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IOM?s Capacity-Building Assistance Have Supported 40 Tofu Makers to Get ?PIRT? Certificate
Wasiyem’s tofu business had declined and was struggling for survival, but now it’s definitely on the move. Making tofu for a living was “uninspiring” work when she first started in the sector with her husband in Tuksono village, Yogyakarta, in the late 1980s. Due to limited market access, little was gained from....
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Exquisite Silver to Put Pampang on the Map
Warjiyo dreams of putting his village, Pampang, on the map for jewellery. The 35-year-old, one of 98 silvercrafters supported by the Livelihoods Recovery Project, is spreading the word about Pampang’s beautiful products. The village’s silvercraft sector stalled after the earthquake....
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High Hopes for Kebon?s Batik
Once-foreign phrases such as “marketing strategies” and “market penetration” are on every batik maker’s lips in Kebon village – including 37-year-old Dalmini’s.
Business development trainings provided through IOM’s Livelihood Recovery Project are having a major impact in her village, in a poor rural district in Central Java hit hard by a devastating May 2006 earthquake.
Kebon’s 169 IOM-supported batik makers have been heavily involved in the Village Promotions Team, taking their batik to exhibitions across Indonesia, and inviting foreign tourists to join the ‘free tours’ initiative to their village “showroom” in Dalmini’s house. They are excited by the potential advantages of their products which are traditionally made with natural materials – offer.
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Farmer?s Fields Thrive after Change to Organic Fertiliser
The satisfaction is evident in Musiran’s voice as he explains the current state of his vegetables.
The crops – water spinach in the wet season and mustard greens, lettuce, spinach and pakcoy in the dry season – are thriving because of a notable improvement in soil quality. What’s more, he says, weeds are a thing of the past.
Musiran and his family, including five children, live off the success or failure of their land.
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?Niki Mawon? or ?Just Pick this Product?
Attending capacity-building classes felt much like re-living childhood school days for the women of Terong village who are beneficiaries of the International Organization for Migration-Java Reconstruction Fund Livelihood project.
Housewife Warsiti, 39, was happy to return to the classroom again as a participant in IOM training sessions to help her family’s recovery from the devastating impact of the May 27, 2006, earthquake. “We felt like we were going back to school again..."
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Farmers welcome a new system for growth
Years of hard work can be lost in a matter of seconds. S. T. Waluyo, a farmer in Kebon Village, knows that all too well. In the early morning hours 27 May, 2006, an earthquake shook him from his sleep and woke him to a new nightmare. The short term impact on Waluyo’s Central Java district, with the loss of life, injury and damage to property, was devastating. But the long-term impact on those left to carry on their lives was almost as great.
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Rebuilding Hope Through Rebuilt Livelihoods
Prior to the Yogyakarta earthquake, Ibu Surajinah worked as a producer of traditional foot press tiles, which provided her with an unpredictable and meager income to support her family. Now, as an active member of the roof tile cooperative in Gunturgeni, she has returned to work and earns enough to support her family and finance her children’s education.
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On the Road to Recovery
After one and a half years living in inadequate conditions, 60-year-old earthquake victim Ibu Dul Waginem now has a permanent house to live in that addresses her specific needs as a person with limited mobility.
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Community Spirit Rebuilds Destroyed Villages
Yogyakarta earthquake survivor Kanan Sasmito, 51, is in the final stages of building the durable bamboo home his family will live in until construction of a permanent replacement home is complete.
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A Simple Plea: ?Help Us?
Twenty-seven-year-old Ari Suryono was fast asleep at his mother-in-law’s house in Prawirotaman village when the 27 May earthquake struck Yogjakarta province on the island of Java, Indonesia.
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Spirit of Volunteerism Alive in IOM Staff
Two members of IOM’s Banda Aceh-based tsunami reconstruction team are among the 21 spirited volunteers assisting the Organization’s emergency response to the devastating 27 May earthquake on Indonesia’s Java island.
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A Journey Home
Twenty-year-old Dewi is home. It isn’t much, but her elated relatives have cleared out a patch of ground beside the ruined remains of the family home where she will convalesce over the next few weeks.
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