Tag: corruption

Fighting Corruption In Big Screens (And Smaller Ones)

All Indonesians know corruption is harmful, but ironically it persists, if not has been increasingly practised. Indonesia needs a new strategy to fight the plague: it is time…

Technology-Heavy Days in Nairobi

Who can deny the importance of technology in the digital era now? This is the time when we might smile more in front of our gadget screens instead…

Mission Nairobi

When people say time flies, they really mean it. I still can vividly remember the Global Youth Anticorruption Forum (GYAC) held in Brussels last May… and suddenly here…

Counting the Perception

 In a few days the Transparency International is going to publish the newest Corruption Perceptions Index. It’s an index which, simply said, measures people’s perceptions about the corruption…

Towards A Corruption-Free Kupang (and Indonesia)

Hendrik Bera, a 16 years student from Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, fell silent in his chair in the seminar room of Komunitas Salihara. The young man had just…

Education Institutions Should NOT Be An Incubator for Corruption

It is a fact that schools produce not only scholars, but corruptors as well. In many countries, we find that educational institutions seem to be filled by corrupt…

Embracing Youths to Fight Against Corruption

“Sir, I think the Sunshine Principle can be used to prevent corruption,” said a student in a class. The sun has the power to kill germs, he said….

What Is Artivism?

It’s a new noun. Activism paired with art. And the one who’s doing artivism is of course called an artivist. (I’m borrowing the phrase from Ndungi Githuku of…