cfk newsletter jul-sept 2012 eng

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Capacity Building CFKs Local

Staff

In July 2012, two trainers from

CFKs newly established Training

Un i t (CFK-T U) v i s i t ed th e

Mentawai Islands to provide

capacity building & training to all of

CFKs Mentawai Staff.

Two topics were covered in a

series of workshops, the first was

S e e d s f o r S u s t a i n a b l e

Transformation and the second

covered using the HIST Model for

community transformation, which

simply means Holistic, Integrated &

Sustainable Transformation.

Ibu Wenny, the coordinator of CFK-

TU was delighted with CFK localMentawai Staffs response to the

training,Actually we didnt just

teach them, we also received a lot of

practical input from them as well,

they have gained first hand

experience in working with the

community as CFK have been

implementing programs on the

Mentawai Islands since they were

struck by a tsunami in 2010. We

were impressed by their solid team

work as well as their commitment to

serving their community.

New Intern Recruitment Process

During August 2012, CFKs training

unit were fully occupied with

finalizing the modules for our

Internship Pilot Program and

recruiting 4 interns to join this new

and exciting CFK endeavor.

Internship Pilot Program BeginsAt the beginning of September the

interns commenced their basic

theory training topics covered

included: Basics on Poverty &

Co mmu n i ty T ran s fo rmat io n ;

Personal Transformation; Team

Building; Facilitating Initiatives

that are Holistic Integrated &

Sustainable Transformation (HIST);

Basic Community Mobilization as

well as an in troduction to

International Standards and Project

Cycle Management. The interns

also received and overview of

CFKs Vision, Mission, Core Values

as well as our implementing

approach and sectors (Education,

Health, Good Governance, Organic

Agriculture, Small Business

Development and Savings & Loans

Groups).

In mid October 2012 the interns willtravel to CFKs Mentawai Island

project where they will gain 4

months of practical experience in

the field.

QUARTERLYREPORT&NEWSLETTERJul - Sept 2012

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CFKS TRAINING UNIT -Launches Intern Training Pilot Program

CFK Mentawai staff together with CFK-TU trainers and interns


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S E Q U O I A C L U B

CFK Assist Tsunami Survivors Whos Temporary Shelters Were Engulfed in Flames.

Its been two years since a devastating tsunami struck the villages located on the west coast of the Mentawai

Islands in Indonesia. The tsunami survivors are still living in temporary shelters in IDP (Internally Displaced

People) Camps, they are unable to move forward with rebuilding their replacement permanent homes as they

are waiting for the Government of Indonesia to finalize all the issues related to their land rights and building

permits.

CFK have been coming alongside and assisting these tsunami survivors to re-establish other areas in their

lives including economic, health and education

development. On the afternoon of 25th

September 2012 a fire broke out from a cooking

fire in one of the temporary shelters, the fire

quickly spread engulfing and destroying 17 of the

Temporary Shelters. Thankfully no lives were

lost but finding themselves, homeless again, the

families living in the burned shelters were leftfeeling extremely traumatized and fearful, once

again they have lost everything - all of the meager

possessions they had managed to accumulate

since loosing everything in the 2010 tsunami.

CFK partnering with the sub-district government

office and other local institutions, were quick to

respond and with in 24 hours had distributed

emergency assistance in the form of first aid,

family hygiene kits, basic food needs, blankets and clothing as well as school uniforms and school bags &

books for the children.

For the time being the fire victims have moved in with families living in neighboring temporary shelters that

were not burned in the fire, however the conditions are crowded with two families living in a shelter

measuring only 4x6m until more suitable living arrangements can be sourced.

MENTAWAI TSUNAMI VICTIMS -Disaster Strikes Again

Prepared Partners Can Respond

Quickly

One of CFKs main focus areas in

o u r 2 0 1 2 - 2 4 S t r a t e g i c

Development Plan is to strengthen

our Disaster Risk Management and

Preparation. Moving towards this goal

CFK have been forming stronger relationships with

other local organizations and networks as well as

actively engaging with other members of the IDRN -

International Disaster Response Network.

After a lengthy selection process, CFK together with4 other national Indonesian NGOs have met the

requirements and been selected as PLAN Indonesias

DRR implementing partners. PLAN is a large

international Non-profit organization which focuses

o n C h i l d R i g h t s a n d

Development, one of the

countries in which PLANoperates their initiatives is

Indonesia.

