IL News 001/2013
Around 30 staffers of Gerhati Foundation participated in the 30th Civic Education training in Bekasi Anglican Church in West Java on November 28th, 2012. The Leimena Institute’s facilitators include Daniel Adipranata, Matius Ho, Raymond Tehusalawany, and Sahat Martin Philip. Gerhati works among the low income community to help them start their own businesses.
In a seminar hosted by Mr. Hassan Wirajuda, Presidential Advisor on Foreign/International Relations, and Mr. Albert Hasibuan, Presidential Advisor on Laws and Human Rights, on “Domestic and International Link: Advancing Democracy and Law Enforcement” in Jakarta, on December 5th, 2012, Leimena President Jakob Tobing (second from left) speaks on the challenges and opportunities for Indonesia to make an election with integrity as the fundamental part of a state administration with integrity.
Leimena President Jakob Tobing, Prof. Nurrohman Syarif of the Bandung Islamic State University, and Rev. Albertus Patty of the GKI Church (from center to right) speak in a seminar on “Discrimination in Regional Laws: Analyzing Regional Laws that are Discriminative and Unsupportive for Democratic Life” at the Maranatha University in Bandung, West Java, on December 13th, 2012. The event was hosted by the Pasundan Christian Church (GKP) and the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI). More than 100 people attended, including church pastors, student bodies, religious organizations, media, and people from the interfaith working network JAKATARUB in Bandung and its vicinity.
