There are more than 10 NGO’s in west Papua who are concerned
in Peoples and their natural resources managements and conservation. Some of
them are Samdhana Partners. Here are the shorts description of them and what
are they doing now. This notes just as a general information to those who might need. For more information please contact them. I'm also attaching their emails contact below
1.
Manokwari
There are: PERDU Foundation (Yayasan Perdu), Yalihimo, Kamuki, Jasoil,
Mnukwar, Foye, Paradisea Foundation and Yadupa.
PERDU
Perdu was the foundation who is worked on the conservation and natural
resources management issue in West Papua. They had some experiences in
community empowering on several places in west Papua such as Manokwari (People
around Arfak Montain) and Bintuni. Since 2008 until now they become partners of
Samdhana Institute for the IUCN-LLS project in Indonesia (Livelihood and
Landscape Strategy). The people based forest management is the vital issue that
being pushing in Kaimana now. Beside working with Samdhana for the community
based forests management issue, they are also working with Oxfam for the
mitigation of disaster in Manokwari.
PERDU was the local NGO’s with good record in the finance and
administration reports. Even though sometimes late in coordination among one
and other staff.
Contact: Mujianto : perduers@gmail.com
YALIHIMO
Yalihimo was Local NGO who were worked for the community organization
issue. They are facilitates several village around Manokwari. Some as PERDU,
they are also have good enough local resource to community empowering. At the
beginning of the IUCN-LLS, they are worked with samdhana for the preliminary
assessment in Bomberai.
Contact: Yason Mansawan: yalhimo@yahoo.com
YADUPA
Almost same with Yalihimo, they are working for community organizing
issue. So far they are working for organizing the people products that being
sold in traditional market.
Contact: Leo Imbiri: imbirijerry@ymail.com
MNUKWAR
This was the youngest NGO in Manokwari, they are consist of 3 people and
working for the communication issue. Mnukwar was Samdhana Partner who were got
grant through the Samdhana Small Grant Program. They are consent on make the
local film to introduce people livelihood and their relationship with natural
resources management. This year they got grant to do the comparison study about
the impact of climate change for people in low land and highland around Arfak’s
mountain. Some of their personnel are part of PERDU.
PARADISEA.
They are consent on the natural conservation issues. Most of their
activities are in around Arfak Mountain and Tambrauw. They are also do the Basic Assesment
of social condition, economic, cultures, politics, pattern and potential
utilization agricultural land and forest, development actors in 19 villages in
Sorong and Manokwari. So far they got funded by the RFN (Rain Forests Norway).
KAMUKI
This was the NGO which is formed with support by the Partnership to be
the networking for NGO’s in west Papua to get access of fund for their
activities. They are working for the communication between NGO’s in Papua,
those who has the activities around people and their natural resources
management.
2.
Sorong
Beside International NGO such as
CI-I (conservation international-Indonesia), TNC (The Natural Conservation) and
WWF in Sorong, there are 2 famous local NGO which was working on the people and
natural conservation issues. They are TRITON and Belantara.
TRITON
This
was NGO was SAmdhana partner so far. For the past 3 years they get samdhana
small grant program. Beside working with samdhana, they are also working with
EIA (Environmental International Agency), and IUCN. They are focus on the issue
of illegal logging around sorong-make a documentation with EIA, community
logging with Telapak (National NGO) and dissemination information about climate
change and REDD for people around Sorong. Beside this, they are also focused on
cultural and facilitate several customary group around sorong.
Now they are also focus on the online TV-show name’s “Tiva TV” in
manokwari.
Some time we face the problems in coordination with them especially on
the financial and administration reports.
BELANTARA
Previously Belantara was part of TRITON Foundation in the division of Art,
cultural and customary right. But because there is an internal debating about
the idea of TRITON worked so they decide to separate from Triton then
established Belantara as a New NGO. Now beside working as a art and cultural
NGO in sorong they are also active on the conservation issue. They are also
taking part on the preparation for the community logging which pushing by
Telapak in sorong. Now they are in process to working with The Papua Gospel
Church to do the advocacy and documentation for mining around Raja Ampat.
3.
Fak-Fak
Yamiko
Yamiko was samdhana Partner. They
are focused on the issue of customary land right and community empowering. Last
year they got grant from samdhana to facilitating the discussion among the
customary leader in Fak-Fak. They are also interesting on the issue of mapping.
Elpera
Focus on the community empowering
and organizing
Gamapala
Focus on community empowering and support transparency of natural resources management in Fak-Fak.
3. Kaimana
Weer
A new institution that seriously concern in forests and people issues in Kaimana. The people in weer has long experiences in working with Samdhana Institute dan PERDU.
Contact: Sofyan Mafinanik: sofyanmafinanik@gmail.com
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar