Welfare & Health
Support for Members Who Are Ill or Bereaved
Regular financial and food support for transgender people and families facing illness or loss.
A community in Maumere, Flores · Founded 2018
Maumere, a home for everyone.
Fajar Sikka is a community in Maumere, Flores, that since 2018 has been a home for marginalised groups — people of diverse genders, women, widows and people with disabilities — to live as equals, speak up and thrive.
- 2018Founded in Maumere
- 600Emergency aid packages (COVID-19 & Cyclone Seroja)
- 81ID cards, health cover & social assistance secured
- 50Participants in our SOGIE SC training
About us
Maumere as a home for all marginalised and poor people.
Marginalised groups in Sikka Regency still face structural barriers to basic services such as civil registration, healthcare and decent work. Fajar Sikka accompanies them, advocates for their basic rights and builds the community's economic self-reliance.
“Solidarity in love: to share, to grow and to flourish together.”
Programmes
Programmes & activities
Basic-rights advocacy, economic empowerment and care for community members in Sikka Regency and beyond.
Advocacy & Human Rights
Advocacy for Human-Rights-Friendly Local Policy
Advocacy and campaigning for local policy that protects the rights of vulnerable groups.
Advocacy & Human Rights
Advocacy for Vulnerable Groups in Sikka & East Flores
Rights advocacy for vulnerable groups in two regencies, supported by OutRight International.
Media & Communications
'Care for Basic Rights' Photo Exhibition & Talk
A photo exhibition and talk show on the basic rights of vulnerable groups in Maumere.
Advocacy & Human Rights
Mapping the Transgender Community
Mapping the situation of the transgender community in Sikka Regency as a basis for advocacy.
Advocacy & Human Rights
Anti-Discrimination Policy Advocacy TOT
Training of trainers for legal and human rights activists in Sikka Regency.
Partners
Networks & partnerships
- GAYa NUSANTARA
- OutRight International
- LBH Masyarakat
- PBH Nusra
- AFSC / Yayasan Keadilan dan Perdamaian Indonesia
- YVOS Indonesia
- Pusat Kajian Gender dan Seksualitas STFT Jakarta
- STFK Ledalero, Maumere
- Konde.co & AMAN Indonesia
- KBR 68H & Komunitas KAHE Maumere
- Perhimpunan Pengacara Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (PPMAN)
- Ikatan Waria Lembata (IWL) & IKWAL Flores Timur
- YLBH Justitia, Kupang
Stand with vulnerable communities in Sikka.
Every contribution helps us support trans women, women, widows, older people and people with disabilities in Sikka — from securing ID cards and healthcare, to emergency help during illness or disaster, to livelihood training.