During August 2012, CFK staff

attended a 2 day Disaster

Preparation Workshop facilitated by PLAN to

strengthen the relationship between all partners as

well as to develop a set of Standard Operational

Procedures for Disaster Response & Recovery

initiatives. As a result of this workshop, CFK arenow strengthening the capacities and introducing

these SOPs to our ERT (Emergency Response Team)

who will be the first CFK team to enter a disaster area

and conduct a Rapid Assessment & Situation Report.

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CFKFORMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS -For Disaster Risk Management

CFK Quarterly Report & Newsletter Jul -Sept 2012


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CFK Establishes Savings & Loans Share Groups Amongst Tsunami Survivors

Finally - in August 2012, CFK were able to mobilize the 2010 tsunami survivors living in the IDP (Internally

Displaced People) Camps on the Mentawai Island of Pagai Utara to establish thier first Savings & Lans Share

Group! The group are from Baru-baru sub-village and name of the group is Mukere Baga which means To Be

In Agreement - there are 19 members including 12 women and 7 men.

Overcoming Challenges To Get Started

For more than a year, CFK have been socializing and advocating the concept of establishing Savings & Loans

Share Groups amongst the tsunami survivors living in the IDP Camps and during this time have met with and

had to overcome many challenges. One of the main issues is a lack of understanding on financial management

amongst the community, due very low income levels that are unstable or generated seasonally they generally

live a hand to mouth existence. Also, in the past they had no access to banks or savings facilities in their

villages and due to unsuccessful attempts at establishing village cooperatives many had lost savings creating a

low level of trust amongst the community. Another challenge to overcome has been time management, the

tsunami survivors have had many issues to deal with including having to travel long distances through the

jungle from the location of their temporary shelters back to their old coastal villages to tend their crops.

Share Group Members Already Experiencing The Benifits

However, the perseverance is now starting to get results with the establishment of Mukere Baga Share Group

the members already experiencing the benefits, as they now have a savings facility in their village, they dont

have to make the long and difficult trips to the Bank in the main port town, they also have access to small loans

- often too small for the bank to agree upon - the interest rates are also very low, unlike the money lenders in

town and all of the interest paid becomes part of the groups assets. With in the first month of establishment 4

group members have qualified for, and received, small loans to assist with their income generation.

More Savings & Loans Groups Established

In the same way a second Savings and Loans Share Group has since been established in Sabeugunggung sub-

village also with 19 members - 8 women and 11 men. In the coming months CFK will continue to comealongside and strengthen these two fledgling share groups as well as continue mobilize the tsunami survivors

living in the other IDP Camps on Pagai Utara Island to also establish Saving & Loans Share Groups.

Community Mentoring -To Establish Savings & Loans Share Groups



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Training Local Language Trainers

One of CFKs long term aspirations is to enable the

local people to establish an Organic Agriculture

Training Center on the Mentawai Islands to increase

the income of families living in poverty as well as to

improve their nutritional intake. In order to achieve

this goal, over the past 18 months, CFK have been

training a group of local language (Mentawai) staff to

become organic agriculture trainers. CFK have also

been working to partner with GKPM, the localMentawai Church, to develop the Organic

Agriculture Training Center together. By capacity

building a local institution, the local community will

have ownership and their is more likelihood that the

center will be sustainable. However, while GKPM

gave permission for CFK to use their land, due to

other commitments they were not yet actively

participating as partners in the program.

In September 2012, all of CFKs efforts began to

bear fruit! CFKs Organic Agriculture Staff began to

provide weekly organic agriculture ToT (Training of

Trainers) sessions which have been enthusiastically

attended by participants from GKPM and the

community.

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE -Establishing a Mentawai Island TrainingCenter

CFK Partner with UN-ILO

During September & October 2012, CFK in cooperation with

UN-ILO (United Nations International Labor Organization)

conducted a series of small business development training

workshops for the Mentawai tsunami survivors living in IDP(Internally Displaced People) Camps on Pagai Utara and

Pagai Selatan Islands. These training workshops are part of

our initiative to rehabilitate and improve the tsunami

survivors economy. 199 participants attended the workshops,

participants were divided into groups of 10 and each group

then attended a 5 day workshop on basic small business start-

up training.

