"Kitong Bisa" Son of Papua Becomes Special Staff to the President - Harian Papua

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Sabtu, 23 November 2019

"Kitong Bisa" Son of Papua Becomes Special Staff to the President

"Kitong Bisa" Son of Papua Becomes Special Staff to the President

This Papuan son was born in Yapen, Papua 31 years ago. Gracia Billy Mambrasar was raised in a mediocre family. His father is a teacher while his mother sells cakes. Billy also often helps his mother sell cakes.
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Although living in remote areas that have not been electrified, Billy's enthusiasm for learning is very high. No wonder he was noted as an outstanding student. After graduating from Jayapura High School, he received a scholarship to study at the Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).
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After graduating from ITB, Billy continued his graduate education in the Master of Business Administration program at The Australian National University (ANU). He specializes in project management. When he graduated, he won the 2015 Vice Chancellor Special Commendation Award.
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School seems to be addictive for Billy. He took the Master of Science program at Said Business School, Oxford University, England. "My parents are just freelancers and my mother sells cakes in the market. Who would have thought that she could finally go to a prestigious school," Billy said in an interview with BBC.com. Billy is currently preparing to continue his doctoral education at Harvard University, USA.
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Billy is also known as the founder of the Kitong Bisa (We Can) Foundation, a non-profit organization engaged in the education of children in Papua. The foundation, which was founded in 2009, has 158 volunteers and 1,100 students. There are nine education centers operated by this institution.
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Kitong Foundation can get funding from two business units, namely Kitong Bisa Consulting and Kitong Bisa Enterprise. Through Kitong Bisa, Billy became a mentor and was invited to be a speaker at various forums at home and abroad.
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Kitong could start from a teaching and learning activity that was given free of charge to help them some Papuan children precisely in Serui in 2009. At the beginning of its establishment in Serui there were only 15 Papuan child participants in Serui who joined as students of Kitong Bisa .
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Billy founded kitong could be inspired by his own life journey that felt how as Papuan children wanted to have education with competencies that made Papuan children maximum competitive not only at the national but also international level.
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He was also invited to meet with Minister of State Secretary Pratikno and President Jokowi in his capacity as Founder and CEO of Kitong Bisa. Last July, Kitong Bisa Enterprise won first place in the 2019 Indonesian Student Association (PPI) Startup Festival competition. Kitong Can beat 32 other participants who participated in the competition.
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Even Kitong could not only focus on the education of Papuan children. Kitong Bisa also initiate the birth of study groups in several other areas such as: Banjarnegara Inland Inspiration School - Central Java; Sola Gratia Learning Center Kupang - NTT, Nusa Lombok Reading House - NTB: Muara Angke Foundation for the Coastal Children of North Jakarta to flap their wings to neighboring countries, precisely at Quatmo Foundation HCM City Vietnam.
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Billy's achievement was not only in the field of education. He also attended the Indonesian Idol talent event held by RCTI in 2006. He successfully passed the second round and entered the top 60 out of a total of 16 thousand audition participants.
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He was also chosen to be one of the ten potential leaders candidates in Indonesia organized by MetroTV. These candidates were chosen because they were considered to contribute to the development of Indonesian society in various fields and had a big vision for Indonesia.
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President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) announced seven names of special presidential staff who came from millennial circles. He hopes they can give fresh air in his government in this second period.
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One of the seven special staff is Gracia Billy Mambrasar. "Billy is a great talent for the land of Papua that we hope to contribute with innovative ideas in developing the land of Papua," Jokowi said when introducing the seven staff, especially to the media, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (11/21).
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(* reported from Katadata)

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