Friends Peace Teams in Asia West Pacific

Jogjakarta, Indonesia offers times for research, development and reflection, and outstanding language instruction. Pak Andreas' family provides lovely hospitality for Friends Peace Teams to the region. Peace is always close at hand.

Jogjakarta, Indonesia adalah tempat untuk penelitian, perkembangan dan pemikiran, dan pendidikan bahasa yang luar biasa. Keluarga Pak Andreas menyediakan keramah-tamahan yang baik untuk Tim-Tim Perdamaian Sehabat ke daerahnya. Perdamaian selalu ada dekat.

A child at Tunas Baru, which means New Sprouts, Preschool in Barak Induk, home to thousands of people displaced by the war in Aceh into the mountains of North Sumatra. Developmental play overcomes the rigid patterns of distress and gives hope to people for a better future.

Seorang anak di Tunas Baru, artinya New Sprouts, PAUD di Barak Induk, tempat untuk ribuan orang yang diusir dari Aceh jaman perang pergi ke gunung ini di Sumatra Utara. Permainan sesuai kebutuhan perkembangan mengatasi pola-pola kaku dari penderitaan dan memberikan harapan kepada orang selama masa depan yang lebih baik.

The children of Tunas Baru Preschool in Barak Induk welcome a Friends Peace Team to their village, a community closed to outsiders before they attended Alternatives to Violence Project workshops. Now they celebrate the arrival of visitors!

Anak Tunas Baru PAUD di Barak Induk menerima Tim Perdamaian Sehabat ke desanya, himpunannya duluh tertutup kepada orang luar sebelum mereka menghadiri di pelatihan Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan. Sekarang mereka merayakan kedatangan pengunjung!

Syafrida and Maida live next door to Pak Dahlan in Matang Neuheun, East Aceh. They adore Autumn Star, a member of the Feb-March 2010 Friends Peace Team to Indonesia. They are excited about a possible after-school program at the new preschool in their village, so that they, too, may learn to play and read with the materials at the school.

Syafrida dan Maida tinggal disebelah Pak Dahlan di Matang Neuheun, Aceh Timur. Mereka suka Autumn Star, seorang anggota Feb-Maret 2010 Tim Perdamaian Sehabat ke Indonesia. Mereka digairahkan dengan kemungkinan ada program di prasekolah baru di desa mereka untuk anak SD pulang sekolah, agar mereka, juga, dapat memelajar bermain dan membaca dengan bahan-bahannya.

Autumn Star joined the Feb-March 2010 Friends Peace Team to Indonesia, facilitated Alternatives to Violence workshops in the newly opened territories of Bukit Kreut, drew out the women and children faster than any foreigner I've seen in 30 years and captivated Joey's interest in dressing her up as an Acehnese dancer. She plans to return in the summer of 2011 to study Indonesian and play with the children at the school.

Autumn Star ikut Feb-Maret 2010 Tim Perdamaian Sehabat ke Indonesia, menfasilitasikan Pelatihan Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan di wilayah Bukit Kreut yang baru dibuka, akrap sama wanita dan anak lebih cepat daripada orang asing yang mana pun saya sudah melihat dalam 30 tahun pulang-pergi dan mendapat keperhatian Joey dalam menyiapkannya sebagai seorang penari Aceh. Autumn mengarap bisa kembali pada pertengahan tahun 2011 untuk belajar bahasa Indonesia dan bermain dengan anak di PAUD.

Occasionally we just rest and relax on the northeast shore of Aceh, Sumatra. Often we are the only ones there or share the space with some passing locals, who stop to chat and share some water and move on. It's not all work, contrary to some of the stories!

Sekali-sekali kami hanya beristirahat dan bersantai di pantai di timur-utara Aceh, Sumatra. Sering kami sendirian di pantai atau ada teman lokal untuk bercakap-cakap dan minum air. Tidak semua watku dipakai untuk bekerja, pada hal kadang-kadang itulah ceritanya!

Six months after Al-Munawwarah Preschool was opened after the 2004 tsunami, the students had begun to use color again, to draw details like the latter up to the house of this traditional fishing family, fill up the paper with life and build colors like the colored balls (bola warna-warni). It is such a joy to see the life come back into the faces and lives of children.

Enam bulan setelah PAUD Al-Munawwarah membuka setelah tsunami 2004, murid-murid mulai memakai warna lagi, menggambar dengan rincian seperti tangga naik ke rumah keluarga nelanyan, memakai semua kertas penuh dan berhidup dan membangun warna seperti "bola warna-warni." Sangat gembira melihat hidup kembali ke muka dan hidup anak-anak.

Potters in Jogjakarta undertake their own research for the development of silver-treated, ceramic water filters under the direction of Nicholas Rozard. Although a slow process over the past two years, these potters are committed to learning to make these light-weight, portable, inexpensive filters that will purify water more thoroughly than most other options besides boiling.

Tukang keramic di Jogjakarta menyusun penelitihan sendiri untuk mengembangkan filter air dari keramik dan perak dibawa arahan Nicholas Rozard. Namun proses pelan selama dua tahun ini, tukang-tukang ini sangat bersetia dan ingin menemukan cara untuk membuat filter ini yang enteng, mudah dibawa-bawa dan murah yang bisa membuat air putih secara lebih murni dari pada pilihan lain selain mengolak airnya.

