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In Keerom, farmers grow areca nuts, [br](pinang) but it is hard to sell them.

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In Wamena, people love to chew pinang, [br]but do not grow the trees.

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Given this situation, we saw a chance to [br]link mama-mama (Papuan women)

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in Keerom who have pinang trees,

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with mama-mama who sell them on [br]the streets in Wamena.

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<i>Let's Sell Pinang</i>

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We can buy them from the Butonese [br]merchants,

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but we don't make any profit.

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<i>How much are these pinang?</i>

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<i>5,000 (rupiah).</i>

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Sometimes I buy it from the Butonese. [br]I get one kilogram for 70,000 (rupiah).

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But for the past several days, it was[br]for 65,000 (rupiah).

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After I buy them, I display them here [br]from morning until night.

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At night, up until 8 or 9pm.

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Sometimes if these nuts aren't sold, [br]I bring them back home.

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They sell pinang in the small stores [br]too, so it's hard to compete.

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In that store, they sell kerosene, [br]cooking oil and other stuff too.

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So we mama-mama (Papuan women), [br]what can we do?

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We're not into starting a conflict [br]with them. No!

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But how do we empower the [br]Papuan women?

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If they don't have enough money to [br]begin with, we help them to get it.

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They can potentially become agents [br](distributors) for buying.

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Mama-mama who have pinang trees can [br]also potentially become distributors.

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It is positive competition.

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We faced obstacles but the Father [br]from YTHP opened a business for us.

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He is very kind. His efforts have [br]opened doors for us.

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So we think this (business) could [br]make our lives better and happier.

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Yayasan Teratai Hati Papua (Teratai [br]Hati Papua Foundation) assists us now.

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Their help enables us.

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We can sell pinang but it's not like [br]before.

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YTHP helps us to buy two kilograms [br]of pinang.

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We can buy three kilograms. [br]It depends on us.

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But if we want to buy more than two [br]kilograms, we must pay for it ourselves.

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So, the price of pinang can increase, but [br]it's not a problem if it goes up or down.

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We've set our price. It's fixed.

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We take one kilogram. If we sell it all, [br]we get 140,000, 150,000 rupiah.

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From that we can give 70,000 rupiah [br]back.

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So we are asking the government, [br]please take care of us.

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Papuan women can only sell small items.

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Don't give permission to the big merchants [br](to sell pinang).

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They should only permit the big merchants [br]to sell goods other than pinang.

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Don't put small tables outside the store [br]and sell onions, pinang.

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Give that chance to the Papuan women.

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The Papuan women should sell these items[br]and not the stores.

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Take pity on them.