11-13 April 2012 – Venued in P3W Building of GKI Padang Bulan, Jayapura, Beatrix Gebze, Coordinator of eL-AdPPer (Lembaga Advokasi Peduli Perempuan Merauke, Center for Advocacy of Merauke Women Rights) have attended the First Meeting of TIKI (Papuan Women Rights Network) with the National Commission of Women Rights (KOMNAS Perempuan). The meeting was facilitated by Coordinator of TIKI, Fientje Yarangga. The meeting have appointed Beatrix Gebze as Coordinator for Southern Papua Area in documenting economic, social, and cultural (ECOSOC) rights of indigenous Papuan women. Other results of the meeting is a revised structure, aims and basic values of the network, and a program plan focusing on three main programmes: (1) Education for women; (2) Advocacy, and (3) Victims Recovery***BG
Monitoring Visit to Bupul, Muting and Selil
SKP & SAINS Team with some of Selil villagers (Photo: Muntaza Erwas)
2 – 6 April 2012 – Seven days, a team of SKP-KAME, altogether with 3 researchers of Sayogyo Institute (SAINS) of Bogor, have visited villages of Bupul, Muting, and Selil. The visit is part of periodical monitoring to observe recent development on social, cultural, and economic life of local communities and its relation with the hot issues of investment plan in the area. In Bupul, the team have discussed with the villagers about an investment plan by PT. CCM (Central Cipta Murdaya) for a palm-oil estate. The company have started to approach and negotiate with local communities but the people still doubt and worried, even some confusing on whether receive or reject the plan. They said that they are certainly want to improve their livelihood but, at the same time, not want to release their rights on their own ancestral land and forest.
Days after, the team continued the monitoring trip to Muting and spent one night there did similar discussion with the villagers. Then, continued the trip to Selil where the team met with the Head of Village, local elders of customary council and church committee. The villagers informed the team that a company namely PT BIA (Bio Inti Agrindo) have started their operation in the area, inside ancestral land of local communities.***KH
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Lack of Teachers, Classrooms, and Small Salary
Elementary School INPRES of Selil Village have 25 students and 3 teachers: one is a civil servant and other two are honorary teachers. Consequently, every teacher handled two grades. We hope the Regency Office for Education can help us to assign at least 3 more teachers, please!
This school was built in 2006-2007. The building have 3 classrooms. In fact, we have 6 different grades. No choices, we divided every classroom into two separate parts to be occupied by two different grades. Obviously, we need 3 more classrooms and also a separate room for teachers and school library.
As a honorary teacher, I myself have received a small salary of IDR 200,000 (USD 22.2) per month. Anyway, I and my colleagues never made any complaint. We believe that God have given us hands, foots, and brains. We are still able enough go to the forest, tapping rubber trees to earn additional income. The most important is education process for our children here lasting longer and forever. The school should not closed and stop. This is our responsibility. However, we ask the government to put more attention on our situation in this remote place.
- Matilda Kimbuwop, Honorary Teacher of Elementary School INPRES of Selil Village, District of Ulilin, Merauke.
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No Paramedics in Selil
In Selil Village, there are Community Health Centre which is quite good in construction. However, we never seen one or some paramedics working there. When villagers have sick, we just doing simple medication by ourselves. If the illness is seriously enough, we will bring the person into Community Health Center in Muting Village. It is means we should transporting her/him by long boat for 4 or 5 hours travel time. We hope soon that government assigning paramedics in Selil.
- Marselus Yetim, Warga Kampung Selil, Distrik Ulilin, Merauke.
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Don’t Sell the Land!
Namik, nahisa, nahai anim, es anim, nahin, makan dimatab oleb. Mabateme, wanangga es hanid nanggo (Sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, don’t sell the land to the companies. Take care, the land is your own and your children and grandchildren in the future)!