Friends in Bukit Kruet, East Aceh, are grateful after completing a three-day, Alternatives to Violence workshop. Five years after the Peace Accord was signed in Helsinki, Friends Peace Teams was finally allowed to travel in their area without a military permit and escort. Peace is a slow process and we are grateful we can contribute to the work that is needed beyond the signing of the papers.

Teman-teman di Bukit Kruet, Aceh Timur sangat berterimakasih setelah mengikuti pelatihan Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan selama tiga hari. Lima tahun setelah MOU Perdamaian di tanda tangan di Helsinki, Tim Perdamaian Sehabat akhirnya boleh jalan kedaerah ini tanpa surat jalan atau perlindungan TNI. Perdamaian proses pelan dan kami bersyukur kami bisa memdukung apa yang dibutuhkan selain hanya bertanda tangan kertas.

In the former war zones of Aceh, these girls would have been isolated in their homes, not allowed to speak to anyone outside. Many of the young adult women who attend our workshops say this is the first time they have ever spoken in public in their lives. After thirty years of war, at last these girls will hopefully have a brighter future.

Di daerah perang duluh di Aceh, anak perempuan ini pasti di isolir dalam rumah, tidak boleh bicara sama siapapun diluar. Banyak perempuan ramaja yang mengikuti pelatihan-pelatihan kami bilang ini pertama kali mereka bicara di umum selama hidup. Setelah tiga puluh tahun, mudah-mudanan anak perempuan ini dapat masa depan yang lebih baik.

The Alternatives to Violence Project workshop facilitators in East Aceh: Ririn is pursuing a psychology degree in Medan and hopes to open a trauma therapy clinic in Medan; Nadine Hoover is coordinator of Friends Peace Teams to Indonesia; Kamilia is from the mountains of East Aceh is blossoming out of her silence; Dahlan is managing a flourishing fish farm because of FPT's micro-loans and coordinating AVP in East Aceh, hosting FPTeams, opening a preschool and elementary school and giving back all he can; and M'dian is walking a hour in the heat to his fields to tend the chili and rubber farm he started with his micro-loan and facilitating AVP! (left to right)

Fasilitator Pelatihan Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan di Aceh Timur: Ririn mengejar gelar psikologi di Medan dan harap bisa membuka klinik terapi trauma di Medan; Nadine Hoover ialah koordinator Tim-Tim Perdamaian Sehabat ke Indonesia; Kamilia dari gunung di Aceh Timur mekar dari kesunyiannya; Dahlan mengelola tambak ikan yang sangat berhasil karena pinjaman mikro FPT dan mengkoordinasikan HTK di Aceh Timur, menerima Tim-Tim Perdamaian Sehabat, membuka prasekolah dan sekolah dasar dan mengembalikan kepada lingkungannya semua yang dia sanggup; dan M'dian berjalan sejam ke ladang untuk memelihara perkebunan cabe dan karet yang dimulai dengan pinjaman mikro dan menfasilitasikan HTK! (diwariskan pada sebelah kanan)

Villagers are always curious. Watching. Learning about us. After thirty years of isolation, all the contact is a curiosity and a joy. We have to get past everyone hoping that being around us will give them access to money. But after we return to the area a few times and they see what we do, the walls come down and we can be people seeking the best path forward together.

Orang-orang kampung selalu ingin tahu. Menonton. Ingin mengetahui tentang kami. Sesudah tiga puluh tahun terisolasi, setiap kunjungan, teman-teman ingintahu dan gembira. Kami mesti melewati harap-harap semua orang bisa dapat dana dari kami. Tetapi sesudah kami kembali berapa kali dan mereka melihat apa yang kami lakukan, jaraknya kurang dan kami bisa menjadi teman yang mencari bersama jalan kedepan yang terbaik.

“Where we consistently fail is where you succeed: re-establishing education and livelihoods, healing trauma and reducing violence.”

Indonesian Director for Disaster Relief about Friends Peace Teams to Indonesia, Indonesia 2007

Friends Peace Teams to Indonesia connects communities of conscience in Indonesia with the world and provides opportunities for conscientious service to those who believe peace is possible and war is an unnecessary evil. With friends and partners in Aceh, North Sumatra, West Java and Central Java, we support community discernment, acts of conscience, nonviolence, trauma healing, developmental play, ecologically peaceful livelihoods and social justice.

Building mutual friendships requires entering other worlds – worlds very different from our own and finding our common humanity. We are building friendships among people in Indonesia with people around the world.

We work with people in Sumatra and Java who:

do not support violence or war
do not take sides

and who have survived

thirty years of war
a global tsunami
8.9 richter-scale earthquakes
flooding from deforestation and illegal palm plantations and logging

We share a faith… across religion, class and culture …in the power of a Living Spirit to give life, joy, peace, and prosperity through love, integrity and compassionate justice among people who live in simplicity and equality.

Seeking to live with clear consciences and to connect communities of conscience is our real work.