Help from the Samdhana Institute

The Samdhana Institute, with its established system ofgood governance and due diligence will directly link with Klinik Kerabat Kota Yogyakarta and provide assurance that the money we collect from our family and friends here in Australia reaches the people who need it on the ground.

This assistance from Samdhana is very valuable to our efforts here in Australia. They are our conduit to Klinik Kerabat Kota (Tami and Dr Agus) and Subur Gemi Nastiti (Sari), who are presently not in a position to be able to do paperwork as they are out working in the field until late each night.

The Samdhana Institute is a non-profit organisation established by senior conservationists and community development practitioners to:

• offer opportunities as well as support forindividuals and groups to remove themselves from theirimmediate environment and reflect upon and communicatetheir experience and ideas;
• enhance and enrich understanding of innovativeapproaches to sustainable resource management andbroaden options for local communities;
• support efforts to increase understanding,development and implementation of appropriate methodsfor conflict management and mediation, with a focus onconflict over access to and management of naturalresources;
• provide conflict mediation services which prioritizedirect engagement as well as mediation training;
• facilitate individual, inter-group and communitylearning and skills sharing; and
• provide small grants for community members, groups,their partners and support organizations to implementkey activities related to these purposes.

Samdhana Institute is also the Southeast Asia Global Alliance Fund partner of the Global Greengrantsnetwork. The GGF Southeast Asia Advisory Board nowmerges with Samdhana to provide support to partners inPhilippines, Indonesia, East Timor as well as theMekong region. It provides small grants to fund grassroots initiatives up to approximately $5000 US.