MOTIVATOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Sustainable Community Development with a Focus on Peace-building
Buntu Masakke, Sangalla', Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Ir. Stretcher Ramba
Jl. Pongtiku 12 Rantepao, North Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Phone: +62 81343604500, E-Mail: tanduramba@yahoo.com
Brief Introduction
I was born in a village of Bonga, a remote village, Tampan Bonga, North Toraja, South Sulawesi on March 5, 1966. I grew up in that village until I graduated from junior high school. To continue my high school education I had to move to the nearest city, namely Rantepao, North Toraja.
After graduating from high school, I continued my education at the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar in 1992
Setammat from the University, I worked for several agricultural companies in Kalimantan and returned to Toraja in 1999 until now.
I am interested in the field of Sustainable Community development. Besides that, I am also interested in environmental preservation, cultural preservation and local wisdom.
During my return to Toraja I worked a lot with small farmers to increase their capacity in agricultural cultivation and together with them did a lot of advocacy on climate change issues to the international level.
Experience
Head of Information Communication Department [2000 - Now]
Since 2000, I joined Pusbinlat Motivator-GT as Information and Communication Manager. Beside of that, in the organization also become Manager a Project called Lighthouse Project which run various activities on Adaptation, Mitigation, and Disaster Risk Redaction caused by Climate Change.
2013: Advisor for Toraja District Government on Organic Farming
[2014 - 2015]
After run some joint activities with Toraja District Government, they call me to be an advisor especially in Organic Farming and envir
Project Manager
Climate Adaptation Leaning Process (CLAP), in partnership with Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, Germany, 2009 - 2012
Project Manager
Lighthouse project in Indonesia - Adaptation activities in relation to Climate Change, in partnership with Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, Germany, 20013 - 2014
Project Manager
Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction, in partnership with Bread For the World, 2015 - 2018
Project Manager
Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction, in partnership with Bread For the World, 2015 - 2018
Project Manager
Climate Resilient Agriculture Innovative Investigation Project (CRAIIP) in partnership with Bread For The World (BftW) and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH), Germany, 1 July 2017 - 31 December 2018
Project Manager
Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction, in partnership with Bread For the World, 2019 - 2022
Education
Graduate From Animal Husbandry[4 February 1992]
I am a graduate from Animal Husbandry in Hasanuddin University, Ujung Pandang. During my education at the university, I took a specialist on Animal Social Economy that is means more focusing in business.
Training
Peace building training at the Mindanao Peach building Institute (MPI) (2009)
ToT on Project Management with an Impact Orientation (2012)
Various short trainings such as ToT on the Environment by PGI, HIV Training, Disaster Risk Reduction Training, First Aid Training, etc.
Participatory Assessment of Climate and Disaster Risks (PACDR) training held by Bread for Alle (BFA) from 30 January to 4 February in Malinau - Tarakan, East Kalimantan
Household survey-based climate risk assessment training conducted by Deakonie Katastophenhilfe (DKH) in Pangandaran, West Java in 2018
International Seminars/ Conferences
Participants at the Conference of "Climate Change in Asia & the Pacific Region - A Challenge for Disaster Risk Reduction, Adaptation and Mitigation Policies", February 17th - 20th, 2009, Khulna, Bangladesh
Study Visit to Freda, Myanmar, regarding reforestation strategies, from 1 - 13 September 2013
Participant at COP19 in Warsaw, Poland, 2013
Presenter on the 5th Global Platform on DRR, Cancun Mexico 2017
Presenter on the Impacts of Climate Change on women and men in the Climate Change Fleaqa organized by BfdW in Kathmandu, Nepal on 17th -21st April 2017
Presenter in COP 23 in Bonn, Germany 2017
Seminar on Lighthouse Project Implementation in Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 - 27 February 2018
Tropentag conference, at the University of Gent, Belgium on 17-19 September 2018
Climate Change Adaptation for Brot-für-die-Welt Southeast Asia & Pacific Partners' Workshop, held in Coron, Philippines, 19th - 23rd April 2018
Skills
Areas that become Some of the fields that I am a trainer for some topic such as:
Since 2000: Trainers for Organic Farming
Since 2009: Facilitator of Climate Lapng School
Since 2013: Trainer for Organic Coffee
2012: Trainer for Risk Assessment and Mapping with QGis
Publications
Some of the books and journals that are published are:
Delicious Million Toraja Coffee, 2018
Growth and production of indigenous Katokkon chilies of Toraja (Capsicum chinense jacq) in various organic Tithonia compost compositions, 2019
The Impact of COVID-19 Measures on Local Food Systems in Indonesia, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbawe - a Participatory Digital Co-Research Study, 2019