Project Seram, South Maluku IslandsAtha Hitijahubessy

Arianne Sipman november 2012

Contents

Region

Projects

Organisation

Communication

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Y

RegionCountry: IndonesiaProvince: South Maluku IslandsIsland: SeramVillages: Hurale (X) and Masi Hulang (Y)

Project 1

HURALE (1)

Hurale is a small and isolated village, in the north of Seram. There is no paved road to Hurale, it takes a 2-3 hours drive from harbourcity Amahai. There is no school for the children, they have to walk for 1 hour through the forest to another village.

Project 1

HURALE (2)

To be able to go to school the children need a school uniform. The costs of a uniform is a very difficult investment for the families, who have to struggle for their daily life. The gift of a school uniform to a child, means a chance for education, for a better future.

Project 2

MASI HULANG

Masi Hulang is a fishing village, the people mainly live from what the sea gives them. The village is very hard to reach (4-5 hours drive from Amahai), there is no good road, that’s why the village is very isolated. Many of the houses have sandy floors, and the roofs are made of sago leaves. These houses don’t protect well against the rain.

Masi Hulang has a school, but the facilities are very poor. There is hardly any furniture, so the schoolchildren have to bring their own chair every day from home! The school would be really helped with tables and chairs. The furniture can be ordered at a carpenter, who makes it from wood.

Organisation

Atha Hitijahubessy is a talented and professional tourist guide, she runs her own company http://gandongtoursbyatha.webs.com/

She is born and raised on Nusalaut, one of the smallest South Maluku Islands. She has studied at Ambon City, and still lives at and works from this capital of this province.

The money she can save, she uses for mission projects she initiates on her own. She tries to reach the most isolated locations on different islands, and helps locally with education about hygiene and health, and with materials/food/medicins that are needed. From her religious background (Christian Church) she tries to inspire and comfort people.

Communication

Contactperson for the project will be Atha Hitijahubessy.She is reachable by phone, Skype, e-mail, Facebook.Contactperson in NL is Arianne Sipman, she is mother of 2 children at de Okkernoot.

Pictures and video’s about the projects, at forehand and afterwards, will be made by Atha. This way the children of de Okkernoot can directly see where the collected money of Scholidair will be spent on.

It is also possible to make Skype contact with Atha, e.g at the start of the Scholidair Project, we can try to video contact with her, and children can ask her questions.She is a very inspirational person, and this way she can motivate and make the children in NL enthusiastic for Scholidair.