Village & Me

(Desa & Aku)

Many villages are neglected by their well educated dwellers to get a job to other places that is assumed more prospective for their future. So, the rest in villages is old people and kids. Villages are abandoned by their adult, potential villagers for a logic reason. Sense of belonging to develop village and to think about it must be implanted among young generation. They should think about their abandoned villages.

This ‘ViMi’ program is a program giving chance for students learning in Waingapu , the capital town of East Sumba province, to do something for their villages through out Sumba during their leisure time or holiday. Students may do anything positively based on a proposed program submitted and presented to Stube HEMAT Sumba.

Goals:

1) Participants have sense of belonging towards their abandoned village

2) Participants bring positive activity and share their ability and knowledge they got during their study in city town campus for villagers who remain to stay in the village

3) Participants may empower villagers to do something useful for their life.

Indicators:

1) Participants write a plan in a proposal to do something in a village, then submit it to Stube HEMAT Sumba for further discussion and decision.

2) Participants propose one of positive activities such as, education service, agricultural development, make use disposal things, village library, etc.

3) Participants program is accepted by villagers and they are willing to do it for useful reason.

Participants: 6