Yayasan Rinamakana
| Adresgegevens: | Rinamakana Foundation
Jln. Pattimura no. 17
Ambon 97124
Maluku
Tel. 0911.352937
Fax 0911.356300 | | |
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| Omschrijving: | What is Rinamakana foundation?
The name of 'rinamakana' is derived from two words of a regional language from Maluku Tengah (Middle Moluccas). Rina stands for 'light' and makana for 'strong', so 'rinamakana' stands for 'strong light'. In 1966 it was initially founded as 'Lembaga Pengembangan Sosial Ekonomi' (LPSE).
The first activities had a sosial charitable character. In 1974 the organisation was able to do the work from an office, with financial support by CEBEMO.
Since November 10, 1982 the organisation has been officially founded under the name of Yayasan Rinamakana.
Working-field
Rinamakana is an organisation for "community development". Rinamakana is especially aiming at the social-economic aspect in society. Its purpose is rendering support to the underprivileged in society.
Projects/programs
Rinamakana has its activities also outside of Ambon. Attention is paid to village development. Moreover there are activities focussing on the guidance of small firms (informal sector) in town, where a saving- and credit-system is used. About three thousand people are given assistance in this field.
Rinamakana also has its activities in housing, agriculture, cattle, trade and skill-training (cooking, sewing, etc.), a course in English and social attendance to disabled, widows and orphans.
The organisation obtains its financial means by distributing papers and magazines, selling poultry, by the harvest of small agricultural enterprises and taking care of copy-work, selling souvenirs and renting rooms among which simple staying homes.
Since the riots in Ambon, January 1999, many people have lost their properties and fled. Rinamakana foundation felt called upon to join the Platform of TIRUS (Tim Relawan Untuk Kemanusian). This platform gathers information of victims and renders temporarily help. Furthermore it supports refugees in different camps, in Ambon as well as in Tual (Kai) by the distribution of cloathes and emergency rations.
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