"Now it's different after the training and getting knowledge from IDEP," said Carolina Yaku Danga when she talked about the benefits after participating in permaculture training in her neighborhood at RT 15, Watumbaka village, East Sumba. Other than Mama Rian, as she is familiarly called, 15 other residents also participated in the training held in early 2018.

East Sumba, in East Nusa Tenggara, is stealing a lot of attentions lately. Evidently, in the last four years, two big film productions put East Sumba as their background, both natural and cultural ones.

And as it is often presented in the films, savanna view becomes one of the reasons that make East Sumba popular. Especially when the sunset comes. The grasslands, rarely trees, horse and grazing cows and reddish sun at the end

The absence of healthy and proper sanitation for the residents of Kawangu and Watumbaka villages in East Sumba is finally going to be resolved. As many as 12 units of toilets built by Yayasan IDEP with support from PT HM Sampoerna through Collaborative Habitat Advancement Management Program (CHAMP) in both villages were finally inaugurated and handed over to the residents on April 19, 2018.

It was the training title facilitated by IDEP Foundation since 6-10 November 2017 at IDEP Foundation Training Center. The training was organized by Penabulu Foundation and IDEP Foundation with the support of the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) of Burung Indonesia and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF).