IDEP FOUNDATION · language ‘IDEP’ is the aspect of human consciousness that allows us to plan and create. IDEP’s name conveys our belief that understanding our environment

AN N U A L

RE P O RT

2005 •

2006

www.idepfoundation.org

Permaculture

Training

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Sustainable

Development

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Disaster

Preparedness

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E m e r g e n cy

R e s p o n s e

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Communi ty

Recovery

IDEP FO U N DAT I O N

IDEP is an

independent Indonesian

NGO that works with local and interna-

tional partners, volunteers and staff to increase envi-

ronmental awareness, improve ecological systems and support

the realization of enhanced, sustainable, harmonious and safe living.

IDEP’s Vision - To help people understand our interconnectedness with

nature and support safe and sustainable lifestyles. IDEP’s Mission - To learn

from existing community-based knowledge and use this knowledge to develop

appropriate methods of preserving and developing local resources while strengthen-

ing community resilience to disaster. To provide access to hands-on demonstrations,

information and tools that help address the challenges faced by local communities. To

develop and utilize various types of educational media in order to raise public aware-

ness about community-based sustainable development and disaster management. To

participate in and strengthen local, national and international networks that support

community-based sustainable development and disaster management. To provide

assistance to disaster affected people in need. IDEP’s Name - In the Balinese

language ‘IDEP’ is the aspect of human consciousness that allows us to

plan and create. IDEP’s name conveys our belief that understanding

our environment and developing and implementing appro-

priate ways to maximize our positive impacts, gives

us, and generations to come, a better

chance for survival.

IDEP works in partnership with compassionate people from through-

out the world to support safe and sustainable l i festyles in Indonesia

Annual Report 2005 / 2006 Table of Contents

The interconnected cycle of IDEP’s programs 4

Sustainable Development 5

IDEP’s Permaculture Training Center & Demonstration Site on Bali 7

Permaculture outreach to local Communities & Schools on Bali 10

IDEP's Development of Effective Media for Community Education 11

Looking to the future for IDEP's Permaculture Program 12

Disaster Preparedness 13

Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Building for Communities 15

IDEP’s Community Based Disaster Management Tool Kit 16

IDEP’s Network of Disaster Management Partners in Indonesia 18

Emergency Response 19

IDEP's Rapid Response to the Asian Tsunami 20

Community Assistance in the devastated area of Samatiga, Aceh 24

IDEP's Response to the Java Quake & Pangandaran Tsunami 27

IDEP's Response to the Second Bali Bombing Tragedy 28

Community Recovery 29

Sustainable Community Recovery in Tsunami Affected Aceh 30

Development of the GreenHand Field School & Training Center 31

GreenHand Aceh Community Recovery Outreach Activities 33

Information about IDEP 36

Looking to the future & how you can help IDEP continue 36

Did you know that... 37

Who supports IDEP and how the money is used 39

Permaculture Training

EmpoweringSustainable Development

“The starting point for a better world is the belief

that it is possible.” - Norman Cousins

Dear friends and donors,

2005-2006 was an important year for IDEP. It has been a year of growth and achievement

while responding to many disasters in Indonesia. This year has highlighted the urgent need

for more community-based sustainable development, environmental awareness and disaster

resilience in the areas in which we work.

IDEP’s response to recent disasters in Bali, Aceh and Java has brought attention to the plight

of Indonesian communities, which are at extremely high risk. The issues faced by the people

of Indonesia today are how to reduce poverty, rehabilitate damaged environments and pre-

pare for further disasters, with minimal support and using limited local resources.

Our ongoing projects in Bali and Aceh continue to bring achievable and sustainable solu-

tions that address issues faced by Indonesian communities. Our approach has always been to

promote culturally appropriate sustainable development and how to help communities utilize

knowledge and local resources to rehabilitate their environments and increase their resilience

to disasters.

IDEP’s concern is that the challenges are so enormous, and that so many people are in need

of support, education and tools, that IDEP, in turn, needs to increase its capacity and scope

in order to deliver effective programs to more people in the years to come.

As IDEP and its partners look at these challenges, we also look to you, our supporters, for

help. When you responded to the Tsunami with such incredible force, your voices were loud

and clear: You told the world that you cared. And when you joined us in calling for an end to

the suffering, when you gave generously as disaster struck over and over again, you demon-

strated your commitment. You are the pulse of this movement. We can’t thank you enough.

On behalf of everyone at IDEP and all of our program beneficiaries, thank you so much. We

could never have achieved so much without your invaluable support.

IDEP w w w. i d e p f o u n d a t i o n . o r g • i n f o @ i d e p f o u n d a t i o n . o r g

Petra SchneiderExecutive Director, IDEP Foundation

IDEP Foundation - 42 Jln. Hanoman, 80571, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

A message from the Executive Director

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IDEP’s continued focus on sustainable practices has resulted in an ‘organic growth’ and interdependence

of our various program departments. The benefits, techniques and problems solved by each of the pro-

gram departments at IDEP provide positive inputs and support towards each other.

IDEP has 4 main areas of work:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - The Bali Permaculture Project (BPP) - Develops innovative sustain-

able agriculture techniques that combine traditional practices with contemporary technology.

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS - Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) - Trains communities

at risk of disaster how to prepare for them and reduce the risk to lives and livelihoods during and

after disaster occurrences.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE – IDEP provides immediate response and aid for communities who are suf-

fering from disasters. Our first responder teams aim to be operating on the ground within the first

36 hours of an emergency, and then once larger agencies have started working in critical areas IDEP

shifts its focus to assisting smaller, overlooked, peripheral communities in need.

COMMUNITY RECOVERY - The GreenHand Field School (GFS), Aceh - Develops sustainable community

recovery techniques and teaches them to local trainers and communities in the devastated province of

Aceh, where more than 425,000 people were displaced due to the 2004 Asian Tsunami.

IDEP’s direct work with local communities and grass roots networks In-

donesia wide provides us with intimate experience and knowl-

edge of the needs of communities before, during and after

natural disasters.

