Sin acceso al agua o la electricidad, la tribu Kodi de Mandorak está luchando por sobrevivir con la agricultura y la pesca de subsistencia, sus principales ingresos dependen de una cosecha anual de anacardos.
Sensible a esta situación endémica, Ticket To The Moon Se ha asociado con socios locales para ayudar al pueblo de Kodi a mejorar sus condiciones de vida, mientras que preservando su cultura ancestral.
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Ticket to the Moon Foundation
La Fundación Lestari Mandorak, ahora la Ticket To The Moon Foundation, nació después de tres años de experiencia en el campo: desde 2006, los viajeros europeos e indonesios habían iniciado un proyecto de ayuda en el condado de Mandorak, en la parte occidental de la remota isla de Sumba, en Indonesia.
In eight years, many concrete actions have been implemented – new roads were built to facilitate trade and fill in the gap between the Kodis and the rest of Sumba, water well was dug for accessing clean water, a primary school was opened to teach the Indonesian language to the children…
The Kodi tribe has also been subjected to malaria screenings on a regular basis and they were given mosquito nets to fight the plague.
In the meantime, these enhancements have come with education to preserve their culture, along with their original land in West Sumba.
The relief teams have provided nets to avoid bomb fishing, responsible for destroying the ocean bottom.
They have built a traditional Kodi house as a Headquarters, giving the youngest workers an occasion to be trained following their ancestral traditions (which are threatened by modernity, like their unique crafts, horses game, etc.); likewise, teaching waste management is a part of ticket to the moon continuous effort to avoid pollution in West Sumba.
On the other hand, they have been supporting the existing schools in th Mandorak area.
Cultura de Kodi y Sumba
According to anthropologists, the Kodi culture is the closest observed living culture to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Burial in megaliths is a practice that has survived to this day in Sumba. The tribe’s techniques to transport and carving stones also goes back to the origins of prehistory.
A living testimony of their ancestral culture, the Kodi traditional houses with alang-alang thatched roof stand proudly in the wild landscape of Mandorak County. From the ceiling to the rooftop - not to mention the pillars - every single wood element in a Kodi house has a spiritual meaning reflecting their original animist beliefs.
The Kodis’ craft and art forms are unique in the world. The Ticket To The Moon Foundation aims at encouraging and promoting them.
The weaving of their traditional IKAT, a wide-spread hand-fashioned famous in India and South-East Asia, is much sought after by museums and collectors all over the world.
Likewise, horses are central in the Kodi way of living.
Besides being the first transportation mean, horses are key players in the traditional Kodi war games where they challenge each other with spears (the Pasola).
Educación para la población
While the Kodi people speak their own dialect, the future of their children is depends on their chance to communicate in Bahasa Indonesia, spoken by 200 million people in Southern Asia (4th spoken language worldwide).
The Ticket To The Moon team has been working on two levels; on the one hand, they opened a primary school in 2007 to allow children from the Mandorak County to be taught both in their language and in Bahasa Indonesia. On the other hand, they have been supporting the existing schools in Mandorak area.
Indeed, the few schools in West Sumba are poorly staffed and furnished, whereas they represent a unique opportunity for the Kodi children to know a better life than their parents.
A financial and material support is much needed to improve their facilities and provide the pupils with tuition material (pencils, books, sports equipments, etc.).
In 2014 the school burned down in 2015, the support of Ticket To The Moon Foundation is vital for the kids to go back to school.
Ticket to the Moon Foundation Milestone
2006
Inicio de la aventura de Sumba, Kodi y Mandorak
2007
Primera escuela primaria en Mandorak
2008
Cavó el primer pozo en tener un poco de agua clara en el condado
2009
Creación del Lestari Mandorak Yayasaan
2010
Contruction de la casa en Mandorak para que el Lestari Mandorak se asiente y la atención de primera ayuda y la medicina dada
2011
Mayor conciencia sobre la enfermedad de la malaria al distribuir la red de mosquitos, el panel solar para la energía, la creación de un equipo de Kodi local para la Fundación con sede en Sumba, más grande para tener más agua para el condado
2012
Medicina en cantidades más grandes, más y más mosquiteros netos. Inicio de la participación internacional, más y más donación, Foundation ahora es parte del Parque Natural
2013
La Fundación Lestari Mandorak se convierte en el boleto de la Fundación Moon, una gran participación del donante internacional, el crecimiento de la contribución de la aldea, más medecina, mejor infraestructura y maestro para la escuela
2014
Persona a tiempo completo que se ocupa del boleto para la Fundación Moon, construye una mejor vida para las personas, recibe todas las donaciones y coordina la ayuda del extranjero.
2015
Reparación de la bomba solar y un mayor desarrollo para la aldea local
2016
Proyecto de inicio del Permacultura para enseñar a los locales cómo cultivar y mantener cultivos, vivir una dieta saludable y superar las sequías en el período de verano
2017
Renovación de la cocina y salas de personal, donación a la escuela local para ayudar a los inconvenientes con el suministro de agua de la escuela
Desarrollo futuro de la Fundación Ticket to the Moon
The Ticket to the Moon Foundation’s ambition is to help the Kodi people find economic balance. Mandorak County is likely to welcome a promising type of industry, eco-tourism.
