The Vi & Mi (Village and Me) Program 2019 - part 1The new year opens a new program in Stube-HEMAT Sumba, one of the programs awaited by Stube-HEMAT Sumba activist students is Village and Me, a program that gives opportunity to students studying in Waingapu, the town center of East Sumba, to do something beneficial for their villages spread across the island of Sumba. This activity is carried out during campus break or waiting period for the graduation. The program connects students and the village where they live, so they are called to take part in improving the quality of life of the local community based on what they learned in campus and skills they have. In addition, through this program the participants learn how to prepare themselves and the material well in order to be easily understood by the community. In this period there were three students chosen as participants. Who were they?
Yendri Kati Amah, a student of Theology College of Sumba Christian Church, from
Kondamara village, Lewa district, East Sumba. The village itself is located 60
kilometers from Waingapu to the west, so its far location from urban areas
caused limited availability of reading books, especially for local children and
adolescents. She thought that reading is important for people to increase
knowledge and insight. Responding to high interest of children and adolescents
in the village to read, she came up idea of reading group in collaboration with
Kondamara Sumbanese Christian Church’s branch, in Winu Hakareting to pioneer
reading group supported by Stube-HEMAT Sumba.
She approached children
in her village, then invited them to read and tell stories about the books they
have read. It turned out that they were not only reading but also playing and
studying at home. At least 40 children from early childhood to adolescents at
junior high school came and read books. However, she faced problems, such as
parents did not have time to drop off their children because of cultivating
their fields.
Yulius Wulang Kamataramu, from Rakawatu, Lewa, East Sumba and currently
studying at Wira Wacana Christian University, in Waingapu, has a close
relationship with church services that make him easier to determine useful
activities in his village, Tana Pingi, located 70 kilometers from Waingapu to
the west. Took place in Rakawatu Sumbanese Christian Church’s branch, Tana
Pingi, his activities began in late April to accompany children and encourage
them to attend Sunday school with various activities to increase their spirit
to church, confidence and foster togetherness among them, including
competitions on Bible trivia, eat crackers and read poetry.
Yohanes D. Nd is a student of Christian Education at Theology College
(STT) Terpadu, Waingapu. As an education student he has knowledge on how to
assist students, and based on his interest in child development he pioneered
the formation of a tutoring group for elementary and PAUD children in the
village of Kambata Tana, Pandawai district, located 18 km southeast of Waingapu.
Yohanes’ activity complemented the education they get from their schools, even
though it is only for two months from April-May 2019. From the children’s
enthusiasm and their parents' responses, Yohanes planned to continue this study
group as a routine activity there.
When students with their
energy have right support and
assistance, they are proven able to devote themselves and carry out activities
that impact the village community where they came from. For young people and
students, please prepare yourself and take the opportunity to bring progress in
your village. (TRU)
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