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VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Location: Sakaqlotoq, East-Kalimantan Indonesia Total budget: € 72.500,- Background: Sakaqlotoq, in the interior of East Kalimantan and mainly inhabited by Dayaks, is situated in a large area where the source of income, the forest, has disappeared. Reasons: deforestation and fires. Together with the population World Partners has started to create new opportunities and chances. The fishing ponds for the breeding and selling of fish were dug out in the village after the establishment of the cooperation (40 families). The Primary School opened in 2006. The regional government praised the school for its exemplary function of good education. Since 2006 the government has supported the school with a yearly budget for operational costs. Additionally, in order to help carry the costs, a pepper plantation was developed with the young people of the village. But things can still be improved, especially for the younger Dayaks. A unique cooperation with the local secondary school was established in order to create more possibilities in the future and raise the consciousness of the community. As from 2008 a simplified edition of the course Forestry and Agro-Forestry has been taught. The learning material is developed by a team of students of the University of Wageningen. Apart from this the students and their teachers will also plant 2,000 fruit and wood trees and maintain a block of land of 2 ha. behind the school. In a later stage the students' parents will get involved in the education within the framework of the Indonesian ‘Green Schools’ plan.
	VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
		For the project in the first stage € 25.000,- of sponsorship money is needed. Help now !
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	PARTNERS
	World Partners Limited This project is made possible thanks to a grant from the Programma Kleinschalige Plaatselijke Activiteiten (KPA). This programme came about with the financial support of the Minister of Foreign Aid.
OBJECTIVES
Provide a sustainable and economical support for communities in the inlands of Kalimantan, so that they will become independent and less vulnerable. Improve education for all ages. Raise consciousness for the importance of forest and environment, preservation of existing forest and cultivation of new forest.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
World Partners wants to take the following steps as part of the 'village development for everyone' and the continuity of the project: 1 - Improvement and extension of the fishing ponds An improvement of the quality and the flow of the water is needed in order to increase the profit of the ponds and hence the income of the families. 2 - Construction of a new Primary School The school is currently located in a borrowed teacher's house. The construction of a new school is urgently needed in order to make the school permanent and guarantee the quality. 3 - Cultivation of a new forest In the first stage 500 fruit and wood trees will be planted and maintained on 2 ha. of land behind the school together with the local secondary school. A budget for these 3 sub-projects has been formulated and a request for support has been submitted to the Dutch government. This has been granted by the NCDO, meaning that the NCDO will double gifts of up to € 25.000. What gifts and sponsoring money are needed first? 1. Fishing ponds: € 5.000 2. Primary School: € 17.500 3. Education and cultivation forest: €2.500
IMPORTANCE This project has a stimulating effect on the whole population and has the support of the regional and local authorities and the local population. This project can be a pilot project for other Dayak tribes in the future.

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