Tentang PIKUL SIAPA KAMI

Learning Circle of Visioned Communities
www.perkumpulanpikul.org

who we are
Act.32, March 17th 1998

Ultimate idea : We believe that all

human and communities have their
strenghts, and with clear vision they
would be able to reclaim their future.
We are Non Government, non profit organization

Mandate: strengthen local
organizations/ communities in Eastern
Indonesia, toward their resiliency.

vis ion

Kampung Berdaulat! where visioned


communities are well organized, able to develop
and manage their own network, exchange &
capitalize their resources interdependently to
ensure their resiliency and basic rights fulfillment.

local/grass-roots leaders and grass-root
innovators
(3) Creating learning management process
among local/grass-root leaders and grassroot innovator
(4) Encouraging enabling environment

Missio n

(1) Developing new models of
basic rights fulfillment
(2) Facilitating collective actions among

Themes & Geographical Coverage until 2012

small islands of eastern indonesia for water,

food and energy
Adonara

Lomblen

Solor

Sabu

Greater
Kupang

Rote
Aa: exisiting Aa: expanding

Pantar Alor islands

TTS

Main Strategies

Approach: Asset Based, with

Appreciative Inquiry Method
2 main strategies
Learning Circle of Visioned Communities Discovering local/grass
root leaders and innovators as well as their strengths and existing
opportunities | Envisioning the actors, area based | Connecting
knowledge and initiatives across geographical borders among
local/grass-root leaders and innovators towards collective action
Public Outreaching In order to promote the actors and their
initiatives externally. We have website, newsletter and make use of
various social network means, eg. Facebook.
Grant Making supporting collective action and innovations of
local/grass-root leaders and innovators to wider and more effective
impact of basic rights fulfillment

Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciate to value; recognize the best in
people or the world around us; affirm past and
present strengths, successes, and potentials;

to perceive those things that give life (health,
vitality, excellence) to living systems.
Inquire 1. to explore and discover. 2. to ask
questions; to be open to seeing new potentials
and possibilities.

Recent Programs


Strengthening Climate and Weather Information
System for Farmers and Fishers (ICCTF)
Exercising dissemination of eather and climate information
(on bidaily basis) to 1000 farmers and fishers around Kupang
Bay, advocating best climate and weather information
dissemination to local government.




Food Sovereignty Diversity (Oxfam)

Strengthening local food systems at village levels in Kabupaten Kupang,
advocating diverse and healthy food consumptions, encouraging local seeds
preservation and conservation
Strengthening Community Based Ecosystem Resilience in
Small Islands (Global Environmental Facilities-SGP)
Strengthening and developing sustainable ecosystem management to
support livelihood and climate change resilience in Semau Island,
Kabupaten Kupang.

Initiatives towards
Sustainability




Establishment of KoTAK energy
cooperatives with Geng Motor Imut
Assessing and experimenting local
organic food fair trading (community
support agriculture)


Main Activities

Provides Manuals for trainings and workshop

Creating New Reality, A Guide to Community
Visioning,
adopting Appreciative Inquiry method

Understanding Socio-Ecological Crisis, adopting
SDE tool of analysis

Discovering Community Champions, A guide to find
actors of social change, adopting Appreciative Interview
Techniques.

Community Visioning Workshop Curricullum
Trainings and workshops for Organization and

communities visioning and planning |

Leadership and Communication Strategy |
Strenghts Based Facilitators | Organization
development

Main Activities

Research & publication, most recently

Business Enabling Environment for Poor Farmers Study
(TAF- AusAID, 2013)
Local Food Resources in East Nusa Tenggara Islands
(2013)
Analysis of Provincial Budget on Food Security (2013)
Noble but Load, discussion paper of Gender Situasion in
East Nusa Tenggara (Pikul, 2011)
Survey on Migrant without Assets in Kupang Municipality
(Pikul 2010)
Survey on Socio-Ecology Crisis in Eastern Indonesia (Pikul
2010)


Main Activities
Research & publication, most recently

Baseline survey for Oxfam GB Building
Resilience in Eastern Indonesia Program
(2010)
Human Safety and Sustainability of
Ecological Vital Function in Lesser Sunda
Islands, working with School of Democratic
Economy (2009)

Area of Specialism
Natural Resources Management

Disaster Risk Reduction
Climate Change Adaptation
Food Sovereignty

Gender Mainstreaming in Social
Changes


Partners and Stakeholders
More than 20 active associates, with
experience Facilitators, espusingassetbased
approach for various purposes and fields.eg. ABA for
farmers, youth, disaster survivors, small enterpreneurs,
students, etc.

Community Actors Profilers
Researchers, evaluators, assessor
Creative documentation (visual,audio-visual)

More than 200 local actors and
innovations. Ranged from teachers, farmers,

photographers, youth groups, students, small
enterpreneurs, activists (environmental, good
governance, humanitarian, indigeneous people), health
cadres, etc.


More than 30 local
organizations in Eastern
Indonesia and national DRR,

environmental organisation,
women organization, human rights
etc.

International
organization, namely:
Oxfam Australia, Oxfam
Hongkong, ChildFund, FAO,
AusAID, ILO, FAO, The Asia
Foundation, GEF-SGP etc.