Communities who have suffered disasters can take

a long time to recover. IDEP helps to reduce these

challenges by educating and supporting people to

establish sustainable living practices and disaster

preparedness in order to reduce the impacts of di-

sasters on lives and livelihoods.

This self-generating cycle of education, participatory

planning and practical solutions supports the growth of

sustainable living practices in Indonesia and simultane-

ously reduces the impact of disasters on communities.

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Sustainable Development

Disaster Preparedness

EmergencyResponse

Community Recovery

The interconnected cycle of IDEP’s programs

The Bali Permaculture ProgramPermaculture is a fully integrated community and environmentally senstive de-

sign and management system, which is highly applicable to sustainable com-

munity development and culturally attuned to Indonesia. The components of the

system cover environmental rehabilitation and management, food security, local

economic development and sustainable resource management.

IDEP's Bali Permaculture Program has made great progress in 2005 / 2006...

Establishing a Demonstration Site & Training Center on Bali

Continuing our outreach programs with women and children's groups

Campaigning & Educational Tools Development & Distribution

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“The closer we get to a

virtuous circle, in which

our work, our home life,

our ethics and our

spirituality are mutually

reinforcing, the closer we

will be to achieving

genuine sustainability”

- James Wilsdon,

Senior Researcher,

Forum for the Future

2005/6 SU S TA I NA B L E DE V E L O P M E N T

“The World needs an enormous number of new

innovators, change agents, and transformers, all

dedicated to turning development in the direction of

sustainability. People like you.” - Alan Atkisson

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IDEP’s Permaculture Training Center & Demonstration Site on Bali

On Bali, the impacts of un-checked development, de-

forestation and chemical pollution are widespread.

IDEP teaches sustainable agriculture combining tra-

ditional methods with appropriate technologies.

In 2005, thanks to support from OXFAM Australia, IDEP

began developing a demonstration site which is now

the home of IDEP's Bali Permaculture Project (BPP).

The 'BPP Demo Site' is a 2,500 square meter area of

land in the center of the village of Pengosekan, two

km outside of Ubud. The site cultivates and propa-

gates vegetables, medicinal herbs and several va-

rieties of rice, while chicken, ducks, geese, rabbits

and cows provide free, nutrient-rich fertilizer for the

crops, as well as pest and weed control. Cassava and

bamboo lined fish ponds on site contain tilapia, carp

and catfish. These, as well as other ponds on site, at-

tract frogs and other natural pest predators, while the

small farm's irrigation water is filtered using natural

filtering systems. No chemical fertilizers or pesticides

whatsoever are used. Using 'System of Rice Intensi-

fication' (SRI), the site yielded four times more com-

mercial value, with an 80% reduction in the use of

water compared to conventional planting methods.

The site also houses a teaching facility for up to fourty

people, a seed-saving nursery and Wastewater Gar-

dens® waste-water treatment system.

The BPP Demo Site is helping to prove that organic

farming and gardening are economically and evi-

ronmentally feasible options for the Balinese. This

site acts as a teaching and training facility for farm-

ers in the area and as an outreach base for training

further afield.

To date over 1,200 people from Bali and other areas of

Indonesia have attended training sessions facilitated by

the Bali Permaculture Program.

IDEP on site trainings include:

Soil rehabilitation

Seed Saving & Seed Propagation

Recycling and managing wastes

Compost systems

Organic farming & gardening

Permaculture Design

Support products developed include:

Organic herb and vegetable seedlings

Gardening and composting tools

Natural pest control products

The BPP Demo Site has working examples of:

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Wastewater Gardens®

Seed Saving Gardens and Seed Bank

System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

A variety of composting systems

Waste Management & Recycling

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“Permaculture is a design sys-

tem that reconciles human com-

munities with the ecological

imperatives of a living planet.”

- Ben Haggard

Nyoman is one of 938 school children who received free waste

management education conducted by IDEP’s waste management

trainers at six local Balinese schools during 2005/6.

Through the training Nyoman and his classmates were taught

the importance of recycling and waste management and how it

effects their environment. They learned about the importance

of separating waste, reducing plastics, and about the process of

recycling waste paper to make new paper.

In conjunction with his school, IDEP built a waste separation

station behind the school, from which the solid waste is collect-

ed and sent to a local recycling center. The children at Nyoman’s

school in Pengosekan (SDN 4) are now motivated to clean up the

environment around their school and homes, and their school is

now the cleanest in the area.

The success of this program, through the active participation of

teachers, parents and students, has subsequently benefited the

entire community.

“The World needs an enormous number of new Inno-

vators, change agents, and transformers, all dedicated

to turning development in the direction of sustainabil-

ity. People like you.” - Alan Atkisson

“We thrive and survive on planet earth as a single human family.

And one of our main responsibilities is to leave to successor

generations a sustainable future.” - Kofi Annan


Permaculture outreach to local Communities & Schools on Bali

Waste Management Workshops for schools and com-

munities help increase understanding about the causes

of environmental problems, and facilitate community-

based solutions appropriate to local needs and resourc-

es. IDEP’s aim is to empower local communities through

sharing information and resources which makes it pos-

sible for them to solve their own problems.

Solutions include:

• Household waste reduction and management

• Community clean up programs

• Waste education at local schools

• Community recycling micro-industries

Women’s Waste Recycling Cooperative - Local women’s

groups sort plastic and paper in their homes and bring

waste to a central drop-off area donated by local vil-

lage authorities. This innovative program has been rec-

ognized as an outstanding example of Balinese women

solving their own waste management problems.

Nyoman Sayang is a female farmer from Mang-

gis, Karengasem, Bali, who attended one of IDEP’s

Permaculture Design Courses, conducted by the

BPP team in her village. The course teaches fe-

male Balinese farmers the principles and practices

of ‘Permaculture’ and community-based sustain-

able development.

Before the course, Nyoman’s village was growing

crops using standard chemical monoculture crop-

ping. Immediately following the course, a wom-

en’s collective was formed which now uses com-

munal land to grow a variety of polyculture crops

and practices companion planting and natural In-

tegrated Pest Management techniques. These tech-

niques have resulted in better soil quality, better

produce and a reduction in the amount of pests in

local fields. Nyoman and her partners now have

an increased profit margin from the sale of their

produce, which is then used to further their en-

deavors.


