A Long Path Manifesting Inclusive a...
The theme raised for the celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2022 is Meaningful Participation Towards Sustainable Inclusive Development. This was a very encouraging theme as the practice of meaningful participation in daily life remains a challenge. Since Indonesia ratified the Convention On The Rights Of Persons with Disabilities (through Law...
The Story of Mbok Seneng: The trans...
“Mbok Seneng,” is how people in the village greet her. Her name is Seneng, which bears the meaning of “joyful” in English.1 When Mbok Seneng started farming, she planted millet, adlay (Chinese pearl barley), and sesame. She also cultivated rice and cassava, but she would harvest these crops for her family’s consumption. This range of crops was also planted at the same tim...
"Where are you going? - To Indonesi...
Hi everyone, my name is Christine Damboeck and I am an international student from the University of Passau in Germany. I am currently doing an internship at the YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU). My major is International cultural and business studies and focuses on Southeast Asia. I am currently doing a student exchange with Atma Jaya University, Yogyakarta for four months. Doing intern...
National Waste Awareness Day 2023 i...
The commemoration of National Waste Awareness Day 2023 in Central Sulawesi Province was held on Tuesday, 28 February 2023 at Taman Pujasera, Tinggede, Sigi District, near Palu City. This activity was initiated by Environment Agency of Central Sulawesi together with Palu City and Sigi District who then invited several government elements, school institutions, the private sector, and th...
Gratitude Is a Survival Skill in th...
Picture 1&2: The YEU team visited the tent where Mrs. Wiwi lived to carry out post-distribution monitoring, as well as to monitor the current condition of at-risk groups who were still in evacuation shelters. Mrs. Wiwi Winarti (34) is a survivor of the Cianjur earthquake on 21 November 2022, who lives in Gasol Village. At the time of the incident, she, together with Imam (her young...
Cross-country learnings for local i...
A workshop with the partners and donors of the Community-Led Innovation Partnership1 on January 23rd was my first event in 2023 with the local community volunteers [that we partner with]. Penanggulangan Bencana dan Pelayanan Masyarakat (PB Palma) of the Javanese Christian Church (GKJ) Ambarrukma2 had the honor to be visited. Together with river volunteers, namely KPGW (Gajah Wong R...
Helping Others to Prepare for Disas...
Pic. Mr. Sulaiman (left) was interviewed by a YEU comms person in Lumajang. Mount Semeru is one of the active volcanoes in the region of East Java Province. There have been three recorded eruptions in less than five years, in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The last big eruption occurred on 4 December 2021. One year after that, on 4 December 2022, Mount Semeru erupted again. This time,...
Local Champion from Talise in Mana...
Made Ros is one of the many waste pickers (or called fighters) in Talise village. She is a survivor of the earthquake and tsunami in Central Sulawesi in 2018. Post-disaster conditions have forced her to move from Talise Beach to a shelter. However, it did not stop her from working as a waste picker. She usually walks 1.8 km and spends about an hour from her place to Undata Hospital to...
Youth Leadership in Cianjur Earthqu...
During a disaster emergency response, the role of a leader is needed to embrace the community and support each other in difficult situations. This is reflected in one of the affected people in Gasol Village, Pipit Pitriadi (27), who is more familiarly called Pipit. He is a YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) volunteer and coordinator at one of the evacuation posts in Gasol Village, Cugenang S...
Education, Collaboration, and Innov...
Indonesia is ranked in the top third of countries in terms of climate risk1, with high vulnerability to extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, and long-term changes from sea level rise, shifts in rainfall patterns, and increasing temperature. The Special Region of Yogyakarta is no exception to this risk. According to the National Disaster Management Authority, Badan Nasio...
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