Yayasan Somatua or Somatua Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded by Moni tribe people who live around the top of the Carstensz Papua. The name of Somatua has been used for one peak of Jayawijaya mountain that always covers by snow that makes it looks bright all the time.

 

Somatua is a Monian word that means eternal light. The Foundation is named Somatua because it is expected to bring “eternal light” into the Monian community, especially in terms of education, health and welfare, so that Monian people will be free from the darkness of lack of knowledge, the darkness due to lack of access to health services and the darkness of economical conditions.

The foundation is headed by a woman who really cared about the people of Papua. She left her job as a lecturer, a profession she had held and practiced so dearly for 20 years, and decided to devote her life to the development of the Moni tribe of Papua. She wants her finger full of chalk dust to help children of Moni learn to read, write and count, and enthuses her hands being dirty again to help Monian communities in developing food crops and human nutrition. She wants to share her knowledge about medicinal plants and the clean living by giving example in daily life to Monian community.

Somatua humbly invites all the people, who care and feel interested to support the Monian people in Ugimba, to participate actively in Somatua’s humanitarian mission. You can donate your money to provide school books, school buildings and facilitation besides the other things.

For further information please contact us:

somatuafoundation@yahoo.com

or 

riniindyastuti.ri@gmail.com