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NEWSLETTERJuly - Sept 2011 Quarterly Activity Report

COMMUNITY HEALTH & MEDICAL SERVICES...CFK continues to focus on improving medical services and improving

the community health conditions of the Mentawai tsunami survivors.

In June 2011, CFK conducted a

C o m m u n i t y H e a l t h S u r v e y &Assessment involving the community

members, government institutions and

non-government organizations (NGO)

working on the Mentawai Islands of

North & South Pagai. The villages

located on the west coast of these two

islands were devastated by a tsunami

on 25 October 2011.

One of the major issues needing to

be addressed is improving access to

scheduled medical services. Poor

infrastructure and high transport cost

makes it difficult for the villages to

travel (by sea or road) to the

government clinics (Puskesmas) in the

main towns. It will take some time to

improve the transport & infrastructure,

so CFK!s Health Sector Team are

implementing several program activities

to help improve the community health

situation for the short term.

One of CFK!s activities is to bring

medical services to the villages byproviding mobile medical clinics

implemented in partnership with GKPM

(Christ ian) Cl inic and Pastoran

(Catholic) Clinic.

To improve pre & post natal care

and decrease infantile mortality levels,CFK are also partnering with the

Government Clinic (Puskesmas) and

over the next 12 months will provide

ongoing capacity building training!s to

the government allocated midwives

who live in, or near the remote villages

and tsunami survivors IDP (Internally

Displaced People) camps.

The local Mentawai people are also

accustom to seeking medical and

birthing assistance from traditional

village healers (dukun bayi), as such

over the next 12 months CFK will also

work together with the midwives hat are

being trained to provide further capacity

building training on sterilization,

hygiene and safe birthing practices to

the traditional village healers (using

Train the Trainer methods, in the local

Mentawai language).

The wise old saying "prevention is

better than cure! still hold true, so CFK

are currently mobilizing Village HealthVolunteers who will be trained to deliver

health, nutrition & hygiene awareness

building to the boarder community and

in elementary schools.

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CFKs Health Team, including

Technical Advisor Dr. Karen

Alford, are pictured above

providing mobile medicalClinics to tsunami

survivors. Between 50-70

patients are attended to at

each visit.

Partnering with the community to improve the quality of their lives through

transformational & holistic development and disaster response

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The Mentawai Islands could produce an abundance oftheir daily nutritional needs themselves, the sea is full of fish

and the soil with a little help could be very fertile. However,

apart from bananas, some other seasonal fruits and talas(a

starchy root vegetable), the local community is dependent

upon importing expensive food products & produce from the

mainland. Vegetables, rice, egg!s, milk, chickens all arrive

from the mainland on the weekly ferry boat that arrives in the

main port of Sikakap.

However these supplies are inaccessible for most of the

tsunami survivor!s as they have little, or no income to

purchase the produce and catching a feed of fresh ocean

fish for dinner is also a thing of the past since the IDP

Camps are, for the most part, more than a days walk inland

from their old coastal villages.

To improve food security to the IDP!

s and developsustainable accessible sources of nutrition, CFK is training

and mentoring a group of 9 local Mentawai Facilitators.

Using a Train the Trainers (ToT) approach, the local

Mentawai facilitators are being capacity built in the basic

Organic Farming Techniques including; Organic Vegetable

Growing - Site Selection & Preparation, Seedbed

Production, Organic Fertilizers & Pest Control, Freshwater

Fish, Chicken & Duck Farming and Home Industry

Production of Soya Bean Products such as Tofu, Tempe and

Soy-milk.

CFK!s local Mentawai Facilitators have been practicing

and refining their facilitation skills in preparation for

delivering Organic Farming Capacity Building Training's to

the broader community in the local Mentawai language.

CFKs local Mentawai

Facilitators returned

home to the Mentawai

Islands full of hope and

vision, they are

determination to make a

difference to the lives

of the tsunami victims

after participating inan Organic Farming

Capacity Building

Training held at LP3O in

Bogor, Java (left &

below).

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE.......Food security and nutrition are also a major concerns for the Mentawai tsunami survivors. Many who have been moved from

their coastal villages to start a new life at inland relocation sites where, at the moment, there are no accessible markets to

meet their daily needs and they now preparing to clearing the land to plant new crops to provide food for their families.

TRAINING THE TRAINERS

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However there is much work to be done

before these new locations can be called

homes. Firstly the infrastructure needs to beimproved, in some areas the roads are little

more than mud tracks and with the onset of the

rainy season are often impassable, bridges need

rebuilding, permanent houses and public

buildings need to be built, clean water sources

and sanitation facilities need to provided, crops

need to be planted, and markets need to be

established.

