Irma Sitompul

Irma Sitompul Southeast Asia Program Director Region Bali, Indonesia Affiliations & Roles Co-Founder, For Good Irma Sitompul is WEA’s Southeast Asia ​Program Director​ and has been instrumental in building WEA’s work in Indonesia from the ground up. Irma brings ​to this work a powerful background​ which marries for-profit business development with community-based transformation that centers indigenous wisdom and traditions.​  In addition…

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Sumilia Sumilia

Sumilia Sumilia Region Aceh, Sumatra Affiliations & Roles Early Childhood Program Director for Heka Leka Educator   Tirsana Wendry Kailola is a passionate educator and educational program developer. Since 2017 she has worked for Heka Leka where she started the Early Childhood Program and is responsible for designing and managing teacher’s professional programs of early…

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Growing Concern Over Indonesian President’s Investment Remarks

As the 2019 Indonesia Accelerator in Bali moves into its third day of local women environmental leaders collaborating to find solutions to the ecological crises facing their communities, Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo pursues an aggressive, exploitative resource policy approach which threatens indigenous communities, environmental activists, and Indonesia’s famed tropical rainforests.  In a July 14th speech,…

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Farwiza Farhan (Wiza)

Farwiza Farhan (Wiza) Indonesia Program Lead Facilitator + Mentor Coordinator, WEA Leadership Board Member Region Leuser Ecosystem  Aceh, Indonesia Affiliations & Roles Founder and Chair at HAkA Environmental Impact Strategist Policy and Advocacy Expert Community Mobilizer     Farwiza is the leader of Forest, Nature & Environment Aceh (HAkA) a homegrown Acehnese NGO, which is…

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