WEBVTT 00:00:05.457 --> 00:00:09.288 In Keerom, farmers grow areca nuts, (pinang) but it is hard to sell them. 00:00:09.288 --> 00:00:13.128 In Wamena, people love to chew pinang, but do not grow the trees. 00:00:13.128 --> 00:00:19.536 Given this situation, we saw a chance to link mama-mama (Papuan women) 00:00:19.536 --> 00:00:23.176 in Keerom who have pinang trees, 00:00:23.176 --> 00:00:27.314 with mama-mama who sell them on the streets in Wamena. 00:00:27.694 --> 00:00:31.904 Let's Sell Pinang 00:00:44.341 --> 00:00:50.058 We can buy them from the Butonese merchants, 00:00:50.058 --> 00:00:55.610 but we don't make any profit. 00:00:55.817 --> 00:00:57.310 How much are these pinang? 00:00:57.310 --> 00:01:00.200 5,000 (rupiah). 00:01:01.260 --> 00:01:06.004 Sometimes I buy it from the Butonese. I get one kilogram for 70,000 (rupiah). 00:01:06.004 --> 00:01:10.562 But for the past several days, it was for 65,000 (rupiah). 00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:21.091 After I buy them, I display them here from morning until night. 00:01:21.091 --> 00:01:25.518 At night, up until 8 or 9pm. 00:01:25.518 --> 00:01:29.763 Sometimes if these nuts aren't sold, I bring them back home. 00:01:33.856 --> 00:01:38.225 They sell pinang in the small stores too, so it's hard to compete. 00:01:38.475 --> 00:01:43.590 In that store, they sell kerosene, cooking oil and other stuff too. 00:01:43.590 --> 00:01:45.647 So we mama-mama (Papuan women), what can we do? 00:01:45.647 --> 00:01:48.354 We're not into starting a conflict with them. No! 00:01:48.354 --> 00:01:51.141 But how do we empower the Papuan women? 00:01:51.322 --> 00:01:54.946 If they don't have enough money to begin with, we help them to get it. 00:01:55.137 --> 00:01:58.682 They can potentially become agents (distributors) for buying. 00:01:58.977 --> 00:02:04.920 Mama-mama who have pinang trees can also potentially become distributors. 00:02:05.333 --> 00:02:07.677 It is positive competition. 00:02:08.057 --> 00:02:13.643 We faced obstacles but the Father from YTHP opened a business for us. 00:02:13.643 --> 00:02:18.364 He is very kind. His efforts have opened doors for us. 00:02:18.364 --> 00:02:24.005 So we think this (business) could make our lives better and happier. 00:02:24.685 --> 00:02:28.107 Yayasan Teratai Hati Papua (Teratai Hati Papua Foundation) assists us now. 00:02:28.537 --> 00:02:30.774 Their help enables us. 00:02:30.774 --> 00:02:32.531 We can sell pinang but it's not like before. 00:02:35.232 --> 00:02:38.431 YTHP helps us to buy two kilograms of pinang. 00:02:39.151 --> 00:02:43.052 We can buy three kilograms. It depends on us. 00:02:43.052 --> 00:02:46.292 But if we want to buy more than two kilograms, we must pay for it ourselves. 00:02:46.292 --> 00:02:51.448 So, the price of pinang can increase, but it's not a problem if it goes up or down. 00:02:51.888 --> 00:02:54.146 We've set our price. It's fixed. 00:02:55.316 --> 00:03:02.364 We take one kilogram. If we sell it all, we get 140,000, 150,000 rupiah. 00:03:02.364 --> 00:03:05.166 From that we can give 70,000 rupiah back. 00:03:12.136 --> 00:03:17.144 So we are asking the government, please take care of us. 00:03:17.144 --> 00:03:19.874 Papuan women can only sell small items. 00:03:19.874 --> 00:03:22.475 Don't give permission to the big merchants (to sell pinang). 00:03:22.475 --> 00:03:27.139 They should only permit the big merchants to sell goods other than pinang. 00:03:27.139 --> 00:03:30.743 Don't put small tables outside the store and sell onions, pinang. 00:03:30.743 --> 00:03:33.143 Give that chance to the Papuan women. 00:03:33.143 --> 00:03:35.172 The Papuan women should sell these items and not the stores. 00:03:35.172 --> 00:03:36.722 Take pity on them.