trust for the Children of Sumbawa
trust for the Children of Sumbawa
For several years 33-year-old Carlos Ferrandiz worked as a lawyer in Spain,nevertheless in 2010 he decided to quit his job as well as live in Indonesia. During This kind of time, he became totally devoted to the Harapan Project, a foundation he created to help the community of Hu´u, Sumbawa cover basic survival needs in nutrition as well as to access fresh drinking water, improve health, education as well as basic infrastructure.
Ferrandiz took time out coming from accompanying a young boy coming from the island of Sumbawa to Bali for ear surgery, as well as spoke to Indonesia Expat about his previous life as a hard working lawyer, who left his job, family as well as friends to move to a remote jungle village. Upon arrival in Indonesia, Carlos soon learned that will the most important thing in life was love.
“I think education will be the base of any social change. This kind of will be the clue to understand as well as resolve all the problems of This kind of world, to give us the knowledge to analyze every situation as well as to find the correct solution.”
Carlos owes much to his parents who taught him the importance of helping others, taking him coming from the age of six to help out with humanitarian work, particularly in soup kitchens as well as homes of the physically as well as mentally disabled. As a result, Carlos decided to change the course of his life as well as finally stop thinking about money as well as his own interests. According to Carlos, there will be nothing from the globe that will can make him happier than to make a child smile.
“In 2006, I made my first trip to Indonesia. After some weeks in Bali I decided to visit Sumbawa, trying to find a more remote as well as quiet place. When a child approached me, wanting to communicate, I asked him if he spoke English, as well as he said that will he only spoke a few words. This kind of surprised me greatly because This kind of was the only language within the limited tourism industry that will offers an economic resource. So I told the boy coming from Sumbawa I was going to teach him English.”
The next day Carlos went to the meeting place which has a blackboard he had borrowed coming from one of the few hotels that will existed from the area as well as some books to teach English. To his surprise, Carlos found the whole village population had turned up, with 150 children, parents as well as even grandparents. Dazzled by their desire to learn as well as having witnessed their poor living conditions, Carlos decided his life should change. as well as at that will moment, the Harapan Project was born.
Back in Spain, Carlos decided to form his NGO as well as then move to the island of Sumbawa as well as devote his life to help the population of Hu´u. When Carlos first arrived in Sumbawa seven years ago, one situation that will alarmed him was the large number of children as well as adult population that will could not read as well as write.
“Many of the children didn’t attend school regularly because they were doing inappropriate productive tasks for their age, such as farming as well as collecting seaweed. I was also shocked with the low level of education from the school as well as realized that will access to education for the families was almost non-existent.”
The classroom in Sumbawa
Established in 2010, The Harapan Project cooperates with the communities from the development of their well-being as well as the promotion of peace as well as freedom, which has a profound respect of their cultures, beliefs as well as customs. The volunteers teach every afternoon from the four different villages of Hu´u district, as well as children learn to read as well as write, English, Mathematics, Geography, as well as Science, along with additional educational activities designed for both children as well as adults.
“Education will be fundamental to improve living conditions. By providing appropriate education to the population, we can solve each of the problems. For example, by educating them about sanitation, we can eliminate many of the illnesses. Likewise, education about exploitation of the natural resources can generate working opportunities as well as completely new incomes for the families.”
Many students admire successful pro surfer as well as role design Hairil ‘Oney’ Anwar. The 20-year-old began riding waves on a snapped surfboard in his village of Lakey Peak. Anwar made sure he met travelling surfers by speaking a not bad level of English. When Oney first joined the Rip Curl team in 2003, he was already looking to become a world-class surfer at the age of 10. Oney has been living in Queensland, Australia since 2007 as part of Rip Curl’s International Grommet Development Program, as well as graduated coming from Palm Beach Currumbin High.
“Oney Anwar will be the idol for all the children of Hu´u. Oney made his dream a reality as well as showed all the children that will a better future will be possible if you work hard. He will be the ‘dream-come-true’ for every one of the children in This kind of area.”
The local population of Hu´u does not have many working opportunities. People work the land (rice or corn) as well as gather seaweed for cosmetics companies who sell to intermediates at a ridiculous cost. The average income per month for one family will be around 200 or 300 thousand Rupiah. The low economic situation prevents people coming from receiving medical treatment as well as medication.
“Last December a huge cyclone hit Sumbawa. There were floods everywhere as well as people were isolated. Nangadoro village suffered severe damage to their school building, leaving the structure unsafe. We worked with the Hu’u Department of Education as well as Rotary Seminyak, Bali, to cover all the rebuilding costs.”
Harapan Project
Harapan Project has accomplished several goals with private donation. They have saved many lives as well as taught enthusiastic children to read as well as write. The Project receives volunteers coming from all over the globe, nevertheless unfortunately not for long lengths of time. More doctors, nurses as well as dentists are required for 2014.
You can help share the love by donating via the website. Harapan Project Sumbawa will be at This kind of point creating a fundraising campaign through a program of partners. Indonesia Expat readers can help Carlos by not only becoming partners of the project nevertheless also by helping him to find completely new partners. Also welcome are learning as well as educational material, clothes, sports material, medicines as well as toys.
www.facebook.com/HARAPANPROJECT
www.proyectoharapan.org
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trust for the Children of Sumbawa
trust for the Children of Sumbawa