his mother, brother and sister. His father died. Mother, who is in need of help, was alone to take care of the family.

These two sisters from the village of Koya, near Jayapura, do not have luck on their side. Their father and mother died of AIDS. An uncle and aunt took care of them.

Melani was born and raised in Jayapura. Because her father is a fisherman, his income varies from month to month. That is why Melani applied for Hapin's scholarship program. Currently she studies Management at the Negeri Yapis Papua in Jayapura.

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.

Demi Nawipa, a geologist in training at the University of Yogyakarta, sent Hapin a cry for help. There was no more money for his (expensive) graduation research.

Hapin purchased a second-hand motorcycle and laptop for Yulianus Boga, who studies Educational Sciences

Timotius Yoafifi, better known as Timo, is 21 years old and an only child. This is unusual in Papua. His father works as an independent entrepreneur and his mother is a housewife.

The interest in Environmental Health also stems from a strong social commitment.

Yulius Degei born in Paniai, a remote area in the mountains of Papua, is studying to become a counselling teacher.

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.

Kana is doing her internship in the university’s hospital in east Jakarta. Kana will focus on neurological disorders.

GrantGesture is an online fundraising platform for our scholarship program. Through the website it is possible to sponsor and monitor an individual student.

Yunita Irap was born in Genyem, the outskirts of Jayapura. Her father is a farmer and her mother is a housewife. To cut down living expences she shares a room in the city with her cousin. Yunita receives some financial support from her father but it is not enough for her tuition fee.

Faculty: Geology Demianus Nawipa grew up without parents in the Paniai region of Papua. His relatives took care of him at the time and his nephew supports him financially. Demianus is a smart young man [...]