To support its community education and training work, IDEP has devel-

oped a wide range of educational media. Beneficiaries of IDEP’s media

and training include local sustainable development and disaster man-

agement trainers and community members from across Indonesia, with

more than 50% of these being women. Users of IDEP’s educational media

include community groups, NGOs, farmers networks, government work-

ers, universities and other organizations. In 2005/6, IDEP developed a

new Permaculture Education Kit, which includes a Community Permac-

ulture Reference Book, a Trainer’s Handbook detailing a wide range of

techniques for delivering effective Permaculture workshops and a Per-

maculture Facilitator’s Training & Assessment Resources book. This new

curriculum now joins IDEP’s Community Based Disaster Management

Education Kit as a primary resource in Indonesia for non-formal educa-

tion. These kits are used by local facilitators to design and implement

effective courses in regions across Indonesia. Other media produced

by IDEP cover topics such as the environmental impact of agricultural

chemicals and monoculture cropping systems, deforestation, community

waste management, seed saving and genetically modified crops.

IDEP distributes its media through community outreach, networking and

trainings, and all of its practical education tools may be freely down-

loaded from the organization’s website. For a complete list of IDEP’s

media online see: www.idepfoundation.org/ idep_downloads.html

IDEP Develops Effective Media for Community Education

Traffic on IDEP’s website has dramatically increased since december 2005


THE CHALLENGES FACED ON BALI TODAY

Every year, millions of visitors come to Bali, contributing to the island’s major environ-

mental degradation and development problems. Rapid, unplanned development has

also created water shortages, land issues and increased pollution on the once pristine

island. More than 20% of the solid waste produced on Bali is left in “informal” land-

fills, dumped in canals or left on the street. The ongoing destruction of coral reefs,

forests and agricultural land has had an almost irreversible impact on the islands river

basins, coastal erosion and food security.

The risk of earthquake and Tsunami on Bali is very real. Recent increases in seismic activ-

ity along the subduction zone where the Eurasian and Australasian tectonic plates

meet has resulted in a series of earthquakes and related Tsunami affects through-

out Sumatra and Java. The government of Indonesia has declared that Bali is ex-

tremely vulnerable subsequently, and a national Tsunami drill was conducted

in Sanur, Bali on December 26, 2006.

There is an urgent need to provide community-based disaster prepared-

ness training and introduce practical solutions for disaster mitigation to

local communities. There is also a need to reduce the rising fear and

tension felt within Bali’s coastal communities, by providing simple and

accurate information which corrects some of the misinformation and myth

associated with natural disasters.

IDEP’S SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES

In the coming years, IDEP will continue to address these problems through the ex-

pansion of its outreach activities, and by increasing its focus on target areas

of Bali and Indonesia which are clearly prone to disasters. Effective solu-

tions for community based disaster risk reduction will be disseminated

through community education and practical activities.

Bali lies in a very strategic location for supporting national scale

capacity building activities. Should support be forthcoming to

do so, IDEP very much hopes to be able to develop a fully inte-

grated national training center designed to provide sustainable

development, disaster risk reduction and disaster recovery.

This would dramatically increase IDEP’s ability to share its

knowledge, resources and tools developed with other local

organizations.

IDEP’s dynamic media department team continues to develop

and share innovative and effective community education tools for

disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. These tools

include videos, campaigns and practical curricula for use by local

communities and community facilitators.

Looking to the future for IDEP's Permaculture Program

Community Disaster Risk Reduction

Through education, training and preparation, communities are able to drasti-

cally reduce the impact of disasters on their lives and livelihoods. IDEP has

developed an integrated Community Based Disaster Management System for

conducting community training across Indonesia. Such training helps local com-

munities increase their resilience to disaster, and become better prepared to

confront disasters. This program has made a significant impact within communi-

ties and as a result, many lives have been saved.

Aspects of IDEP's Community Disaster Risk Reduction work include:

Community Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Building

IDEP’s Community Based Disaster Management Tool Kit

IDEP’s Network of Disaster Management Partners

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“Do we have to wait until

a disaster overwhelms

us before we make the

radical changes necessary

to protect our world for

future generations? That is

the vital challenge of sus-

tainable development. If

we act now there is much

that can be saved which

will otherwise disappear

forever.”

- John Gummer

2005/6 DI S A S T E R PR E PA R E D N E S S

“The more we study the major problems of our time, the

more we come to realize that they cannot be viewed in

isolation. They are systemic problems, which means that

they are interconnected and interdependent.” - Fritjof Capra


The risk of disasters in Indonesia, including

Bali, is very real. Recent increases in seismic

activity along the subduction zone where the

Eurasian and Australasian tectonic plates meet

has resulted in earthquakes and related tsuna-

mi throughout Sumatra and Java.

There is an urgent need to increase local com-

munity's disaster preparedness through the de-

velopment of community disaster management

groups that are able to implement evacuation

plans and disaster management strategies. There

is also a need to reduce rising fear and ten-

sion within coastal communities by providing

accurate information that corrects some of the

misinformation and myth surrounding disasters.

IDEP’s Community Disaster Preparedness work

helps develop the capacity of local Indonesian

communities and local government institutions

to prepare for and respond to disasters through

effective training, demonstrations and the rais-

ing of public awareness about Community

Based Disaster Management (CBDM).

To date, IDEP has trained over 90 community mem-

ber from 12 local, high-risk communities.

IDEP also delivers specially targeted CBDM educa-

tional activities for children in local communities.

By educating and empowering children, IDEP's

CDBM team hopes to make a lasting difference far

into the future.

IDEP's disaster preparedness activities for chil-

dren include educational evacuation drills,

games, story telling and viewing and discussion

of disaster related films. These educational ex-

periences are delivered to local kindergartens

and elementary school students and teachers.

Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Building for Communities

“The era of procrastina-

tion is coming to a close,

we are entering a period

of consequences.”

- Winston Churchill


Communities throughout Indonesia face elevated risks from volcanic

eruptions, landslides, flooding, earthquakes, Tsunamis, coastal storms,

terrorist attacks and social conflict.

