Friska Notes

When we did storytelling for Utikini Refugee in Eme Neme Building, Timika - Papua, Indonesia

Dear readers,

Based on my previous post here, Honai Sirbe is an essential part of me. He is like my first born son, where I could not leave with untrusted strangers. However, I have to face the reality, I left Papua.

Honai Sirbe will be only an idea without people whose working on it. By the time staying in Batam, I understand I have to release anything attached me to Papua. One by one. There is no more reason for me connected to Papua, including Honai Sirbe.

At first it is not easy. I know I can be stubborn and keep insisted to the world that Honai Sirbe name and its logo was made by me. However, there is no use of a name if there is no people work on it, even worse, I am no longer in Papua. I have to remind myself, whatever the name is, the most important thing is, it is a non-profit place to educate and inspire children in Papua. Children are our first priority over our ego and hurtful feelings.

Through this blog, I gave my consent to 1000 Guru Papua as :

"I, hereby grant permission to 1000 Guru Papua to reproduce any portion of the "Honai Sirbe" name, photo images / logo that have been taken by me for the purpose of SELF USE and or SELF PROMOTION for NON-PROFIT activity and publication which can include but is not limited to, books, cards, calendars, invitations, and websites without any more compensation or recognition given to me. Furthermore, I grant creative permission to alter the Honai Sirbe name/logo."

I am waving good bye to Honai Sirbe and Papua. This is the last thing I can do.


Batam, 28 November 2018.

Finally! The Day! We just launched our dream : Honai Sirbe Library! After those hardships, we begin our first activity : teach and play with the kids. There were only 5 children presence but we would work hard to invite more children to come. Our first teaching material is about ants! Children listened to story about ants, coloring ants picture, and learn to count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.


Moreover we also already registered in PT Kantor Pos Indonesia free delivery service on (date) 17 each month. Please do not hesitate to send your books donation to us in :

1. To promote Honai Sirbe Library to Papuan Kids whose living around the library
2. To promote Honai Sirbe address and location for books donation
3. Completed our foundation and regulation about Honai Sirbe Library (membership role and rules, open bank account, other policy)
4. Established organization structure, divisions, and job description (I believe a solid team is not about number, but talking about your genuine heart and priority)
5. Building good networking with public, or any education institution 
6. Working for other opportunity to have Honai Sirbe Library branch in other area in Timika or Papua

 
What makes Honai Sirbe Library different from others?
We believe giving books are not enough for children, we have to engage children to love books.

How to engage children to love books?
Make creative and fun activity from many aspects around the children environment, and connect it to books they read. That's why Teaching Materials Team is very important.

Could I make it happen?
Believe me, I NEVER can do this alone! Never say "I", but "US"! We CAN do this together...



Timika, 22 January 2018

 

Honai Sirbe First Meet Up!

So, how is the story until Honai Sirbe was born?

It's begin from our beloved President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) announcement after a meeting with library voluntary workers : there would be a free post service for sending books to community libraries all over Indonesia! A very good news for us! Please read the service' terms & and condition below (in Bahasa Indonesia) :

Let me translate it in English :

1. Books donation free delivery service only availabe every 17th of running month
2. A person could send books donations with max 10 kg / delivery
3. Books donations is packaged well with name and address recipient is stated well (based on community library networking list in Kantor Pos Indonesia website)
4. If you are confused where to send the books, Kantor Pos Indonesia would sent it to any library in their list
5. If the amount and size of package is enormous, you may sent it from Kantor Pos Locket
6. If you send the package from a Dropbox in a department store etc, the receipt is not given
7. Books content inside the package is out of responsibility of Kantor Pos Indonesia   

I contacted my library studies alumni in our group and had 'hot' discussion about it! Is the service available for every library or do we have to get registered in community library networking or what? How to do the registration? One of my friend is a committee of that library networking and she gave me Kak Dayu contact, founder of Buku untuk Papua (BUP). Kak Dayu is a very informative person and he got me into their facebook networking and gave me useful tips! Thanks a bunch Kak Dayu!

I discussed the idea to our 1000 Guru Papua friends in Jayapura and would recommend this library program in Timika. ASAP, as soon as I arrive in Timika, I made appointment with our leaders in 1000 Guru Papua and discussed about this! The time came when we discussed about this program :

1. What makes this library different from others?
   This is a free library, opens for children with priority is for them whose dropouts. We would focus on calistung-baca tulis hitung (read, write, count) & fun and inspiring learning
2. How we can manage the schedule to teach?
   We would share the library in our 1000 Guru Papua voluntary networking, and opens chance to anyone who wants to teach (after a preparation teaching class from Creative Program Team)
3. What is the library name?!
   Honai Sirbe! Honai means Papua house name, and Sirbe or Bersih means clean! :*

We discussed about this for couple of hours... Talking about ideas and had brainstorming, I love that! Honai Sirbe Library is a recommended program to share with others 1000 Guru Papua area in Jayapura and Biak. We shared this discussion to others in our committee 1000 Guru Papua in Timika and we had friends supported this program. Creative Program Team begins this project but would let Honai Sirbe Leader comes from volunteers of 1000 Guru Papua. Since Creative Program main task actually focus on annual agenda of 1000 Guru Papua and we would let volunteers to coordinate with us :)

We looked for volunteers who wants to join this team from End of August - September 2017, and created this Dream Team! (I got inspired by The Dream Team of Disneyland) as committee of Honai Sirbe Library. Hopefully we could have the same creative spirit, berani bermimpi, brave to have a dream creating Honai Sirbe Library! 

So, Honai Sirbe Dream Team is created. We went survey, looking for location where Honai Sirbe would stayed; and the result is Susi's place in SP3, Timika. Thank you for Susi and her father kindness to let us use their place as Honai Sirbe Libray for minimum 5 years length. May God bless you and your family, Sis :*


So, how about the funding?

1000 Guru Papua lend us first funding, and let us figure it out for other needs. So we got to think how to have funding to build and fix the Honai Sirbe building (would share the pictures in next post). We're selling cakes for donation last weeks, we had 50 pans order and delivered it on Sunday, Nov 19. The bakers are : Marlin, Yani, Susi, Nesti, Betty, Kakaknya Theo, am I counted also? :p The delivery team is : Faiz, Yogi, Hendra, Me, Theo. We are only 11 people but we could make it! Amazing!

Next steps?

1. We looked for other opportunity in raising funding
2. Contact tukang / builder to fix the building
3. Having other needs either by volunteers donation or buy it, such as bookshelves, toys, pencils, crayons, color pencil, maps, globe, folding desk, puppet doll
4. Registrant in Kantor Pos Indonesia Community Library Networking
5. Prepare for teaching material, trains The Dream Team to be a trainer for volunteers
6. Have a teaching training class for volunteers
7. Prepare schedule for volunteers' teaching in Honai Sirbe
8.  Opening of Honai Sirbe Library 

Lets see and would keep you update about this... All in God's time and work through us, to maximize our potentials.. Amen!


Timika, 20 November 2017