PBI making space for peace

Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which protects human rights and promotes nonviolent transformation of conflicts.When invited, they send teams of volunteers into areas of repression and conflict. The volunteers accompany human rights defenders, their organizations and others threatened by political violence. Perpetrators of human rights abuses usually do not want the world to witness their actions. The presence of volunteers backed by a support network helps to deter violence. PBI CREATES SPACE for local activists to work for social justice and human rights.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Selamat datang di Wamena


Wamena is a small town in the Baliem Valley in Papua.The town lays around 1600 meters above sealevel and is surrounded by mountains. The highest mountain is 4700 meters. Our arrival was lovely, finaly a village feeling again, no traffic lights, almost no traffic, sunny, beautiful surroundings. Every day one new experience after the other, rally becaks, buying very tastefull bananas on our door, shopping at the market, cold and rainy in the evening and night, a lot of work and a lot of things to learn, baby rabbits, mountainbiking, friendly people, our own Honai.

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