0:00:05.457,0:00:09.288
In Keerom, farmers grow areca nuts, [br](pinang) but it is hard to sell them.

0:00:09.288,0:00:13.128
In Wamena, people love to chew pinang, [br]but do not grow the trees.

0:00:13.128,0:00:19.536
Given this situation, we saw a chance to [br]link mama-mama (Papuan women)

0:00:19.536,0:00:23.176
in Keerom who have pinang trees

0:00:23.176,0:00:27.314
with mama-mama who sell them on [br]the streets in Wamena.

0:00:27.694,0:00:31.904
<i>Let's Sell Pinang</i>

0:00:44.341,0:00:50.058
We can buy them from the Butonese [br]merchants

0:00:50.058,0:00:55.610
but we don't make any profit.

0:00:55.817,0:00:57.310
<i>How much are these pinang?</i>

0:00:57.310,0:00:59.260
<i>5,000 (rupiah).</i>

0:01:01.260,0:01:06.004
Sometimes I buy it from the Butonese. [br]I get one kilogram for 70,000 (rupiah).

0:01:06.004,0:01:10.562
But for the past several days, it was[br]for 65,000 (rupiah).

0:01:14.620,0:01:21.091
After I buy them, I display them here [br]from morning until night.

0:01:21.091,0:01:25.518
At night, up until 8 or 9pm.

0:01:25.518,0:01:29.763
Sometimes if these nuts aren't sold, [br]I bring them back home.

0:01:33.856,0:01:38.225
They sell pinang in the small stores [br]too, so it's hard to compete.

0:01:38.475,0:01:43.590
In that store, they sell kerosene, [br]cooking oil and other stuff too.

0:01:43.590,0:01:45.647
So we mama-mama (Papuan women), [br]what can we do?

0:01:45.647,0:01:48.354
We're not into starting a conflict [br]with them. No!

0:01:48.354,0:01:51.141
But how do we empower the [br]Papuan women?

0:01:51.322,0:01:54.946
If they don't have enough money to [br]begin with, we help them to get it.

0:01:55.137,0:01:58.682
They can potentially become agents [br](distributors) for buying.

0:01:58.977,0:02:04.920
Mama-mama who have pinang trees could [br]also potentially become distributors.

0:02:05.333,0:02:07.677
It is positive competition.

0:02:08.057,0:02:13.643
We faced obstacles but the Father [br]from YTHP opened a business for us.

0:02:13.643,0:02:18.364
He is very kind. His efforts have [br]opened doors for us.

0:02:18.364,0:02:24.005
So we think this (business) could [br]make our lives better and happier.

0:02:24.685,0:02:28.547
Yayasan Teratai Hati Papua (Teratai [br]Hati Papua Foundation) assists us now.

0:02:28.547,0:02:30.774
Their help enables us.

0:02:30.774,0:02:33.031
We can sell pinang but it's not like [br]before.

0:02:35.232,0:02:38.431
YTHP helps us to buy two kilograms [br]of pinang.

0:02:39.151,0:02:42.562
We can buy three kilograms. [br]It depends on us.

0:02:42.562,0:02:46.292
But if we want to buy more than two [br]kilograms, we must pay for it ourselves.

0:02:46.292,0:02:51.448
So, the price of pinang can increase, but [br]it's not a problem if it goes up or down.

0:02:51.888,0:02:54.146
We've set our price. It's fixed.

0:02:55.316,0:03:02.364
We take one kilogram. If we sell it all, [br]we get 140,000, 150,000 rupiah.

0:03:02.364,0:03:05.166
From that we can give 70,000 rupiah [br]back.

0:03:12.136,0:03:17.144
So we are asking the government, [br]please take care of us.

0:03:17.144,0:03:19.554
Papuan women can only sell small items.

0:03:19.554,0:03:22.475
Don't give permission to the big merchants [br](to sell pinang).

0:03:22.475,0:03:27.139
They should only permit the big merchants [br]to sell goods other than pinang.

0:03:27.139,0:03:30.743
Don't put small tables outside the store [br]and sell onions, pinang.

0:03:30.743,0:03:33.143
Give that chance to the Papuan women.

0:03:33.143,0:03:35.172
The Papuan women should sell these items[br]and not the stores.

0:03:35.172,0:03:36.722
Take pity on them.