Making boar meat floss in Sorong, Southwest Papua

Humans have the potential to be creative, and to develop something for their survival. Creativity itself, according to Britannica literature, is the ability to create or realize something new, whether a solution to a problem, a method or device, or a new object or art form.

The demand for self-development and independence encourages the spirit to find a way out by utilizing one's potency and the various potencies around them. This is the starting point for the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat to map out the potencies that exist in its service area, both in Raja Ampat and Sorong and its surroundings. There are various findings such as human potency who have a high enthusiasm for learning new things, the diversity of marine and agricultural products, and the profession of local people, some are fishermen and others are hunting wild boar.

One of the steps taken is processing wild boar meat into floss. This idea came up because boar meat was processed for consumption in a day or two, while there had been no efforts to process the remaining meat in other forms, so the idea of making pork floss came. Rev. Grace Nanuru, S.Th., the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat initiated training on making wild boar meat floss in August in twice meetings, on 7 and 11 August 2023 in Majaran, Sorong regency. Women, both housewives and young people, took part in the training. The floss product targets local households, people in the Aimas and Sorong as well as tourists who need typical Southwest Papuan culinary delights.

In practice, it used wild 3-5 kgs boar meat, with basic spices of shallots, garlic, galangal, turmeric, candlenuts, brown sugar, lemongrass, tamarind, lime leaves, and typical local spices besides coconut milk and cooking oil. The meat is shredded and mixed with grinded spices then fried over low heat so that it cooks evenly. The final step is to drain the cooking oil using a spinner. This recipe produced 40-50 packages of 50 grams floss with selling price of IDR 20.000 per package.

Some buyers claimed that they like the original floss with its distinctive sweet and savory taste and others like the spicy floss variant. These two variants are an alternative for consumers to buy according their taste.

The breakthrough of Multiplication Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat by producing floss, creates a new spirit for development, even targeting local culinary-based entrepreneurial opportunities in Southwest Papua. Let's show creativity based on local potency! ***

PowerPoint training in Majaran, Sorong

Multiplication of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat.         

The issue of education in the West Papua region became an interesting topic to discuss when news emerged that 68.988 West Papuan kids were out of school due to various reasons. It must get serious attention, not only for schools and students but also for families, churches, the community, the government, and institutions or individuals having concerns to improve the quality of education in West Papua.

The concern for the world of education is part of the Multiplication of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat as a movement to improve the quality of Human Resources, especially young people. This semester, the multiplication of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat launched an Education program: Leaving No One Behind. The program refers to technology that changes the way of human life and plays an important role in every aspect of life. It must be admitted that technology makes work easier and more efficient, but not everyone in Raja Ampat can easily access the technology due to economic, communication, and facility barriers.

One of the breakthroughs from the Multiplication of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat is providing PowerPoint learning assistance to answer the demands of making presentation skills at school and work. The activity took place at the Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua (GKI Papua) Marthen Luther Congregation, Majaran, Sorong, Southwest Papua (Thursday, 16/2/2023). Initially, the target participants were young people, it turned out that several twelve junior high school teachers, extension workers, church activists, and employees participated in the mentoring guided by Patrick Sarwom, Ando Korwa, and Trustha Rembaka.

In the first part, Patrick Sarwom guided the participants to observe the menu functions commonly used in making PowerPoint presentations from basic functions, choosing a template, entering text, and modifying the appearance of colors, images, and animations. At this session, it was revealed that the participants were using the old version application because there were menus that were not yet available. In the process of making the presentation, Ando Korwa guided the participants to design a church liturgical presentation for Easter. The participants competed to find the right picture, type, and size of letters, color composition, and animation so that the presentation would be interesting. The third part is a presentation that displays the results of each participant's PowerPoint designs and Trustha Rembaka played a role as the responder. In general, the content must appear by covering the name of the activity, the theme of the activity, the place, the time, and the image presented. He provided input such as writing that must be easily read and understood by the reader by using a bold typeface, choosing a contrasting color, and placing the writing according to the template so it will not block the image.

Rev. Grace Nanuru, the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat, and the church pastor appreciated the participants' PowerPoint designs. She said that all activities of the Multiplication of Stube HEMAT in Raja Ampat became a learning space for everyone, so that the existing inputs became the basis for designing the next presentation better, she even opened the chance for the participants to design a church liturgy PowerPoint to be displayed at church services.

Motivation becomes a person's basic strength to develop and to adapt technological advances. Such training can be a learning opportunity to improve self-quality for the future. ***