IDEP’s emergency response work in Indonesia has given the organiza-

tion a unique understanding of the needs of Indonesian communities

before, during and after disasters. In 2003, IDEP developed one of the

world’s first fully integrated Community-Based Disaster Management

(CBDM) self-help kits. Since that time, the CBDM Kit has been used by

communities and facilitators throughout Indonesia as a practical and

useful tool at all stages of disaster management. Since its initial publi-

cation, the CBDM kit has been adopted by a wide range of stakeholders

and has received endorsement from The Indonesian Disaster Manage-

ment Coordination Agency (BAKORNAS PB), MPBI (The Indonesian So-

ciety for Disaster Management) and UNESCO CSI.

IDEP's CBDM Kit is also being used by various local and international

NGOs.

The kit includes a user-friendly self-help manual which helps com-

munities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters. It also

includes two large all-weather public awareness billboards and eight

comic books with inspiring educational stories about local communi-

ties and how they successfully responded to a disaster.

In 2006, IDEP, in conjunction with a range of local stakeholders and

disaster management specialists, began developing the second edition

of the kit, which now covers 13 different type of disasters common to

Indonesia. IDEP also received a grant from OXFAM Australia to support

the development of a Monitoring and Evaluation System for measuring

the effects of the Kit’s distribution to local Indonesian communities.

IDEP’s Community Based Disaster Management Tool Kit

“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know

who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go

and why you want to get there” - Kofi Annan


IDEP works with and receives a high level of sup-

port from local, national and international vol-

unteers, advisors and partners, in all aspects of

its work. IDEP works with partner communities,

local NGOs, volunteers and other stakeholders

through a trust-based approach that has been

established over time and refined through direct

working experiences. This gives

IDEP the ability to very

rapidly mobilize the

right support when

disasters happen,

in a way that is

flexible and ap-

propriate to the

immediate needs

on the ground.

IDEP also participates in a range of Indonesian

networking activities for disaster risk reduction

and disaster management coordination. Activities

organized by these national networks include;

consultation forums facilitated by The Indone-

sian Society for Disaster Management (MPBI)

and UNOCHA coordination initiatives. Issues ad-

dressed through these networks in-

clude; disaster management

policy and procedure

review, the sharing of

disaster information

and lessons learned,

and strategies to in-

crease coordination

and collaboration.

IDEP’s Network of Disaster Management Partners in Indonesia

Bakornas PB

Bali Crisis Centre

Dolphin Indonesia

FAR Network

GTZ

HIKESPI

IFRC

KESBANGLINMAS

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LIPI

MPBI

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)

Indoensian Red Cross (PMI)

SurfAid International

Ministry of Marine Affairs

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UNOCHA

USAID IOTWS

WALHI

Yayasan Bahari

Yayasan Bumi Sehat

Yayasan Pikul

Yayasan Swagina

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Feedback on IDEP's Community Based Disaster Management kit is provided by kit users and advisors. This

important feedback is used to develop additional resources. Contributors include:

Effective Emergency ResponseIDEP’s mandate for disaster response is to be operational on the ground and

providing assistance to survivors within 36 hours of a disaster occurring. Due

to IDEP’s local presence and nation-wide network of local partners, it is able

to respond long before larger agencies are able to reach the scene. Once larger

agencies arrive, IDEP shifts its efforts to remote communities on the periphery

of the disaster zone, which are difficult to access or overlooked.

IDEP's Emergency response work in 2005 / 6 included:

The Asian Tsunami Disaster

The Yogyakarta Earthquake

The Pangandaran Earthquake & Tsunami

The Second Bali Bombing

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“We have very little

control over external

forces such as tornadoes,

earthquakes, floods, di-

sasters, illness and pain.

What really matters is

the internal force. How

do I respond to those

disasters?”

- Leo Buscaglia

2005/6 EM E R G E N C Y RE S P O N S E


With seed capital provided by Bali residents in-

cluding Surfer Girl, RipCurl and QuickSilver IDEP

was able to begin providing urgently needed aid

within 3 days of the Tsunami occurring. The day

after the Tsunami, IDEP began sourcing money,

food, medical supplies and equipment for deliv-

ery by truck through the Indonesian Friends of

The Earth (WALHI) to Banda Aceh. These trucks

continued to make countless 24 hour-round trips

from Medan to Banda Aceh. By the first week of

January 2005, IDEP volunteers had facilitated the

delivery of 50 tons of emergency relief supplies to

villages located near the earthquake’s epicenter

using boats commissioned out of Padang, Suma-

tra. When IDEP volunteers arrived at the Tsunami’s

‘Ground Zero’ area they were horrified to find that

several villages had been completely destroyed.

In one area, the local population of 35,000 had

been reduced to just 7,000 survivors.

Support from hundreds of donors worldwide

made it possible for IDEP to help survivors stay

in their communities and begin rebuilding their

lives as quickly as possible. In conjunction with

local partners, community groups and over one

hundred volunteers, IDEP delivered more than

USD$ 500,000 of ‘intelligent’, appropriate aid,

quickly and directly to those most in need. IDEP

continued supplying aid to communities on the

west coast of Aceh for several weeks after the

Tsunami. Over four hundred tons of emergency

supplies were delivered on five private boats

during this period. IDEP’s work was made possi-

ble thanks to support from several local organi-

zations such as the FAR Network , Give a Hand

4 Aceh, Green Camp, JALA, LeapIn.org, Rakata,

Sumatran Orangutan Society, Sumatran Surfzone

Relief Organization, Telapak, WALHI, Yayasan

Andaru Selaras, Yayasan Bumi Sehat, Yayasan

Leuser Lestari, as well as various national and

international volunteers.

IDEP's Rapid Response to the Devastating Asian Tsunami

Many of the powerful images

included in this report, in-

cluding this one, were taken

by Sumatran photographer

Rama Surya. When the Tsuna-

mi struck, Rama left for Aceh to

document the reality on the ground, while

acting as a scout for IDEP. Rama’s personal

understanding of the local culture allowed

him to quickly assess areas in the greatest

need, appropriate local partners and loca-

tions for IDEP emergency response.

