After the advance CO workshop in Malaysia in June 2009, I conducted a "big" internal evaluation of our "DESA PERDIKAN" project. We "down sized" our ambition to be more realistic and do-able. Currently I am focused on organizing the community in a village in Purworedjo that is known as the "Etawa Goat Village". Etawa is very specific goat and very expensive, and they are protected by the local government.But currently, there are some buyers from outside (especially from Malaysia, hehehe..! sorry to say ya!) who pursued the villagers to sell the "A-class breed". They bring the goat outside the village, even outside Indonesia, and renamed the goat. If we cannot stop these activities, the village will lose their "specific Etawa goat", their identity and their main source of income. We started working with local villagers to increase their daily income, to prevent them sell the "A-Class goat" outside the village. It is really still the very beginning action stage. Besides that,
Currently we are developing a book of "DESA PERDIKAN JOURNEY". It is our reflection on organize the community to achieve our dream "Desa Perdikan". It will not be a "success story book" but a "story behind our experiences", it is an auto critic of our "foot print", so in the future, other can do better than us.
Sorry, I have not write anything in the blog. May be after we get some improvement in Purworedjo village, I will document it and share it with you.
Ririn, Perdikan Jogjakarta Indonesia
5 comments:
Wow!!!! Really good Ririn, I do appreciate what you are doing, documenting the challenges and lessons learnt is the good way for other next generation organizers.
To me, it's so important. I also do that too. write diary related to CO work. will share to all u guy soon when start the new job at slum areas in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia.
That's will be so excited for me as a young woman (hehehe.. some of u may not think, I am young) to work in slum areas as community organizer.
Ok, will let u know more. Good luck for everybody and all organizer all around the world.
Take care too,
Nareth
hi All,
Tnx a lot for letting us know the local issue what you are facing. i hopoe to hear more update regarding this issue. i guess, it must be very difficult. Do local community know the potential harm?
i forgot to say my name. hahah... ZOLA
Dear Ririn:
Good initiatives. congrats.
Your goat work will be quite tougher one- you are trying to convince people to conserve their traditional common resource/ knowledge against onslaught of short term economic gain by external forces. Very hard to succeed. Keep it up.
Documenting your footprint will a learning process for all of us.
How is your son? regards Paul
yes everyone in the seapcp co network keep up your good work and be active always to train local organisers to stand up for their rights! Mama julie,jana and I are busy with housing and land issues with the urban poor. the government is pushing many urban settlers (squatters) to low cost flats but the terms and conditions are still not so clear...so organising continues!
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