Blue Economy An Odyssey to Prosperity
By: Ardian Purwoseputro The Indonesian archipelago, the world’s largest, which lies between two oceans (the Pacific and the Indian Ocean) and two continents (Asia and...
Book on Walter Spies
By: John Stowell A painter. A musician. A photographer. A choreographer. An architect… When he died 70 years ago, the artist Walter Spies was known to only a few...
A Chinese temple in Dili, East Timor
Quite a few times we have visited Dili, the capital of East Timor. Often admiring the great Chinese cemetery, beautifully situated on one of the hills surrounding...
Lice pay no mind to social status
Lice pay no mind to social status, freely jumping from the heads of the rich to the heads of the poor and back again. Despite this biological fact, the upper classes now...
She came into the world deformed and unwanted
Sometimes the pitiful condition of a particular child hits you particularly hard. Amelia, born on the 3rd of June this year gets under my skin. She was born prematurely,...
Angkor Wat is amazing
If you ever have the chance to visit Cambodia, you can't miss the temples of Angkor Wat. Although quickly turning into a mass tourism attraction, the beauty of it will...
Supporting Children in Indonesia
Child Support Foundation Indonesia is a non-profit organisation which founders are active in Indonesia for 25 years. The core business is financial adoption of...
Medicine for a sick system
By: Elizabeth Pisani A young girl helps her mother at a medicine stall in a market in Bowae, Flores. Inappropriate self-treatment has led to very high levels of...
Challenging times for big tobacco
Can the industry’s political and financial resources continue to stall important regulatory change?
Indonesia, Heal Thyself!
In the absence of health insurance or government medical services, getting sick in Indonesia can be truly painful. Not only do doctors insist on injections for...
