LOCAL Exposure 2013

“LET’S GO HOMETOWN!”

One support program of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta to students coming from out of Java Island both to learn more about their hometown/homeland and prepare them with one understanding about their region after finishing their study in Yogyakarta, is Local Exposure program or called Hospitation. This program gives chances to participants to observe their homeland and to enable them to have potency mapping of their homeland that can be developed or even problems that should be solved. This program also opens new networking needed when they return to their homeland. Three students follow this program in  2013 and each of them are Sarloce Apang, Emilliana R. Eka Rawulun, and Mario Fransisco Talubun.

Sarloce Apang called Loce (21) is coming from Buli, East Halmahera, North Maluku. She is currently a student of Environmental Engineering Institute (STTL) ‘YLH’ Yogyakarta, who wants to explore and have mapping toward the impact of nickel mining in coastal area of Gei Island, Buli Asal–Fayafli, Maba District, East Halmahera Regency, North Maluku. She hopes that what she found may become one of refferences for people in local region to know the impact of mining activities to nature and environment.

Emilliana R. Eka Rawulun, called Eka (22), is coming from  Fak-Fak, West Papua. This student of  Environmental Engineering Institute (STTL) ‘YLH’ Yogyakarta has interest in  Waste Treatment, especially Liquid Waste Treatment of Regional Hospital  of Fak-fak , West Papua. The goal of this study is  to know the system of liquid waste treatment of the hospital and the effect  when the waste is not properly managed with instalation system  of liquid waste treatment (IPAL).

Mario Fransisco Talubun (22), also coming from Fak-Fak, West Papua, has a focus to analyze the daily attitudes of the community living in the surrounding of National Park of Wasur, Merauke, Papua that give contribution to the sustainability of the park. Mario, a student of Environmental Conservation Department of Environmental Engineering Institute (STTL) ‘YLH’ Yogyakarta, says that he wants to know the  integrated daily attitude or activity of the society that can be bequeathed to next generations as models to support natural conservation. Further, he wants to reveal the local social problems and what the solution is. The last, he tries to find out further information of the national park projection and how local government designs for the progress of Wasur National Park in Papua.

Finally, Stube HEMAT wishes “Have a good process of exposure, friends!”