Rama spent more than two months docu-

menting the disaster and IDEP’s work, in

what he says was the most intense experi-

ence of his life. “I was shocked by the de-

struction at each new place I went. I had

to calm myself before I could work. I felt

such a deep sadness, I didn’t think I could

take the pictures, but I reminded myself

that I needed to document this terrible

event to increase understanding about the

terrible plight of the people of Aceh.”

“Disasters teach us humility” - St Anselm

When IDEP’s disaster response charter boat the Sumber Rejeki

arrived in Lho Kruet, it found the coastal population had been

devastated to only 10% of its original size. IDEP volunteers

provided emergency supplies to survivors, who for 10 days had

been living off only water and noodles.

Approximately 3,000 people were hiding in the hills, many in

dire need as they were sick with malaria and diarrhea. Local

women were walking seven hours each day to receive limited

supplies from a local military outpost. The Sumber Rejeki team

was able to distribute larger and more varied quantities of ap-

propriate aid that would last families for several days.

As long as supplies lasted the team gave each family rice, pro-

tein, milk, tea, salt, sugar, cooking oil, personal hygiene sup-

plies, candles and flashlights.


Community Assistance in the devastated area of Samatiga, Aceh

Between January 2005 and May 2006, IDEP volunteers

worked in conjunction with the Bumi Sehat Founda-

tion to assist the devastated communities in Samatiga,

Aceh, just north of Meulaboh. Starting in mid-January

2005, IDEP staff and volunteers offered continuous

support to seven villages in the area.

A base camp was established in Cot Seulamat, from

which dedicated volunteers coordinated efforts to:

evacuate the deceased

offer medical care, midwifery & trauma counseling

dig pit latrines

assess and rehabilitate local wells

liaise with agencies for delivery of food, water etc.

train villagers in mapping and proposal writing

The IDEP Samatiga team then built on the relation-

ships created during the emergency response work

to implement activities for an integrated community-

based approach to disaster recovery.

1. Provision of Health Services & Health Training

In conjunction with its local partner, the Bali based Bumi

Sehat Foundation, IDEP established a clinic and infor-

mal counseling centre where hundreds of international

and Indonesian volunteers provided primary medical

care and informal trauma counseling. In 2005/6 over

17,000 patients were treated. For more information on

Bumi Sehat see: www.bumisehatbali.org

2. Restoration & Community Empowerment

The dedicated IDEP Samatiga team worked for six

months, around the clock, to repair and protect the

environment in Samatiga, including:

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The rehabilitation of 10.5 km of drainage canals that had

been severely damaged by the Tsunami. This project en-

abled farmers in the area to begin planting crops again.

Planting of 5,000 mangrove trees along the coast to

stabilize one particularly vulnerable area.

Delivery of 3 tons of vetiver seeds and 100 neem trees

to be planted along the edge of a new road which

became the main artery of transportation between

Meulaboh and the region’s capital, Banda Aceh. Veti-

ver helps stabilize the road against erosion, while the

neem trees help reduce mosquito infestations.

The rehabilitation of rice fields damaged by the Tsu-

nami in the village of Suak Pante Breu. In conjunction

with 200 local village residents, this program reha-

bilitated 50 hectares of rice fields so that local farm-

ers could return to their food provision and income

generating activities.

“We wildly underestimate the

power of the tiniest personal

touch of kindness.”

- Unknown

The Bumi Sehat Clinic in Samatiga serves an

average of 70 patients per day. It rains endless-

ly. There are earthquakes. And there are tears,

lots of tears. Most of the people we see are

malnourished, and of course very traumatized.

There are many faces of anguish. A mother

wears sleepless guilt lines because she lacked

the physical strength to prevent her baby being

torn from her arms by the violent Tsunami. A

man comes to cry for his daughter. His wife is

also missing, and he has no photos of them.

His skin is covered with festering wounds, now

two months old, from the debris-choked waters

he swam in on December 26th. Most of the

schools we saw were either destroyed or filled

with mud and debris. A school teacher came

to the clinic for help so that he could sleep.

“I had 116 students before the Tsunami, only

nine survive,” Pak Abdul said before he broke

down. We gave him homeopathy remedies to

take before bedtime, and we listened. Two days

later he returned, looking much better. “Thank

you,” he said, “for hearing their names. I am

now sleeping a little.”

Robin Lim - Director and Chief Midwife Bumi

Sehat Foundation

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“If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands,

or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disas-

ter or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be to-

tally chaotic no matter what you plan to do.” - Warren Rudman


IDEP's response to the Java Earthquake & Pangandaran Tsunami

On the 27th of May 2006 a massive earthquake

triggered 752 aftershocks of up to 6.2 on the Richter

scale in central Java. The earthquake left over 1.5

million people homeless with a death toll of over

5,700 and almost 40,000 people injured.

While aid from national and international sources was

provided to those in the immediate area, IDEP’s rapid

assessment team, along with our partners

on the ground, reported that relief was

not reaching people in at least two

remote locations outside of Yogyakarta.

These small agricultural communities

of subsistence farmers in the districts

of Bantul and Klaten became the main

beneficiaries of relief efforts extended by

IDEP and its partners. In these two areas,

there was an urgent need for the removal

of the deceased, for rescuing the injured,

for emergency medical care, clean water,

shelter and food. IDEP along with its

partners Yayasan Bahari and UPN-V

responded rapidly, providing temporary

shelter, fresh water, food and hygene kits,

first aid and reconstruction tool kits.

A total of IDR 1,013,293,905 or

USD $110,000 was donated by various agencies and

private donors and these funds were immediately

turned into relief supplies which were directly

distributed to those in need.

On the 17th of July 2006, a strong earthquake

measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, occurred in

south Pangandaran. Following the earthquake, a

Tsunami measuring seven meters in height stuck the

coast of south Java between Ciamis and Kebumen.

