UNITED IN DIVERSITY

United in Diversity forum in Bali

Building Trust for Our Common Future
6 - 8 December 2003, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. The UID Conference in Bali, December 2003.

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United In Diversity
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UNITED IN DIVERSITY FORUM is an Indonesian NGO with the purpose of forging collaboration amongst diverse leaders and sectors in Indonesia that are committed to promoting tolerance and economic growth; to create capacity, forums, and tools for Indonesians to be ‘united in diversity?and help themselves by engaging actively with the diverse sectors of our global community.

We are rising to it!

Just as we have been united in diversity,
we must now be united in adversity.

The outpouring of global support is heartening, but ultimately we as Indonesians must implement coordinated strategies for relief and plan our future and reconstruction. Our government has an important role to play, but it cannot do it alone.

All of us must find a way of contributing to Indonesians who are leading relief efforts.

Congratulation for Monaco Asia Society President

Congratulations to Monaco-Asia Society President, Francesco M Bongiovanni!


	UID has received a Thank You Note from the President of Republic of Indonesia representing the country for our contribution and involvement in Aceh-Nias reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts. For a young foundation like us, this is something that we all can be proud of; not only to the recognition but to the acknowledgement of our efforts and works.


Climate Change Challenges Tsunami Survivors.
	Reconstruction of destroyed homes focused on confronting the consequences of climate change: reducing dependence on fossil fuel energy and concentrating on solar power. ASIAVIEWS (November - December 2007 Edition, page 9)


239 Solar Panel Installation Project in Sirombu Village, Nias Island.
	In May 2007 all the solar panel works have all been completed and everyone in the village has no more darkness-night when the state owned electricity supplier was not available.


Monaco's Prince Inaugurated Homes and School for Tsunami-affected Families
	On Sunday, 3 December, H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco paid a visit to Sirombu village, Nias Island, Indonesia. Accompanied by a delegation from the Monaco-Asia Society, Prince Albert inaugurated 239 homes and one school that had been built for Tsunami victims and families in Sirombu.


Deutsche Bank Indonesia Funds Solar-Energy Project in Nias!
	We're pleased to announce that our solar-energy project in Nias has been financed by Deutsche Bank Indonesia. Working with Sunlabob, a Laos-based solar-energy specialist, as our partner, we aim to install solar panels in all the 239 homes that we have built for tsunami victims and their families in Sirombu, Nias. Since many of them have lost their jobs and are unemployed, or underemployed, following the tsunami and sequential earthquakes, the solar-energy project will provide them with free electricity and, thereby relieve them of a financial burden as they rebuild their lives. We are grateful to Deutsche Bank Indonesia for its generosity.

We are united in adversity, again!
	Less than two years after the Asian tsunami, Indonesia was hit once again by a natural catastrophe. On 27 May, a 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook the city of Yogyakarta, central Java, and other nearby areas. Thus far, the quake has taken more than 6,000 lives and leaves thousands injured and homeless.


	Distribution Report 280 Wheelchairs charitable donation for Indonesia


UID - MAS - DCAB Goodwill-signing Luncheon with H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco,
	Accompanied by Mr. Francesco Bongiovanni, representative of the Monaco-Asia Society, and Ms. Jacky Deromedi, the honorary consul in Singapore, and a few other guests from Monaco, His Highness was shown a presentation of a post-stunami reconstruction project that UID has been working with its partners, namely Delasiga Cinta Anak Bangsa and Zero to One foundations in Nias, north Sumatra, Indonesia.


Wellspring International - Food Aid project in Nias
	It's been our pleasure and honor to be chosen by Wellspring International as its local partner for this humanitarian project. Together, UID and its key partner YCAB are proud to have coordinated a distribution of 1,300 food-aid packages as a response post-Tsunami 26 December 2004 and the earthquake of 28 March 2005 in Nias. The food-aid packages were distributed in 18 villages all over Nias and Hinako islands, northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and made possible by the generosity of Wellspring International.


Nias Earthquake
	A major earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia, killing about 600 people on Indonesia's Nias Island, but the Indonesian government estimates that the total figure could reach 2,000.