Rungan Sari

Now that members of KSK are regularly being picked up and dropped off by Helicopter at the MSC (helipad). BCU organised a workshop for some of the children who had of course never see a helicopter close us. Here are some of their pictures and comments  Kids heli drawings

Following an invitation to everyone, on Sunday 22nd, 13:30 at MSC, a dozen residents met to discuss concerns and ideas regarding procedures in Rungan Sari for accidents and health emergencies. Attached here emergency procedures are the minutes of the meeting with the actions being taken. Please contact the management board if you have any ideas you would like to add

As a volunteer BCU School teacher and a member of this community, I would like to offer a series of four evening programs based on my life work with Right Use of Power and Influence, I think you will find the program both engaging and useful. We all have power and we can all learn to use it more wisely and skillfully.                                            

 MONDAY MAY 7:  18:30-21:00 USING POWER WITH HEART

            Learning how to avoid misusing power and five ways to connect power and heart in order to use it wisely and skillfully.

 WEDNESDAY MAY 9:  18:30-21:00 RESOLVING DIFFICULTIES WITH OTHERS

            Learning how to keep personal difficulties from spiraling out of control and how to resolve them through a simple five-step approach.

 MONDAY MAY 14:  18:30-21:00 EMPOWERING AND RE-EMPOWERING OURSELVES

            Learning how we subvert our own power and can regain and use it through four different leadership styles.

          WEDNESDAY MAY 16:  18:30-21:00 MAKING DIFFICULT COMMUNICATIONS EASIER  

           Learning how best to encourage and support others by saying things in ways they can hear and apply.

Suggested donation, 150.000 Rp per session or 400.000 Rp for the series. Please reserve by contacting me at Cedar@rightuseofpower.com 

Youry Clapham came to Rungan Sari to participate with friends in a remembrance of Murray who had participated in and supported so many people and projects in Kalimantan. Friends came by to reminisce  and share stories with Youry, their daughter Grace, Mansur and Utami his close friends. Murray is remembered with great affection

On Sunday the 1st of April a Selamatan for the launching of Usaha Dharma was held in Pak Soetriman’s house, which is now their base in Kalimantan. Usaha Dharma has been set up by a group of 23 Subud members (mostly from Java) who wish to commit to supporting Bapak’s vision for enterprise in Kalimantan. This company can accommodate most enterprise projects that members might wish to set up in Kalimantan. They have decided that they wish to begin by focusing on the village of Sei Gohong and surrounding area. Recently regular latihans have been established in the village where there are a number of Subud members. Harris Roberts who is the Director of Corp. Governance of Usaha Dharma has been instrumental in this. Though many residents were away for the Easter holidays, around 30 members were present from Jakarta, Rungan Sari and the surrounding villages.

Sumali Agrawal from YTS participated in an extensive article on the problems of mercury and the gold miner…….” mercury contamination is already widespread in Kalimantan and Sulawesi, as well as other islands, including Java. Small-scale gold mining is by far the greatest cause of mercury emissions in Indonesia. Even in Bogor, near Jakarta, 17,000 kilograms of mercury are emitted by gold processors every year. In Central Kalimantan, over 50,000 kilograms are emitted into the environment each year in one location alone.

to read the full article click here Mercury YTS doc.

YTS is the foundation, set up by KGC ‘our’ mining exploration company, to follow up the work initiated by Mansur Geiger and Murry Clapham back in the very first years of exploration. This work with the local communities began with the Kalimantan Kids Club which sponsored children from the villages for higher education in Palangka Raya. From working with 5 villages it has now grown to work with 31 under the governance of Bardolf Paul who arrived in 2004. YTS has become a major player in Development and Sustainable Governance at the local and regional level.

The Rungan Sari Meeting Centre and Resort is pleased to announce the launching of their new fidelity card Launching the Coffee and Tea Fidelity Card

BCU School has a place for one more volunteer for the new school year beginning in July 2012 –Ideally an ART Teacher

Volunteers are provided with visas, accommodation and a living allowance and volunteer at the school for a minimum of six months. Information packs/application forms are available on request. For more information, including volunteer testimonials please have a look at our website www.bcuschool.com. Another useful website for more general info about living in Kalimantan is this one ! www.rungansari.net.

For further information please contact Karim MacDonald (Principal) karstenmacdonald@hotmail.com or Emilie Pez (Volunteer Coordinator) emiliebellule.pez@gmail.com

….boarding the boat….so much to see…Indonesian river worldwater–deep, thick, chocolate brown…..flowing slowly and inevitably south to the ocean….every inch of river ban…..a platform for housing…..three or four layers deep….thin, rough hewn, wooden planks….attached vertically or horizontally….over minimal framework….of wooden posts and poles…..all on stilts burrowed into the riverbed…….To read the rest of Cedar’s poem, click on link below

RIVER BOAT Cedar Barstow