Environmental Education in Sumbawa

Aim: To raise the knowledge and awareness of local people about the importance of forests.
Activity: Local youth from Kelungkung Village, Sumbawa District, Indonesia were involved in a series of fun activities to identify important plants in the forest and understand why they are important for their lives.
Stakeholders involved: Young people and four local villagers who have extensive knowledge about local forest.
Outcomes: Before the project started, each student mentioned about 1-8 important plants and trees they know. At the end of the project, each of them mentions about 20-50 important trees and plants in the local forest. This indicates significant increase of their knowledge about the local forest.

Active Citizens is a social leadership training programme from the British Council that promotes intercultural dialogue and community-led social development.  On November 2017, youth from Kabete Education Center of Labuhan Bajo Village, Sumbawa and students of Universitas Samawa joined active citizens training organised by Kabete Education Center in partnership with the British Council.

During the four-days training conducted in Komunitas Penjaga Pulau’s Secretariat, participants explored their self identities and culture, the potencies within themselves, how to communicate with other people, how to map problems and potencies in their community and how to plan a social action.

In this festival, we use poetry, drama and short films as media to unite us and remind us together. The poem written by Labuhan Bajo children who study at SMPN 2 Utan below invites us to think about if the sea is damaged, how will we live? How do the Bajo people live?

Maupaku Dadi Suku Sama (Aku Bangga Menjadi Orang Bajo)

Karya: Anana’ Sama (Karya: Anak-anak Bajo)

Labuhan Bajo, di laok ne luas, darua luas ne baka lange/ Labuhan Bajo, lautannya luas bagaikan luasnya angkasa

Dayah-dayah ne rurumangi mamarannu/ Ikan-ikan berenang dengan ceria

Para pulai ta mamalasso, menarik wisatawan/ Banyak pulau-pulau cantik menarik wisatawan

Mandiru kami, baka sehe-sehe biasa ne ngala dayah si parame/ Di sana kami biasa menangkap ikan bersama teman beramai-ramai

Tapi, di laok ne nggai lagi matadda, dangellai iru dayah ne para.  Tapi sikarah itu segge’ kaparahang ne ma di laok, ngarosak ruma dayah/ Tapi lautnya tidak seindah dulu. Dulu ikan berlimpah, sekarang sampah yang berlimpah, mencemari dan merusak rumah ikan

Mandore panang uaku ngindak daya, biasa ne para, tapi itu nggai lagi nia / Disana tempat Bapakku mencari ikan, kadang banyak, kadang tidak ada

Pikkerdi, lamung di laok rosak, batenje na bangke’ lahak itu?/ Pikirkan, jika laut rusak, bagaimana orang bajo hidup?

Batenje kite na ellong?/ Bagaimana kita hidup? ###