Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta (English Version)

Monday, 25 August 2014
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It’s Time for the Young to Work

Social Entrepreneurship Training

Wisma Martha Yogyakarta, 22 – 24 August 2014

"After joining Social Entrepreneurship training held by Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta, I got new experiences. This training opened my horizons, especially towards on my homeland, Sumba. Hopefully, I can be involved in the next program" said Abisag Ndapatara, a Sumbanese student in English Education of Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University. Aby, her nickname, became a participants in Social Entrepreneurship held by Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta, on Friday – Sunday, August 22 – 24, 2014 at Wisma Martha Yogyakarta.

The training attended by 33 participants from various campus opened by introduction session which participants introduced themselves using their local languages and translated into Indonesian. Trustha Rembaka, S.Th., the coordinator of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta explained the training helps students to recognize and sharpen their skills and bring them to their awareness toward social issues around them. Participants are expected to see, find and develop the potencies of their homelands and solve the problems that occured there. Furthermore, participants are encouraged to be creative and brave to actuate innovations in community development.

Stenly R. Bontinge, ST, delivered introduction of Stube-HEMAT history and its activities. Hery Alberth Gardjalay, a student from Dobo who study in Laws Faculty of Janabadra University continued the session by sharing his experience in Sumba as participants in Exploring Stube HEMAT Sumba program. While Pascah Hariyanto, a theology student of STAK Marturia Yogyakarta, shared what he did during his holiday. He returned to his village, Pisang Jaya, East OKU, South Sumatra to observe rat pest, rice crop failure and church’s role in assisting farmers to solve problems. Other participant of Local Exposure Program, Septi Dadi, familiarly called Putry, shared that she returned to Sumba, to examined the drop-out rate of high school students in grade 11 in Waingapu in 2010 – 2014. This study is closely related with statistics which she studies in as a student of Faculty of Mathematics Education, Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University, Yogyakarta.

The understanding of social entrepreneurship and its scope was presented by I Nyoman Matheus from LPM Pelita Kasih, having experiences to assist and empower communities. Then Endro Gunawan guided participants to map the origin of participants, both problem and its potencies.

The exposure session as a field study was held in ancient volcano of Nglanggeran (GAP = Gunung Api Purba). Participants were divided into two groups, the first group visited ancient volcano and the second group observed Nglanggeran pond. Each group observed and studied the beginning of the development of GAP. Sugeng Handoko, ST, the inspirator, recounted the pioneering action to develop GAP tourist area and the importance of community participation. In fact, Sugeng Handoko encouraged participants to be dare to realize their creative ideas into a pilot project proposal. Either did Rev. Bambang Sumbodo, M.Min, a member of Stube HEMAT board, challenged participants to be creative and innovative to face youth problems, and throw away unwillingness to do a work.

At the end of the event, the participants formulated a design of creative activities to address social problems that occured around them. ‘Angles’ group, observing the financial problems of students plans to begin ‘Angkringan Lesehan’. Then the ‘Green Group,’ which saw idle land and the destruction of soil due to chemical fertilizers tried to plant vegetables around their boardinghouse and used environment-friendly fertilizers. While ‘Sajojo Group’ explored a tendency of falling ‘salak’ (local fruit) prices in big harvest time, so they were challenged to conduct alternative activities in ‘salak’ garden. Next, group of Umba Paraing was interested to assist female farmers community in Waingapu to solve information acces limitation towards vegetables. While participants from Alor were challenged to introduce Mali beach in Alor island. Let’s start now. It’s time for the young to work. (TRU)

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Wednesday, 20 August 2014
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Stube HEMAT in an Art Performance

"The Death of Freedom"

A song 'Sepasang Mata Bola' sung sweetly by Endro Gunawan in the opening session of reflection night of 69th Indonesia's independence in Kampong Nyutran, RW 19, Yogyakarta (16/08/2014), brought the audience to a nostalgia of Indonesian heroes struggle for the national independence. Next, some other singers had their turns to sing some old patriotic songs. Further, children didn’t want to miss to show their talent. They danced and sang happily. This event seemed so special, because not only the residents attended the event, but also some students from outside Yogyakarta who stayed in Nyutran. They were interested to attend this celebration because it seemed little bit different with an art performance. In fact, now an independent art performance expressing social criticism has been so rare performed rather than merely entertainment show.

