By: Frans Fredi Kalikit
Bara
As time goes by and the
acceleration of Indonesia’s development, young people are increasingly demanded
to be individuals who are adaptable to the changes of time. To answer the
challenges of times, their learning spaces should not only be in formal
learning but also create new learning spaces that are directly touching the
surrounding social problems.
In 2018, one of the
printed media in Germany, Focus magazine wrote Sumba Island as the most
beautiful island in the world and it was even said that Sumba was a hidden
paradise. The potencies of Sumba's natural resources are like hidden treasures
and have not been intensively processed for the economic development of the
people of this island.
As a form of awareness
building movement towards the real potencies that exist in Sumba, on July 13,
2020 thirteen young people gathered and united their vision to take part in
developing agriculture in Sumba. This group is Stube HEMAT Horticultural
Farmers Community. We are fully aware that Sumba is an island rich in natural
resources, waiting for the hands of young Sumbanese to develop it.
Most the Sumbanese refer
to land as Mother. This is a philosophy that bind them to land as valuable
ancestral heritage, as a source of life. Selling land is the same as selling
mother and this practise should not occured in Sumba, but the expectations did
not match with the reality. As a growing community, we are committed to restore
the philosophy of the land as enliving mother. ***
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