The earthquake destroyed thousands of houses

leaving 5,000 homeless, killing 500 people

and injuring over 200. Most

of the fishing boats in the area

and local public facilities were

destroyed. Within seven hours of

the Tsunami, IDEP’s emergency

response partner Yayasan Bahari

had mobilized 110 volunteers

and arrived at the disaster area

by boat. While the rapid response

volunteer teams conducted search,

rescue and evacuation, emergency

relief supplies were distributed

to people in remote locations,

including temporary shelter, fresh

water, food and hygiene kits and

first aid. Simple activities to help

with trauma relief for local children

were also conducted.

During the six weeks of relief work a total of IDR

702,935,023 or approximately USD $76,400 was

donated by various agencies and private donors

and immediately distributed to those in need.

IDEP Emergency Response

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On the night of Saturday October 1st, 2005 IDEP received news of the sec-

ond bombings to hit Bali, and immediately swung into action. Within a few

hours of the bombing, a Crisis Centre staffed by volunteers, and supported

with computers, fax machines and information boards, was organizing

medical and volunteer logistics at the island's main hospital.

Support for the challenges faced in the hospital's morgue was pro-

vided, while IDEP staff organized purchase of urgently needed

medical supplies. In addition IDEP volunteers began construct-

ing a website for disemintating critical information concerning

the victims of the disaster. Within 24 hours, data was being

prepared for uploading, including information for relatives and

friends of victims, as well as instructions for volunteers and a

listing of immediate needs on the ground. At the crisis center, vol-

unteers used IDEP’s CBDM Kit components, including the missing

persons tracing forms, volunteer data sheets and FAQs.

Once injured foreign nationals had been evacuated

IDEP was able to focus its full attention on assisting

Indonesian victims and their families. Many family

members and friends of victims were sleeping on

floors in the hospital's corridors without pillows or

covers and were in need of food and water. IDEP was

able to provide basic support and comfort in this time

of great need.

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Sustainable Community-Based RecoveryAid dependency in post-emergency zones creates major challenges for affected

communities and their environments. IDEP believes that as soon as possible

after disasters have occurred, communities must be encouraged and supported

in their efforts to establish self-sufficiency and to begin rebuilding their lives.

To do this, they need strategies for producing food on changed landscapes, as

well as strategies for re-establishing basic food security and local economies.

In Tsunami struck Aceh, IDEP is working through its GreenHand Field School to

teach communities the skills needed to strategize, develop and action their own

recovery plans, while using and strengthening their local resources in a sustain-

able way.

IDEP's Sustainable Community Recovery Activities in 2005 / 2006.

Sustainable Community Recovery in Tsunami Affected Aceh

Development of the GreenHand Field School & Training Center

GreenHand Aceh Community Recovery Outreach

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“We do make a difference -

one way or the other. We are

responsible for the impact of

our lives. Whatever we do

with whatever we have, we

leave behind us a legacy for

those who follow.”

- Stephen Covey

2005/6 CO M M U N I T Y RE C OV E RY


Sustainable Community Recovery in Tsunami Affected Aceh

The Tsunami of December 2004 completely destroyed

much of the west coast of Aceh. Towns, villages,

roads and other infrastructure were swept away in

minutes along with over 165,000 people, in one of

the greatest natural disasters in living history.

Hundreds of devastated communities in Aceh need

assistance to focus on establishing more self-suffi-

ciency and to rebuild their lives using local resources

in a sustainable way.

In Aceh, IDEP has developed an innovative program

for sustainable community recovery. The GreenHand

Field School has educated dozens of Acehnese train-

ers in Permaculture rehabilitation and community

facilitation techniques. These dedicated Tsunami sur-

vivors are now helping other survivors to find ways

to produce food on their new, changed landscapes,

to replant their home gardens and to re-establish

their agriculture systems and local industries. IDEP's

Acehnese GreenHand trainers teach local community

members how to restore damaged soils, rehabilitate

irrigation systems, and address agricultural input

needs.

Standard recovery approaches in the area include the

re-introducing of un-sustainable farming practices

such as the use of hybrid seeds and chemical inputs.

IDEP's trainers offer local communities an alternative

and teach the skills needed to strategize, develop and

action recovery plans, while using and strengthening

their local resources in a more sustainable way.

Not only does this approach to community recovery

give a quicker, more cost effective and sustainable

result, both in short and longer terms, it also gives

participating communities a sense of empowerment

and ownership of their own recovery.


In 2005 / 2006 IDEP has successfully:

Capacity built the program’s 100% Acehnese training team of 12 in-house

trainers and 25 volunteer trainers, who are now actively delivering training

and establishing outreach programs in several areas throughout the region.

Secured 2 hectares of land in Lamsujen Lhoong and constructed the Green-

Hand Field School (GFS) and demonstration site. The center’s facilities in-

clude classroom, accommodation and study areas, wastewater treatment sys-

tems, animal husbandry and compost systems, a small enterprise workshop

training area, a bamboo treatment facility and several gardens and nurseries

containing hundreds of species of vegetables, medicinal plants, fruit trees,

erosion control plants and forest rehabilitation trees. Between 30-70 visitors

come to the site each month

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Over 159 people have graduated from intensive 2-week Permaculture cours-

es which teach the basic principles and methods for Permaculture design as

well as various components of sustainable agriculture and recovery such as

home gardening, food production, seed saving, nursery design, house de-

sign / construction, small enterprise development and organic farming. Over

53 people have graduated as GreenHand trainers with the knowledge to

design and train sustainable recovery programs with other communities and

groups. Over 494 people have been trained in various components of sus-

tainable agriculture and recovery practices, such as home garden and food

production, seed saving, nursery design, house design and construction,

small enterprise development and organic farming. Over 57 people (70%

women) have been trained in various small scale livelihood development

activities which use renewable or recycled material and safe production

techniques that do not lead to environmental degradation. These include ac-

tivities such as: sewing, handicrafts from Tsunami wood, bamboo furniture

and construction, food nutrition and cooking.

Many GFS training graduates have shown major behavioral changes includ-

ing: choosing to rehabilitate and use their environments and local resourc-

es instead of relying on aid, shifting from chemical farming systems to

methods learned during training about soil rehabilitation, seed propagation

and sustainable agriculture, establishing better household security through

home gardening, solid waste and wastewater management. To date, in Aceh

Besar alone, over 500 people are implementing activities.

