Papua: Land of Peace - Civil Society Leadership in Conflict Transformation
A 3-year initiative, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) that: 1. enables knowledge sharing and best practices of community-based resource stewardship, cultural strengthening, human rights, and gender equity, 2. fosters cooperation between Papuans and counterparts across the Pacific and Indonesia, and
3. creates opportunities for enhancing PPP’s knowledge of how best to support the aspirations of our partners and the communities they serve.
OUR PARTNERS
YALHIMO is an Environmental Foundation deeply rooted in local communities. They weave Indigenous values and knowledge systems into initiatives that enhance local self-reliance and sustainability. Since 2009 they have facilitated community planning with 14 villages to protect traditional territories and provide sustainable economic alternatives.
LP3BH is a well respected human rights and legal aid organization that focuses on strengthening civil society, providing legal support and counselling a s well as developing information networks. They have formed a network of 25 women’s organizations – including local and municipal governments and NGOs – to serve women and children who are victims of gender-based violence
PTPS is an Association for Community Healthcare that works in support of health care and delivering HIV and AIDS education. They engage diverse individuals from sex workers, to migrants, street kids, to health and government, hospitals and clinics. Since 2009 they trained more than 25 local cadres to work with families to prevent HIV and AIDS and established a mobile voluntary HIV and AIDS counselling and testing clinic.
West Papua is a land of stunning natural beauty and rich, complex cultures. It is also one of the most biologically diverse regions on earth and home to some of the last great intact rainforest. Yet everyday West Papuans face longstanding human rights abuses, economic disparity and environmental contamination of their lands. Vast tracks of virgin Papua forests are converted to palm oil plantations by outside logging companies. Indigenous Papuans represent 68% of the people living with HIV in West Papua. Most people survive on less than $1 USD a day.
The Canadian Government funds this initiative through the Canadian International Development Agency