The art performance was supported by some Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta activists and residents of RW 19 Nyutran as the actors. Placed at the front yard of Mr. Eko Supriyono’s house, this event was organized well. The art performance directed by Bandel Elyas was entiitled "The Death of Freedom", a symbolic term of criticism to remind all the audience the meaning of independence and nationalism. The storyline told the decadence of nationality sense, which was represented in a family conflict due to a property investors who wanted to buy both the house and the land. The children of the owner were tempted to sell it, even though their parents desperately to defend it.

This performance brought the audience to contemplate the Indonesian wealth of which stock is much controlled by foreign investors. Is this 69 years independence has really given the citizen freedom? Or this independence will eventually end because of new form of foreign occupation? In addition, the performance is also intended to convey a message about the importance of public space for the community as a place to meet and interact, not just to pursue physical development such as malls, supermarkets, hotels, and other buildings as a symbol of development.

"It is very nice to participate in this event, commemorating the 69th Anniversary of RI, because I am a student from outside of Yogyakarta, nationalism is very important as the unifier among Indonesian citizen, hopefully not only in drama, but in daily life I try to do the mandates of our founding fathers," Loce commented. She is one of work team members of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta from Halmahera, North Molucca, acting as Tutik, a child of landowners who opposed the investor in the art performance. "Wow, what a performance, it's amazing", a spontaneous response by a Nyutran dweller spoken in Java language responding the performance that he had seen. He hoped there would be another performance with another story and more interesting.

Congratulation Indonesian Republic for the 69 years, move forwards Indonesia and Garuda is always in my heart. *** SRB

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Monday, 11 August 2014
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What is Social Entrepreneurship?

A Student Discussion at Omah Limasan, August 9, 2014

"An entrepreneur is one who dared to be independent and creative to get something”, said Y. Endro Gunawan, often called Endro, a freelance consultant in several NGOs, particularly in Community Development. Furthermore, the additional word ‘social’ to ‘entrepreneur‘ emphasizes the efforts that enable to solve social problems, and also bring welfare to society. The discussion about the understanding of social entrepreneurship held on Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta secretary is the opening series of Social Entrepreneurship Training.

Trustha Rembaka, Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta coordinator shew an interesting video about a creative social service done by dr. Gamal Albinsaid, a young doctor, graduated from Brawijaya University in Malang. He pioneered a clinic financed through a junk-based insurance. The clinic allows its members to pay with dry waste such as bottles, paper, cardboard or plastic that can be recycled. Through one organization, Indonesia Medika, many people afford the health services such as blood pressure checks and other else checks. This brilliant idea started from the case of the death of a scavanger’s child because of diarrhea and no hospital treatment for no enough money to pay the cost. It drove dr. Gamal to think an idea to provide health care for those who can not afford it. It should be recognized that the action is not focused on financial profit that known by all members.

Social Entrepreneurship is a bussiness activity however, it means profit, but it comes from the understanding to solve social problems that occur in a particular time and place. Social entrepreneurship demands a creative person, and ability to understand a context of social problems that occur in a particular place by optimizing all potencies. Furthermore, Y. Endro Gunawan added that there are three types of entrepreneur, that is, entrepreneur, social entrepreneur, and volunteer entrepreneur. An entrepreneur will be the creator of ideas and activities to attract and develop the potential advantage. A social entrepreneur doing business for profit but its profit will be returned to community. While a volunteer entrepreneur devoted his volunteer ideas and his work for society welfare.

There are many social problems in people's live that need to be solved. The activists of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta and young people everywhere are asked to take part. This discussion provide a new understanding of the social movements of a young man. Everyone is required to dare to see the problem, study it, and see problems as a challenge and an opportunity. Furthermore, the courage drives to creativity and self-reliance to face, to maintain dan produce something new, and bring benefits to society.

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