In early December 2025, Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture set forth one of its most ambitious agricultural initiatives in the country’s modern history: the development of 100,000 hectares of new rice …
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Papua University Sends 70 Students to Papua New Guinea for International Community Service Program
by Senamanby SenamanOn a warm December morning at the Skouw Border Post in Jayapura, the usually quiet international gateway came alive with music, speeches, and the sound of young voices brimming with …
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Indonesia Parliament’s Speaker Encourages Papuan Youth to Build Their Homeland
by Senamanby SenamanSLH Gunung Moria is not an ordinary school. Tucked away in Tangerang, far from the lush valleys and mountainous terrain of Papua, it serves as a transformative bridge for children …
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A New Chapter for Papua: Freeport’s Gift of Knowledge and Hope
by Senamanby SenamanThe morning air in Abepura, Jayapura—crisp with the scent of damp earth and the quiet hum of early traffic—felt different on 8 December 2025. It was warmer somehow, not from …
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BULOG Secures Rice Supply in Papua Ahead of Christmas and New Year
by Senamanby SenamanAs December settles in across Papua—from the swaying palms of coastal villages to the mist-shrouded peaks of the central highlands—a quiet but urgent mission unfolds. For families scattered across remote …
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Papua’s Free Electricity Gift: PLN Switches on Hope for 27 Families This Christmas
by Senamanby SenamanAs the Christmas lights begin to sparkle across cities and towns in Indonesia, a different kind of light is turning on for families in Papua—literally. This holiday season, 27 households …
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Papua’s Free Homecoming Program Helps Families Go Home for Christmas and New Year
by Senamanby SenamanAs December approaches and the air fills with the promise of Christmas and the New Year, a quiet hope stirs across the islands, coasts, and highlands of Papua. For many …
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Papua’s Heritage Under the Spotlight: Festival Noken Mimika 2025
by Senamanby SenamanOn December 4, 2025, in Timika, Mimika Regency, Papua Tengah (Central Papua) Province hummed with vibrant activity. Craftspeople gathered at the grounds of Graha Eme Neme Yauware, where stalls of …
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Papua Selatan as Indonesia’s New Food Frontier: Inside the 1 Million-Hectare Rice-Field Plan
by Senamanby SenamanWhen President Prabowo Subianto announced his administration’s intention to build one million hectares of new agricultural land in Papua Selatan, it marked one of the most ambitious food-security interventions in …
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Investing in a Generation: How Papua Tengah’s Free-Education Initiative Is Rewriting the Future of 26,000 Children
by Senamanby SenamanOn December 3, 2025, as the rainy season deepened across the lush valleys and rugged highlands of Papua Tengah (Central Papua), a story of hope quietly began to take shape. …