By: Stube-HEMAT

Meeting and discussion with the management of YABIMA Indonesia which is located at Jl. Yos Sudarso 15, Metro Lampung City, became one of the agendas during the visit to the Multiplication Program of Stube HEMAT in Lampung (Thursday, 18/02/2021). YABIMA, which was established 32 years ago, on October 20, 1989, is an institution that was born from the Southern Sumatera Christian Church (GKSBS), as a deacon institution for the community as one manifestation of God's love for the community to achieve independence. YABIMA Indonesia's services cover the southern part of Sumatra with a focus on farmer groups, mass organizations, and credit union. In general, the farmers assisted by this institution are poor-farmers in remote areas with minimal access to clean water, sanitation, and health.

"The presence of the Multiplication program of Stube HEMAT in Lampung with Pdt. Theofilus Agus Rohadi, who reaches out to the student and youth segments, is expected to collaborate and gain knowledge from the activists of the institution," said Rev. Em Bambang Sumbodo, the board-in-charge of Stube HEMAT from Yogyakarta who had the opportunity to discuss with YABIMA with other member of the board, Ir. Hero Darmawanta M.T, and the executive director of Stube HEMAT, Ariani Narwastujati. In this discussion, the management of YABIMA Indonesia, Rev. Eko Nugroho and two institutional activists warmly welcomed the Stube HEMAT's arrival and found out points to be worked together, such as how to love agriculture since  early age to young people, considering that Lampung has extraordinary potency in the agricultural sector with fertile soil conditions and sufficient rainfall.

"The meeting with Stube HEMAT is not the first time, because we have been invited to a training with the topic 'Observing the potency in village area' by the multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Bengkulu in 2018. At that time there was no specific program for students and young people in Lampung," said Pdt. Eko Nugroho. "There is a big hope in the future, the cooperation will be more intense as it is located in the same city, and young people need guidance to learn the values ​​of life," Ariani expressed her hope.

Another interesting thing about YABIMA Indonesia is the value of Asceticism that is integrated with the strategy and management of the existing programs in the community. Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by doing abstinence of physical pleasures through calls for a willingness to share, to promote justice- spirituality-gender sensitivity-peace, to respect plurality, to give chance for participative dialogue, and to do accountability. Those are the values ​​of kindness that are quite challenging, right? ***