Enthusiasm for Learning and Sharing

An Exploring Program to Sumba

June 2016 is highly awaited by three students: Junita Samosir, Resky Julius and Christian Badai Bulin. What happen? They will go to Sumba, an island in East Nusa Tenggara province.

The next question is, why is Sumba, not to other island? Because there is a secretary of Stube-HEMAT in Sumba. They  will go to Sumba as participants of Exploring program, a program to send students from Yogyakarta to Sumba for sharing knowledge and skills to students, young people and Sumbanese.

The participants will be in Sumba for about thirty days. They will learn a lot about Sumba, from the society, social, culture, agriculture, natural environment and tourism. They also share their skills and knowledge gained while studying in Yogyakarta to local youth, community and church members. So, the program becomes an important media of mutual learning.

 

Next, we will know the participants closer. First, Junita Samosir, a student coming from Simalungun, North Sumatra. Now, she has completed her study at faculty of Agro-technology, University of Mercu Buana Yogyakarta. She will share her knowledge about processing food that she had learned in campus. "I hope I can share my knowledge and it will be useful for the local community and I can also find many new experiences”,she said.

The second one is Resky Julius, a student from Toraja, South Sulawesi, a region having culture and tradition as quite tight as in Sumba. He is studying Management at Duta Wacana Christian University. During the exploring, he will interact and share experiences with students and church youth to prepare job application and Curriculum Vitae. Resky hopes, "I am getting to know about the indigenous people of Sumba, culture, craft, natural landscape and the people. In addition, I was also able to share the knowledge I have for the people in Sumba and I hope they can continue to spread it", he explained.

The third participant is Christian Badai Bulin who is called Iyan. He is a student of Information Technology at Duta Wacana Christian University. He is from Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The knowledge and skills about computers and editing that he got from campus encourage him to share his experience with friends in Stube-HEMAT Sumba, especially making a short video containing messages of social, environmental awareness, and culture and tourism. In addition, Iyan also has a skill for singing, so he can practice singing with youth and students there.

Rev. Dominggus Umbu Deta, S.Th., the coordinator of Stube-HEMAT Sumba hopes that all participants from Yogyakarta will be able to adapt with the situation in Sumba and to deliver materials well and it may be sustainability implemented. Finally, he welcome the participants to Marapu island and wishes they will have nice experiences! All team members of Stube HEMAT Sumba are ready to work together for progress. (TRU).