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18-year-old Joni Basrizal survived the Asian

Tsunami but lost all of his family including

his mother and father in the disaster. The GFS

team met Joni when he was living rough in a

refugee tent in one of their outreach areas. Joni

was very shy and reserved and even angry and

stubborn. As a single young man Joni was low

on the priority list for receiving housing assis-

tance.

Joni graduated from a Permaculture Design

course and a GFS Training of Trainers (ToT)

course, after which his attitude and outlook on

life changed dramatically. Joni pleaded to be

kept on as part of the growing GFS team. He

explained that GFS was his “new family”.

IDEP’s GreenHand Program provides more

than Sustainable Community Recovery skills.

In Joni’s case it has provided a new family and

the ability for him to pass on important skills

to the community in his area. True sustainabil-

ity grows from the grass-roots level and Green-

Hand helps to propagate this process.


GreenHand Aceh Community Recovery Outreach Activities

Today the highly effective GreenHand Field School

continues to deliver effective training programs

to Acehnese from throughout the region. The GFS

community facilitation team also works directly with

several Tsunami affected communities to establish

community outreach centers and supports the reha-

bilitation of local resources and skills.

GFS has successfully implemented community de-

velopment programs in partnership with interna-

tional organizations in Desa Teurebeh, Kec. Jantho,

Kab. Aceh Besar (IOM), Desa Suak Pandan, Kec. Sa-

matiga, Kab. Aceh Barat (MercyCorps), Desa Lung

Mane, Kec. Kuala, Kab. Nagan Raya (MercyCorps),

Desa Mireuk Lamreudeup, Kec. Baitussalam, Kab,

Aceh Besar (MercyCorps), Desa Lhok Pu’uk, Desa

Matang Lada, Desa Teupin Kuyun, Desa Ulee Rubek

Timar and Desa Ulee Rubek Barat, Kec. Seunnudon,

Kab. Aceh Utara (Cordaid).

GFS is currently establishing pilot communities in

four villages in Kabupaten Nagan Raya, Aceh Barat,

Aceh Utara and Aceh Besar. These pilot communi-

ties work with the GFS trainers to establish:

organic food security gardens in local homes

the production and use of organic liquid & solid

compost

waste separation and waste management

wastewater management & treatment

the production of natural insect repellents

community seed nurseries & seed banks

greenhouses for plant propagation

bamboo, sewing and handicrafts small industries

BRR NAD-Nias considers GFS as a ‘sustainability

par excellence program’ for rebuilding Aceh (Sao-

deh Lubis, Conservation Manager, BRR).

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GreenHand Community Trainings cover:

Sustainable Recovery design skills

Soil analysis and rehabilitation

Seed saving & nursery development

Home and community gardening

Waste separation & wastewater treatment

Nutrition and cooking skills

Natural pest management

Small business development

Training topics are selected by the community

members themselves and are in keeping with local

needs and aspirations for development

IDEP also provides communities with tools, seed-

lings, books and other resources so that commu-

nities can establish sub-programs including tree

planting in coastal areas and / or along rivers, com-

munity fencing, rice field rehabilitation, home and

community garden development and other small

scale income generating activities.

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Through IDEP's GFS program

over 500 Acehnese women

have been empowered and

are actively contributing to re-

building their families lives.


“You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your

grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is

rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children,

that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth.”

- Seattle, Chief of the Duwamish, Suquamish and allied Native American tribes 1854

GreenHand Master Trainer Dessy was in Medan when

the Tsunami struck. Three days later she traveled to

Banda Aceh where she worked as a volunteer for the

Indonesian Red Cross. Dessy assisted with evacuat-

ing victims and distributing aid to those in need.

Dessy graduated from the very first Permaculture Design

training course held at the GreenHand Field School. ‘The course

gave me a new vision for my life, an opportunity to work in

harmony with the natural environment’ says Dessy. During her

time at GFS Dessy saw that Permaculture could give communi-

ties independence and sustainability, and she is now committed

to the GFS mission of helping communities to work in a construc-

tive way with their environment. Dessy says that the impact that

GFS is having on local communities is striking. She remembers

one participant who was particularly interested in liquid fertil-

izer and compost. After graduating and returning to his village,

he conducted liquid fertilizer and compost demonstrations of his

own, and Dessy reports that now all the people in the village are

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IN F O R M AT I O N A B O U T IDEP

IDEP is a local Indonesian NGO

whose work is made possible from

donors and supporters worldwide.

The organization and its programs

are very much in need of support to

continue and expand its important

work in Indonesia.

IDEP welcomes expressions of inter-

est from potential donors,

supporters and pro-

fessional vol-

unteers who

would like to

help us reach

out and sup-

port the es-

t ab l i shment

of safer and

more sustain-

able lifestyles in

as many communities

and organizations across In-

donesia as possible.

IDEP’s key activities are:

Sustainable Development

Disaster Risk Reduction

Rapid Emergency Response

Sustainable Disaster Recovery

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IDEP is in need of support to:

Expand our community disaster risk

reduction and disaster preparedness

work with local communities who are

vulnerable to disasters but whom we

have not yet been able to reach.

Increase IDEP and its local partners’

emergency response capacity through

the provision of emergency

supplies (food, water,

sanitation, first aid,

medicine, shelter,

r econs t ruc t ion

tools etc.) so

that when di-

sasters happen

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capacity to re-

spond immedi-

ately to commu-

nities in need.

Train more local volunteers

as Emergency First Responders across

Indonesia.

Develop a national support and train-

ing center on Bali for sustainable

community development, disaster

preparedness, community risk reduc-

tion and recovery best practices.

Looking to the future & how you can help IDEP continue its work


CHALLENGES IN INDONESIAAccording to a World Bank and British government climate change report, Indonesia is among the world’s top three greenhouse gas emit-ters due to deforestation, peatland degradation and forest fires.

Every year Indonesia loses a million hectares of forest. Taking the mid-1990s harvesting rate, loggers will completely deplete Indo-nesia’s old-growth forests in under three decades.

