MITRA Association
Higher Education - Kupang City, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
MITRA Association Employees
MITRA Association Details
Masyarakat Indonesia Timur Relasi Asing (MITRA) or the Eastern Indonesian Foreign Relations Association is an international equity-based youth movement localized across the 6 of the most disadvantaged provinces of Indonesia. All of these locations are found in the peripheral East stretching from the Wallace line to Papua New Guinea. The MITRA Association which was formed in December 2013 by local and international students in Timor Island now covers 12 communities based at various higher education institutions. As a result, MITRA membership is represented in the provinces of Nusa Tenggara Timur, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Papua and West Papua. MITRA also has international members from Australia, Poland, Netherlands, U.S. and other countries. MITRA is the only localized international youth association which focuses on generating valued change and overcoming structural inequality and stigma in disadvantaged contexts in Eastern Indonesia.Vision"A world where communities in Eastern Indonesia have greater access to information and opportunities in order to become agents of change and overcome the challenges of development gaps, stigma and structural inequality."Mission"Through its three pillars: Language, Internationalization and Environment, MITRA's mission is to build and share, to act locally and to think and interact globally all for valued change for Eastern Indonesia"MITRA is a student association with three main pillars: (1) Language, (2) Internationalization and (3) Environmental Conservation and Community Service. To build and share – MITRA communities throughout Eastern Indonesia:Build a stronger sense of community and solidarity within Eastern Indonesia – with a youth oriented approach.Sharing information – to become a platform for high quality and continuously updated information as well as educational and vocational training materials.Provide access and channels to opportunities.