199 Enthusiastic Women Join the Trainings

To improve family income, it is imperative that women are able to develop small business that can be operatedfrom their home or with in close proximity to their villages, as such the 199 participants attending the training

workshops were women. Even though they are still living in temporary IDP Camps waiting for their

permanent relocation sites to be allocated, the enthusiasm of the women was evident from their attendance

levels, attention to detail and active participation in all the discussions. Their enthusiasm showed their desire

to overcome their current condition as tsunami survivors, to re-establish their lives and improve their families

well-being. During the workshops the women discovered that they already have many of the resources needed

to establish a small business. First and foremost they have time, energy and enthusiasm, the islands have an

abundance of natural resources and the women already produce some basic crops, this coupled with skills

training and an understanding of market potential can provide the basis for their economic improvement and

the improvement of their families well-being. The workshops were designed to cater to women who have hadvery limited education opportunities, many of the women attending were illiterate but they were able to

participate as they received special mentoring throughout the workshops.

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING -Attended By 199 Women



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COMMUNITY HEALTH -Improving Mother & Baby HealthClinic Services


CFK Advocacy Gets Results

July - September 2012 has been a time of break

throughs for CFKs Community Health Team.

For the past 18 months, CFK have been advocating

to the PUSKESMAS (Government Health Center)to encourage them to work together with CFK to

improve the services of the Village Mother & Baby

Health Clinics) provided to the tsunami survivors

living in the IDP Camps on the Mentawai Islands.

Then finally in September 2012, CFK together with

the PUSKESMAS facilitated the first in a series of

joint training workshop to capacity build and

enable all of the local stakeholders to fulfill their

responsibilities in delivering monthly Mother &

Baby Health Clinics in the villages - using theofficial 5 table management system. Using

participatory training methods, after each session

their was an opportunity for small focus group

discussions and the result of these discussions

were then presented to the other workshop

attendees. The Village Health Volunteers also

practiced a simulated Mother & Baby Clinic

whereby they had to implement tables 1 - 4 of the

5 table management system.

CFK were delighted by the attendance and active

participation of all stakeholders including the

Village & Sub-village leaders as well as the

Village Health Volunteers. The newly found

willingness of the Midwives from the

PUSKESMAS to facilitate many of the training

sessions helped to affirm to the workshop

participants that they actually do care about the

health conditions of mothers and new born babies

in the IDP Camps.

Mentoring Village Health Volunteers

After completing the workshop, CFK together with

the PUSKESMAS Midwives followed up by

mentoring the Village Health Volunteers to

implement an actual Mother & Baby Clinic in each

of their villages. A great improvement could be

seen over previous clinics and most of the Village

Health Volunteers were able to successfully deliver

Table 1 (Registration), Table 2 (Weigh & Measure)and Table 3 (Record Progress), however they still

struggle with table 4 (Giving Advice) as such CFK

together with the Midwives will continue to

capacity build the Village Health Volunteers until

they are able to accomplish this.


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Knowledge & Activities of Mentawai Teenagers

During this period of July - September CFK have continued to advocate Child Rights amongst the Mentawaicommunity. Advocacy activities have started with workshops for our local Mentawai staff to improve their

knowledge and understanding as well as film nights in the villages as well as focus group discussions and

interviews with teachers and after school activities for elementary age students. In August 2012, CFK also

began to advocate Child Rights amongst the Mentawai teenagers, CFKs attention has been drawn to cases of

underage pregnancies, drug abuse and suicide amongst teenagers as such CFK will incorporate activities

focused on Self Worth, Reproductive Health & Anit-drug Awareness amongst the teenagers.

Survey & Assessment

CFK launched our teenagers Child Rights Awareness Program in August 2012 by conducting an initial survey

and assessment amongst the teenagers to get their input on their understanding of Child Rights. The surveyalso addressed the teenagers overall understanding of reproductive health as well as their general activities

and behavior in relation to sex and drug use.

CFK then presented the survey and assessment results to the relevant stakeholders; the Departments of

Health & Education, parents, community and religious leaders as well as local authorities including the

police. During September, CFK facilitated a joint stakeholders meeting at which an activity schedule was

agreed upon to provide awareness building sessions to the Teenagers.

After the awareness building sessions have been provided, CFK plan to facilitate the teenagers to prepare and

present their own Child Rights & Wellbeing Campaigns through the use multi-media tools to produce radio

talk shows, short films or power point presentations, t-shirts and posters.

CFKADVOCATE CHILD RIGHTS -Building Awareness Amongst Children


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