The
participation of youth in various activities will strengthen their capacity to
increase and to manage the potencies of their village. NGO Childfund Indonesia
as one of the youth observer institutions provide attention and opportunity
for young people to be actively involved in various positive and constructive
activities. Together with Karang Taruna (Youth group) in Tanatuku village,
Childfund Indonesia collaborated with the Multiplication of Stube-HEMAT in
Sumba to organize National Youth Capacity Enhancement (NYCE) activities and a
Symposium for young people throughout Sumba. This activity was held in Tanatuku
village, Nggaha Ori Angu district, followed by 80 young people from 10 villages
spread over 3 districts in East Sumba. One of the activities that became the focus of the program was a study visit in several locations whose potencies
were developed by the youth of the village themselves, such as the Stube-HEMAT
weaving group.
On
Friday (26/03/ 2021), 40 participants visited the Stube-HEMAT weaving learning
house. There were many new things that they asked and learned. Such as the
background of the establishment of the weaving group, the stages of weaving,
the looms to the direct practice of winding the yarns. Elisabeth Uru Ndaya, the
head of the local youth group organization as well as the chairman of the youth
symposium committee, the mentor of the weaving group (Multiplicator of Stube
HEMAT in Sumba) encouraged and motivated the participants who joined to think
about their youth by doing productive activities, working and producing something
useful for him/her, as well as for others, especially young people who are
agents of change to continue working to give positive effect to people around
them.
On
the occasion, the member of the weaving group explained the stages of weaving
as well as looms to the symposium participants. Most of them admitted that it
was the first time they had seen and tried the weaving process themselves, such
as winding a thread. They appreciated the enthusiasm of the weaving group
members who initially did not understand weaving, but finally able to teach the
stages of weaving.
Minto, a young man from Pambotanjara village, Kota Waingapu, a management student at Wirawacana Christian University in Sumba, gave a good impression to the group members who were engaged in weaving even though they were not descendants of weavers; he also asked what the main reason for the formation of a weaving group in the advanced and modern era was. Sherly, one of the weaving group member, who is also a member of the local youth organization responded, “We realize that weaving is a Sumbanese culture, so we need to take part in preserving the existing culture, as well as supporting the economic condition because whatever the job is, we want to weave or be a farmer if it brings income for welfare, we are all interested,” she said.
Hopefully,
this youth symposium will open up the insight and the mindset of the village
youth to optimize their youth age by doing positive things and being able to manage
the potencies of their villages. ***
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