Profil Pikul Aug2011 ENGLISH VERSION

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Lingkar Belajar
Komunitas Bervisi
Act.32, March 17th 1998
www.perkumpulanpikul.org

Identity
PIKUL is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1998. Since it's
establishment, PIKUL was mandated to strengthen local capacities and institutions in Eastern
Indonesia. Currently, PIKUL serves its mandate by facilitating local champions and
communities to create and achieve their vision toward resiliency.

Values & Belief
PIKUL assumes principles of Pluralism and anti-discrimination, Social Solidarity,
Popular Democracy, Non-Violence, Transparency and Accountability.

Vision & Mission
Vision: Kampung Berdaulat 2016!
where visioned communities are well organized, able to develop and manage their own
resources and network, exhange their knowledge interdependently, act in solidarity inter and

intra communities and individuals, solidarity with the environment, and ensuring their basic
rights fulfillment.

Mission
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Developing new models of basic rights fulfillment
Facilitating collective actions among local actors to achieve their vision
Creating learning management process among local actors
Encouraging enabling environment, including support from the state

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Approach
Asset Based Approach, as PIKUL believes that all human and communities have their
strenghts and resources, and with clear vision they would be able to reclaim their future.


Frame of Work and Learn
PIKUL uses Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as its frame of working and learning. With AI, PIKUL keeps
on inquirying what best within people and communities, what are the potentials and
opportunities that would enable them to achieve their future vision.

Strategy & Activities
Strategy 1 | Learning Circle of Visioned Communities:
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Discovering local actors with innovative actions
Envisioning actors and communities, area based and tematic based
Facilitating their innovation's acceleration and development
Facilitating their effective network, enable their learning process across geographical
borders

Strategy 2 | Counter Discourse on Development:
1. Research on socio-ecological crisis and innovations in Eastern Indonesia.

2. Publications of community actors profile, visions and innovations.

Services
1. Providing Manuals/Guidance for community based works, discussions and
workshops:
a) Create New Reality, A Guide to Community Visioning, using Appreciative Inquiry
method;
b) How to Understand Socio-Ecological Crisis, using SDE tool of analysis;
c) Discovering Champions, A guide to find actors of social changes; adopt Appreciative
Interview Techniques.
d) Mulia tapi Beban: A working paper as discussion materials for gender
mainstreaming.
2. Facilitating trainings and workshops for:
a) Organization and communities visioning;
b) Leadership and Communication Strategy (adopting Manual “Perempuan Inspirasi
Perubahan” developed by Inspirit);
c) Training for Strenghts Based and Creative Facilitators;
d) Training and workshop on Organization Development (partially adopting Manual
“Barefoot for Organization and Social Changing”)
3. Facilitating meetings, discussions and workshop on planning, evaluation, lessons

learned, etc, using Vibrant Facilitation Techniques and Visual Meeting principles.

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4. Publication:
• Website www.perkumpulanpikul.org
• INISIATIF, a regular PIKUL’s newsletter
• KabarKAMPUNG, a monthly newsletter specifically to update progression of
community actors innovations.
• Several research reports.

Thematic Expertise:
1. Natural Resource Management
2. Disaster Risk Reduction
3. Gender Mainstreaming for Social Transformation

Support to PIKUL
1. More than 20 associates, with various expertise:
a) Facilitator
b) Researcher

c) Assessor, evaluator
d) Community actors profiler
e) Creative documentation (visual and audio visual)
2. More than 100 volunteers, proven as effective event organizers and other practical
requirements.
3. More than 300 actors and communities with creative innovations (both social and
technology)
4. Major funding from Oxfam Australia and Oxfam Hongkong.
5. Supporting network of:
a) More than 30 local NGOs and CBOs across Eastern Indonesia and national leve.
Mostly works on disaster risk reduction, natural resource management, women and
human rights issues.
b) International organization, eg. ILO, FAO, ChildFund, CARE International Indonesia,
etc.

Contact Us:
PERKUMPULAN PIKUL
Jl. R. W. Monginsidi II/2
Kel. Pasir Panjang, Walikota
Kupang - NTT, Indonesia, 85227

phone: 0380 - 830218
fax: 0380 - 822434
email: pikul@perkumpulanpikul.org
http://www.perkumpulanpikul.org
Executive Director
Deputy Director

: Silvia Fanggidae [silviaf@perkumpulanpikul.org)
: Pantoro Tri Kuswardhono [torry@perkumpulanpikul.org]

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