Commemorating 60 Year Astra, 2017 SATU Indonesia Awards Winners Get IDR 60 Million Each

Commemorating 60 Year Astra, 2017 SATU Indonesia Awards Winners Get IDR 60 Million Each

JAKARTA: Since 2010, PT Astra International Tbk (Astra) through SATU Indonesia Awards continues to seek creative Indonesian youths who have capabilities to encourage people in the area they live in, for positive purpose, starting from the east to west of Indonesia.

This year, for the eighth times, Astra redoes Semangat Astra Terpadu Untuk (SATU) Indonesia Awards (Awards of Astra’s Unified Spirits for Indonesia). Opened today (20/3) in Jakarta, SATU Indonesia Awards (SIA) inspirational talk show presents Fasli Jalal, one of the judges of SIA who is also the 2010-2012 Deputy Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia and a professor of postgraduate programs in Jakarta State University. As a representative of the eastern part of Indonesia, Risna Hasanuddin from Papua, the 2015 SIA awardee from Education Category, and Ichsan Rusydi from western Indonesia, Aceh, the awardee of 2016 SIA from group category, also came.

The two awardees are chosen to represent the eastern and western part of Indonesia. Astra realizes that there are many young people in rural areas of Indonesia who always dedicate themselves in positive contribution and improve the quality of people living in their areas.

SATU Indonesia Awards

SATU Indonesia Awards is an annual program held in commemorating The Youth Pledge (Sumpah Pemuda) to search for selected Indonesian youth who have empowered and motivated people in their area of living. On Astra’s 60th anniversary, Astra will give a donation for development to the society valued as IDR 60 million for each national awardee. Besides, the awardees will also receive fostering activities from Astra. Those who are selected to be the awardees of SATU Indonesia Awards are people who hold these criteria:

• Maximum 35 years old
• An individual or group with minimum 3 members
• Have an original activity: activator/the activity has been running for at least 1 year
• Never receive any national/international awards
• Not an employee of Astra Group or Tempo Media Group
• It is allowed to register other people who are eligible for the criteria and terms to join 2017 SATU Indonesia Awards

Activities allowed to register are the ones that can help and manage to help others develop independency, give solutions, ways or tools, instead of merely giving charity or donation which only has a temporary impact. Furthermore, it can also be in a form of group skill training for unfortunate community or people so that they develop skills and be able to live independently.

Activity of change is judged according to the following parameters:

• Motive: initial idea, type of activity, purpose/motivation/target, accomplishment field, efforts to create, parties who collaborate, and funding institution
• Results: activity and outcome generated
• Reach: number and impact for individual or system that has been built through the implemented programs
• Sustainability: judging commitment to continue the activity

Up to now, there are 39 SIA awardees who have worked in various categories of Education, Environment, Entrepreneurship, Health, Technology, and Group of categories mentioned prior.

Risna Hasanuddin: Wish More Papua Children are Called to Serve the Hometown

Dedicating herself to Papua, Risna Hasanuddin is not the native of the island. This woman born in 1988 originally comes from Maluku. She decided to come to Kobrey Kampong, Manokwari, due to her empathy seeing the lives of Papua children, especially the women of Arfak. She is determined to help children and women of Arfak so they will not become the lost generation. She does everything voluntarily and sincerely.

In September 2014, Risna established a learning house called Rumah Cerdas Perempuan Arfak Papua Barat in Kobrey Kampong with a purpose to educate Arfak women. Currently, besides educating people with literacy education namely reading, writing, counting and giving SME training, Risna is also initiating Early Children Education, opening a library, providing a waste bank as well as starting edu-tourism.

For Risna, joining SATU Indonesia Awards is mind and opportunity openings. One of her wishes is to have more native Papua children who want to do more valuable things to the indigenous Papua people.

Ichsan Rusydi: Collaborate to Develop People

The lecturer of Faculty of Marine and Fishery Studies of Syah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, is triggered to help people of Tibang Kampong, Banda Aceh, in developing oyster cultivation technology by utilizing used tires. From the finding of technology implementation namely Rumoh Tiram (Oyster Apartment), Ichsan and his 10 students have successfully encouraged farmers in harvesting oysters as well as producing a large number and size of oysters; so that it elevates the economy value generated by oyster farmers.

After joining SIA, Ichsan admitted his program gets more attention from the government. “Oyster commodity is one of the marginalized fisheries sectors. At first, we received less attention from the government, with the current research result, now the government started to give more attention to the community. However, what is more strengthening is that SIA makes us more enthusiastic and aware that we are not alone in empowering the community,” he said.

Provincial Appreciation

After 8 years running, Astra believes that there are still many young people in Indonesia who actually have empowerment program and beneficial to the surrounding community but not yet reached by this program. This is seen from the uneven distribution of applicants in 34 provinces in Indonesia.

Therefore, starting this year, there will be provincial selection that will also receive the appreciation fund. Meanwhile, the national awardee of each category will receive IDR 60 million and coaching activity.

The grand judges of 2017 SATU Indonesia Awards consists of Prof. Emil Salim (Lecturer of Postgraduate Programs of Environmental Science in University of Indonesia), Prof. Nila Moeloek (Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia), Prof. Fasli Jalal (2010-2012 Deputy Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia and a professor of Postgraduate Programs in Jakarta State University), Ir. Tri Mumpuni (Founder of The People-Centered Economic and Business Institute), and Onno W. Purbo Ph.D (an Information & Technology Expert).

All who know the existence of youths who have the above criteria may be involved by recommending and registering potential participants starting from 20 March 2017 - 10 August 2017. The complete information and registration can be seen and done at www.satu-indonesia.com.

Another variety of the program that can be followed are Sebar SATU Indonesia and favorite winner voting. Meanwhile, the development of SATU Indonesia can be seen through Facebook Fan Page: Semangat Astra Terpadu, Twitter: SATU_Indonesia and Instagram: SATU_Indonesia.

In principle, wherever Astra’s installation is, it must be beneficial to the surrounding environment, in accordance with the first philosophy of Catur Dharma, “To be an Asset to the Nation.”