The idea is to open the Kodi villages to visitors who would agree to share their daily life, respect their rhythm and natural environment, while enjoying a large choice of activities (snorkeling, hiking, horse-riding, etc).
While discovering Mandorak County’s shores, lagoon and landscapes, these eco-friendly tourists will get introduced to the Kodi culture thanks to an organic farm offering local food and traditional Sumbanese meals, let alone organized horse games, tribal music or a visit to the handicraft shop.
With new infrastructures such as solar panels, energy would no longer be an issue. Bringing such modern technologies would be a huge step toward helping the Kodi improve their economic situation, while preserving their culture and promoting an eco-friendly development.
The financial resources collected by the Foundation benefit directly to the Kodi tribe
With the blessing of the Sumbanese officials, The Foundation has bought some land to protect the wild life against possible speculation.
The Indonesian authorities have conceded the status of Natural Park to a part of the Foundation’s territory.
Proyectos sociales y ambientales
Over the past years, we have been very fortunate. Together with our friends and partners in Sumba, we could drastically improve the local livelihood
situation. In fact, things have improved by such a
degree that the TTTM Foundation is now coming to
an end.
We all are tremendously proud of the devel-
opments of the project and are now eagerly following
our Sumbanese friends' steps and standing by their
side with advice upon request. With much excitement,
we are now shifting our focus and energies to other
selected social and environmental projects that we
believe in and who are working towards similar goals to
make the world a better place.
We are an organisation
with a strong commitment to sustainability and social
responsibility. Therefore we feel a strong calling to give
back to society and to support those in need. Amongst
other activities, we have therefore launched a couple
of collaborations that involve donating for example.
As we are in the reorientation process of our social
endeavors, let us know about any interesting projects
that could be interesting partners!
Solemen
One of them is the humanitarian project "Sole-men". Solemen is a non-profit organization based in
Bali, Indonesia, that provides various forms of support
to people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and other
life-threatening conditions. They assist individuals
who are unable to afford medical treatment, rehabil-
itation, or other basic necessities. They also organize campaigns and events to raise awareness about
various issues affecting the community.
Ticket To The
Moon recognizes the great work that Solemen is doing
and wants to help them with their cause. Our company has provided printed eco-bags that are made from
eco-friendly materials and are reusable. These eco-bags feature Solemen’s and our company logo and
are designed to help raise awareness about Solemen's
mission and promote sustainable practices. Through
this project, Ticket To The Moon hopes to encourage
people to use eco-bags instead of single-use plastic
bags.
Plastic pollution is a significant environmental
issue, and it is crucial that we take steps to reduce our
plastic usage. By donating eco-bags to Solemen, we
aim to help reduce plastic waste while also supporting a great cause. We are proud to support Solemen's
mission, creates sources of income and to help make a
positive impact in the community. Our team believes
that it is important to give back to society and we will
continue to find ways to support worthy causes. Another way we support Solemen is by providing Moon-chairs to disadvantaged families amongst many others
with disabled children.
Estas familias estaban ocultas previamente
en una zona pobre de Denpasar sin apoyo ni cuidado
desde fuera. A través de solemen trabajando estrechamente
Con el gobierno de Bali ahora disfrutan nuevos
vive en el área de Renon de Denpasar en viviendas sólidas limpias
junto con el acceso de silla de ruedas.
Los niños se benefician
en gran medida de la terapia regular, provisión de nutricional
comida equilibrada y apoyo emocional en curso por el
caridad. Anteriormente, ninguno de los niños tenía la oportunidad de experimentar el juego. Ahora incluso están llegando
en todo tipo de travesuras por su recién descubierto
(y salvaje) posibilidades de balanceo. ¡Que alegria!
Alas de proyecto
Project Wings is a growing German NGO
that is currently building the world's largest recycling village in Indonesia from 250 tons of plastic waste. They aim to tackle three major global
issues: species extinction, tropical deforestation,
and plastic pollution. The organization is implementing a self-sustaining system run by locals
that combines environmental protection, nature
conservation, and animal welfare. They use an innovative approach to turn plastic waste into Eco-bricks, which are then used to construct affordable
buildings.
The NGO is also involved in protecting
the rainforest, animal welfare, promoting alternatives to plastic and education. Their future plans
include building a sustainable marketplace, sports
ground and organic restaurant.
Project Wings collaborates with various partners and supporters to
realize their vision. We support them with custom
printed bags as a start to give to participants of
round table meetings with NGOs and politicians
as well as for funding activities in Germany to raise
mindfulness for this important mission. We will
support their crew with hammocks for the community patrol and for sleeping cabins for the team
and supporters. We are planning to do some pro-
jects with them in the near future to raise aware-
ness in Sumatra (more projects and collaborations
are likely to come in the future).
¡La basura de un hombre es el tesoro de otro hombre!