Due to limited funding resources, CFK is

currently focusing most of our Mentawai Island

Tsunami Recovery Program efforts in the 5 sub-villages that have been relocated to IDP Camps

between km 5 - 14 on Pagai Utara. These

include Sabeugunggung, Muntei, Barubaru,

Bulakmonga, and Raumonga sub-villages.

CFK!s Local Government Capacity Building

Team are coming alongside these 5 sub-

villages, mobilizing them to develop their own

one year Village Recovery & Action Plans.

CFK intend to help the villages achieve this

by facilitating a series of participatory village

planning workshops where they will identify and

prioritize the most urgent rehabilitation needs.

CFK will then mentor the sub-villages leaders to

start implementing, monitoring and evaluating

their Village Action Plans.

CFK originally chose to focus in these 5 sub-

villages as most of the other NGO!s were

focusing their efforts on Pagai Selatan Island,

however while there are still many recovery and

rehabilitation needs to be met, it is anticipated

that by December 2011 most of the

humanitarian aid organizations will have

completed their tsunami recovery programs and

left the Pagai Selatan area. Many aid agencies

say they are experiencing difficulty sourcing

ongoing funding to meet the rehabilitation needs

on the Mentawai Islands.

CAPACITY BUILDING

LOCAL LEADERS &

VILLAGE

PLANNING.....It is almost 12 months since the

October 25, 2010 Mentawai Island

tsunami. Most of the tsunami survivors

have been relocated inland to IDP (Internally

Displaced People) Camps, which are to be

their new permanent village sites, located

10 - 40 km from the main port of Sikakap

and in most cases more than a days walk

from their old costal villages.

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Can you briefly explain your interest and motivation for

working in Education Development in Indonesia?

It is often said that children are worth investing in

because they are our future leaders. While this is true I

believe that children also have the ability to make positive

contributions to their communities today. Each one of us,

children and adults alike, have such unique, God given

potential that when encouraged and developed, enables

each individual to contribute their skills and talents to the

community in which they live. Working in education

development enables me to share my skills, abilities and

experiences with parents, teachers and community members

to equip them with skills and understanding about education

and child development. My motivation lies in seeing

communities realize the value and potential of each of its

members, including children, and everyone playing their partas active participants in enriching their community.

Can you explain briefly about of the UN Convention on

the Rights of the Child?

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted

in 1989, is the most widely ratified human rights treaty

developed out of the Human Rights Charter. It

acknowledges that while every individual has inherent, basic

rights, children are particularly vulnerable and have specific

rights that recognize their special need for care and

protection. The Convention outlines the important role offamilies, communities, organisations and governments in

realising these rights so that all children thrive and have the

full opportunity to become productive members of society. It

sets a standard of protecting the rights of children in all

areas of life including civil, political, economic, health, social

and cultural spheres and asserts that every child has the

right to survival, development, protection and participation,

without discrimination.

How does the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

impact NGO!

s working in Indonesia?While the Indonesian government has ratified the CRC,

realizing the rights of children in Indonesia can only be

achieved when all of society works together in fulfilling them.

NGO!s play an important role in partnering with the

community to help achieve these standards and in taking on

a "rights based! approach that focus on improving the

position of children within their community. In practical ways

it means listening to the opinions of children in designing

and implementing programs and including them as active

agents of change and not just passive beneficiaries. It

requires developing policies and procedures that provide a

safe environment for children to participate in programs. In

order for children to be able to enjoy their rights fully they

need to live in communities that are aware of and respect

their rights. Therefore, part of CFK!s role is to build

community awareness and develop holistic programs that

empower duty bearers to be responsible, and capable of

protecting and fulfilling the rights of children in their

community.

How does the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

impact your work in Education Development?

Education and development is one of the foundational

rights of the Convention with all children having the right to

develop and have access to quality education. However,

when influenced by the CRC an education program does notjust focus on increasing the number of schools or children

being educated but is concerned with creating an

environment that develops the child holistically; physically,

mentally, socially, emotionally, spiritually and morally. A

"rights based! approach integrates the right of development

with those of survival, protection and participation by

partnering with parents, educators, education

departments and the children themselves

to develop child-centered teaching

techniques that encourage students

to participate and express theiropinions as well as to create safe,

child-friendly environments where

children are protected.

CHILDHOOD & EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT.....Carolyn Shearer is CFKs Technical Advisor to education development programs and has been working with CFK since

2008. In this interview Carolyn, who is originally from Australia, shares about the importance of upholding the UN

Convention on the Rights of the Child and how this impacts her work in education development.

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