Exposure to Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta-2013

Exposure to Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta is a program of Stube-HEMAT Sumba for student activists. Students always expect to be one of three nominees selected to get a chance for one month learning program to Yogyakarta.

Why is Yogyakarta to be the destination? First, Stube in Indonesia began from Yogyakarta, known as a student city and a cultural and tourism city as well. As a student city, it is one destination for students coming throughout country to continue their study with many choices of study, educational institution, and facilitation with reasonable living cost.  Second, as a cultural and tourism city, it is rich with cultural heritage, tradition and art creativity, art product, handicraft, souvenir or culinary.

Bringing local students to Yogyakarta, Stube HEMAT delivers an experiential learning through direct interaction and practice in new circumstance of Yogyakarta. It is expected that the experiences will inspire participants to develop potency of Sumba.

The program participants of this year are Linus Hamba Karenga (23), a student of STIE Kriswina Waingapu, Marliani Yakoba Betriks Lay (19), a student of STT GKS Lewa and Iriyani Gayatri Elsi Lodo (20), a student of STT TERPADU Waingapu, while Antonius Karepi Andung (23) and Danial Wolu Paraing (32), both of them are  youth members of Kanjonga Bakul Christian Church of Sumba, and the last one is Gemelman Rada Muri (20) a youth member of Praipaha Christian Church of Sumba.

The program activities began on July 4, 2013 until August 4, 2013 through training and practice, such as, screen printing, integrated agriculture, sand-agriculture system, organic fertilizer, culinary practice, waste re-cycle, flannelette-made-doll creation and bamboo production. Further, those participants were also involved in additional activities such as public speaking, enterpreneurship, Sumba cultural potency mapping, environmental problem understanding and gender issue.

During this exposure, they also visited Borobudur and  went to Solo by train. Finally, real action after following this exposure program is really expected to give new hopes  and better changes among youth in Sumba.