Cooking and Sharing the Skill.

Let’s join!

For two days, September 25–26, 2013, the Secretary office of GMNI (Indonesian National Youth Movement) Waingapu in Prailiu, East Sumba was very busy. What were they doing? They were having a cooking activities using local food resource, such as cassava flour (Manihot utilissima), white glutinous rice (Oryza sativa glotinosa), purple sweet potato (Ipomea batatas) and taro potato. Did you want to know the result? Well, it turned out that they were not only learning how to make cakes using local meal resources, but also doing fund raising by selling cakes for their organization activities. That’s great!

On the first day, seven participants practised a recipe how to cook steamed cake with cassava flour and glutinous rice flour. They produced 10 pieces of cakes that were ready for sale. In the following day, one more participant joined, so there were eight participants involved in the activity. They practised how to make cakes from purple sweet potato flour and taro flour. They made 8 pieces of cakes which were also ready for sale.

The participants felt happy to learn and practise cooking, as well as knew how to make a fund raising activity for their organization. "I’ve never think that the cooking material of these cakes is quite simple. All the material is abundantly available in our local grocery in Sumba. The price will be higher when the simple material is appropriately processed and has an attractive packaging" said one of participants. "We begin to think that cooking-skill may be developed to start culinary entrepreneurship in Sumba," he added.

           

You see guys that one’s knowledge and skills will be more valuable and meaningful if we are willing to share them to others. Likewise, Iriyani Elsi and Marselina, two students having ever joined Stube-HEMAT exposure to Yogyakarta and learned cooking with local food material. "We are happy to help our friends of GMNI Waingapu, especially now they're looking for some fund for a New Member Admission Week (PPAB), in October 25, 2013" they said.

Keep moving and sharing your skills, Iriyani Elsi and Marselina! (TRU)