In 1998 a joint UK-Indonesian study of Indonesia’s timber industry suggested that about 40% of logging was illegal, with an estimated value in excess of $365 million.

Source: Indonesia-UK Tropical Forestry Management Programme (1999)

As of 2006, an estimated 17.8% of the Indonesian population live below the poverty line, and 49.0% of the population live on less than US$2 per day.

Source: World Bank (2006). Making the New Indonesia Work for the Poor - Overview

At least 38 major flood and landslides have occurred in the last five years throughout Indonesia killing more than 2,000 people and affecting one million more.

The Asian Tsunami claimed 165,788 lives and made 532,898 peo-ple homeless and displaced in Indonesia.

Indonesia has more earthquakes per year than any other country on earth. 224 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or above shook Indonesia in 2005.

Indonesia has 128 active volcanoes.

Every year several provinces of Indonesia suffer from severe flash flooding and mud flows, while many parts of Indonesia are suscepti-ble to drought resulting in crop failure and uncontrolled bush fires.

There are over 5,000 rivers, 30% of which pass through high-den-sity population centers and regularly cause floods.

Source : UNDP - www.undp.or.id/factsheets/2006/CPRU%20DRR.pdf

HOW IDEP HELPSIDEP provides Indonesian communities and community workers

with practical tools and training for:

Sustainable Community Development

Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction

Rapid and Effective Emergency Response

Sustainable Community Disaster Recovery

IDEP has developed a range of practical community education

tools, media and campaigning materials that helps socialize

key environmental and community disaster management issues.

These resources ‘help people to help themselves’.

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“Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you

can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out.

Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely

critical moment in the history of our planet.” - Carl Sagan


In 2005 and 2006 IDEP received outstanding support from

international foundations, donor agencies, corporate

sponsors, private and corporate donors. IDEP also strives

to strengthen self-sufficiency through sales of our

media and contract services for trainings. A complete list

of IDEP donors can be viewed at:

www.idepfoundation.org/ idep_supporters .html

Who supports IDEP and how the money is used

Along with hundreds of private donors & local businesses, IDEP’s work in 2005/6 was made possible thanks to support from:

CORPORATES/BUSINESSES

AmandariAmerican Express Interna-tionalAspect Capital LimitedBali AdvertiserCaldwell Assosiates LTDChesterson Builder, Inc.Continental MicronesiaCV Banyan InternationalCV Lumbung BusanaCV ParamithaDevotion YogaElectric BabyElgate Productions LtdEnvironmental Services ProgramEssential MediaFlava LoungeFrom Bali to BalaGaia Oasis

Guy Morgan Architects

Hotel Tugu Bali

Hyperion Companies INC

IALF Bali

Kahn Scheepvaart BV

Kararu Dive Voyages

Karya Tangan

Kusuma Agro Wisata

Latitude Magazine

LuxWest Properties, Inc.

Matahari Cottage

Moby Dick Restaurant

Nyoya IndustriesOTIS Elevator InternationalPalm ManagementPerks Design Partners Pty LtdPoppies BaliPT AndritzPT Aninda ExpresstamaPT AsterikPT D. ClassicPT Dharma HarmaraniPT Kararu Dive VoyagesPT Pelangi IndahPT RipindoPT Sourcing BaliPuri Damai HotelQuiksilverRestaurant Florent INC

In 2005 and 2006 IDEP's charitable expenditures of

$1,449,108 allowed us to undertake the work outlined in this

annual report. In 2005 and 2006 IDEP's work included a

high level of emergency response to the Asian Tsunami

and community recovery and training projects across In-

donesia. Complete annual audits of IDEP finances can

be viewed at:

www.idepfoundation.org/ idep_transparency.html

Rip Curl AustraliaSeniwati GalleryStarborn CreationsSumartan SurfariisSurfer GirlTea HouseTegun GalleryTellef P. HervoldThe Beat magazineThree Monkey RestaurantTj’s RestaurantTrade Wind StatuesUBSUbud SariVanilatexVilla KubuVilla PantulanVille LehtinenWilliam Stegal GalleriesWorld Resource INCZen Lifestyles ResortZia Bali

FOUNDATIONS/AGENCIES

ACCESS / AUSaidAUSaidBritish Community CommitteeCaritas Aotearoa New ZealandCatholic Relief ServiceCharities Aid Foundation (UBS)Cordaid MedanCuso Asia /Pacific RegionalCUSO IndonesiaDirect Relief InternationalUN FAOIndonesian Community of ChicagoJakarta International SchoolJapanese ConsulateMisereorOXFAM AustraliaOXFAM Great BritainPermaworldRotary Club of Bali SeminyakRotary Club of Bali UbudSolidariteSumatran Orangutan SocietySurfAidThe Prem Rawat FoundationTides FoundationTrocaireUNESCO JakartaUSAIDWogen Anniversary TrustWorld NeighborsWorld Vision Maluku UtaraYayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi


Ibu Nasriah is a female graduate from IDEP’s GreenHand Aceh Recov-

ery program who is implementing the techniques she learned from the

trainings in her home gardens. She uses natural compost and mixes it

with her soil so she can grow completely organic produce. Ibu Nas-

riah has no need for any farming chemicals, removing the economic

cost associated with them. Using seeds given to her by GreenHand

she is now growing beans, sweet potatoes, eggplants, spinach and

other green vegetables with amazing results that make her totally self-

sufficient for vegetables.

Using Permaculture principles Ibu Nasriah has incorporated ponds

within her gardens which supply her with fish while providing her

with a practical means to water her gardens. She has also built a gray

water treatment system that is very useful for her during the dry season

which can last up to 6 months in the area of Aceh where she lives.

Ibu Nasriah says that hopes GreenHand will continue to train many

more people across Aceh because she can see the benefits she is reap-

ing from her new knowledge. She has been so successful with her

gardens that she has inspired her neighbor to plant organic gardens

– demonstrating one of IDEP’s beliefs, which is that “when people see

it works, it spreads”.






“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed

citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing

that ever has.” - Margaret Mead

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