By: Trustha
Rembaka.
Raja
Ampat Regency consisting of 117 villages that spread out on several islands has
an area of 46.108 km2. With a very wide coverage
consisting of 89% of waters, the sea transportation becomes the main
requirement for the mobility of people and goods from island to island. It is a
challenge for the government to develop the area, as well as for the community
to carry out activities such as to meet others, to do educational affairs, to
have economy activity, and other needs, due to the high-cost transportation.
Not giving up on the situation and let the area being left behind, all
components endeavor to pay attention to the condition of the people there.
The
Multiplication program of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat together with Christian
students and young people are working to improve the quality of human resources
even though these activities require a long process to achieve the noble goals
of the program. It is reasonable for the Multiplicator to have continuous
approaches to several villages to introduce Stube HEMAT by involving students
from Raja Ampat who participated in several previous activities in North
Salawati, Central Salawati, Batanta, and the capital of Raja Ampat district,
Waisai. Rev. Grace Nanuru, S.Th., the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Raja
Ampat keep working to introduce Stube HEMAT and its programs, as well as
delivers church youth programs including students. It must be admitted that
there are several obstacles for the activities such as lack of motivation,
budget priorities, and communication between regions, so it is important to
have work priority for the region.
During May and June, the Multiplicator visited some villages by using a small boat and must carefully do 'mapping' the weather at the sea. One of the visits was to the village of Wailen, Kalobo in Central Salawati district. This village has more than five thousand people and the majority of the population is Muslim and most of them are transmigrants from Java island a long time ago. Geographically, this area has a wide and fertile plain so that agriculture has the potencies to be developed. There is only one church here, Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) in Papua. Yefman Island consisting of West and East Yefman with most of the population is Muslim and only a small part is Christian. The church youth, including students in both places, was accompanied by a chaperone from the church council. They responded enthusiastically about the attention and activities of Stube HEMAT and willing to involve in various activities that will be carried out in the following activity of the Multiplication program of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat.
Through
the activity of Stube HEMAT, church youth, and students, it is expected that the
human resources of the young generation of Raja Ampat will increase and be able
to develop themselves with their surrounding potencies. Jou Suba***
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