Indonesia’s oldest women’s Islamic organization will prepare volunteers in Kalimantan and Sumatra to open clean air sanctuaries, should a strengthening El Niño accelerate wildfires over the coming months. “We will make sure the LLHPB will protect our children, women, our network and the community around the forest fires to make sure they stay alive and […]
Seeds of change On a grass verge by a road dissecting miles of rice fields in Central Java province, a group of volunteers with ‘Aisyiyah, Indonesia’s oldest Islamic women’s movement, walk along a row of mahogany, sengon, and teak trees they recently planted. A group of women forest rangers patrol in the forest of Bener Meriah, Aceh Province, Indonesia, on November 25, 2020. Photo: VCG
A short drive away, Ismokoweni, who leads ‘Aisyiyah’s local environmental chapter and goes by one name, picks her way past painted gravestones towards an area of damaged forest where the group has also planted seedlings.
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SUKOHARJO, Indonesia: On a grass verge by a road dissecting miles of rice fields in Central Java province, a group of volunteers with Aisyiyah, Indonesia s oldest Islamic women s movement, walk along a row of mahogany, sengon and teak trees they recently planted.
A short drive away, Ismokoweni, who leads Aisyiyah s local environmental chapter and goes by one name, picks her way past painted gravestones towards an area of damaged forest where the group has also planted seedlings.
After a drought dried up wells here, members purchased gallons of water from the local utility for affected households, Ismokoweni said shortly before Eid al Fitr.
By Harry Jacques, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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SUKOHARJO, Indonesia, May 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On a grass verge by a road dissecting miles of rice fields in Central Java province, a group of volunteers with ‘Aisyiyah, Indonesia’s oldest Islamic women’s movement, walk along a row of mahogany, sengon and teak trees they recently planted.
A short drive away, Ismokoweni, who leads ‘Aisyiyah’s local environmental chapter and goes by one name, picks her way past painted gravestones towards an area of damaged forest where the group has also planted seedlings.
After a drought dried up wells here, members purchased gallons of water from the local utility for affected households, Ismokoweni told the Thomson Reuters Foundation shortly before Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Seeds of change
By Reuters Published: May 13, 2021 06:43 PM On a grass verge by a road dissecting miles of rice fields in Central Java province, a group of volunteers with Aisyiyah, Indonesia s oldest Islamic women s movement, walk along a row of mahogany, sengon, and teak trees they recently planted.
A group of women forest rangers patrol in the forest of Bener Meriah, Aceh Province, Indonesia, on November 25, 2020. Photo: VCGA short drive away, Ismokoweni, who leads Aisyiyah s local environmental chapter and goes by one name, picks her way past painted gravestones towards an area of damaged forest where the group has also planted seedlings.