That Cambodian Girl

(Published in  ASK Anggi column,  speak! # 07 # Januari 2013)

Winning the Speaker! Competition in November 2012 is one of the most defining moments in my life. For one thing, it is a validation of my work as a young activist. For another, having the privilege of being the Speak! Magazine ambassador allows me to meet many interesting people.

Last month I met dozen Southeast Asian teenagers, who are fighting to eradicate human trafficking. They were in Jakarta to attend the MTV Exit ASEAN Youth Session, an initiative set up by MTV to combat the terrible problem of human trafficking.

Reflections

(Published in The Jakarta Post, 16 Desember 2012)
Your Rainbow

Indeed, it is with great pleasure that I present this edition of “Your Rainbow”.  Not only has Anggi Nurqonita won the Muse Award for Prose in Sonny & Zap twice. Recently, she was also selected the first Speaker ambassador in a contest held in conjunction with the launch of The Jakarta Post’s Speak! magazine for young people.

In her article this 16-year-old student traces the story of her aspirations to become a writer, and elaborates a proposal for a peer-regulated school safety program called “Schoolaturrahmi’.

Reflections
The place: Jakarta. The time: the year 2001. I distinctly remember an important event that was my first motivational experience in writing, And I was only in kindergarten!

First Assignment in Asean Youth Sesion

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Never before have I had so little time in which to do so much. Not long after inaugurated as the 1^st Ambassador for “Speak!” Magazine, I got assignment to deliver a presentation on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

It was a great time because I had a chance to meet in person with Kyle, Katy, and other representatives from MTV Exit coming from many countries.

MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) launched the first-­-ever Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Youth Sessions in Jakarta, Indonesia.

In partnership with BINUS University International, this dynamic initiative brought together 25 MTV EXIT Youth Ambassadors ages 19-­‐25 from the ASEAN member states of Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Now having double-ambassador hats, I am fully aware of the magnitude of this position and will do my utmost to undertake the upcoming assignments.

Wish me a very good luck, as always…

Speaker Found

(Published in Speak! Magazine Desember 2012)

If you couldn’t make it to the Speak! Magazine launch and the Speaker! Competition grand final, here’s what  you missed.

Saturday, Nov 10,2012 marked the official launch of Speak! magazine with 15 Speaker finalist s battling it out to become the first ever ambassador  of the magazine at Epiwalk, Kuningan, South Jakarta.

Selected from hundreds of applicants, the finalists aged 15 to 22 have a proven record of social commitment. Each was enquired to write an essay on their innovative ideas to bring positive change to society.

SMAN 98 student Anggi Nurqonita was chosen the 2013  Speaker by impressing judges and the audience with her idea for contingency plan for  schools in event of natural disasters.

Jakarta student inaugurated as Speaker of ‘Speak!’

(Published in   The Jakarta Post, Sun, 11 Nop 2012)  

Anggi Nurqonita was selected the first Speaker ambassador on Saturday in a contest held in conjunction with the launch of The Jakarta Post’s Speak! magazine for young people.

The 16-year-old from SMA 98 state high school in East Jakarta presented a proposal for a peer-regulated school safety program, called “Schoolturahmi”.

The event was held at Epicentrum in Kuningan, South Jakarta, with major sponsor Indosat, as well as support from Inti College Indonesia, the British Council and Lenovo.

AMCDRR, High-level Talk about Local-Level Capacity

As Indonesian, I am proud that my country was hosting the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction on 22-25 October 2012, in Yogyakarta.

The theme for the Conference was "Strengthening Local Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction". Included in the 'local capacity' was, of course, young environmentalists like me and many of you.
The Conference also concluded that the participation of multi-stakeholder is critical to the local capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Attractive to most participants was, I suppose, the "DRR Market Place", sort of 'exhibition' on relief equipments and other disaster related instruments. It was from here participants could get many goodies, books, booklets, catalogs, and flash disks containing informative materials distributed freely.In terms of topics, it seems that "integrating local level DRR and CCA into national development" was attracting much of the attention. Topics that was too technical, apparently got less attention, for example: risk transfer, and the potential of science to cope with future crises. Maybe because the discussions in these topics were too serious (well, to me at least).