AMERIKA DUBES VISIT ASRI PROGRAM

The United States Ambassador For Indonesia Joseph R. Donovan Jr (left) with the recipients of Salmah’s goat (second left) while visiting the program for the restoration of the Yayasan Alam Asri Lestari (ASRI) in North Kayong Regency, West Kalimantan, Friday (4/10/2019). The U.S. Dubes visited a number of places running the ASRI program for the community who received the funding support of conservation programs through the United States International Development Aid Agency (USAID) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) namely the manufacture of organic fertilizers, the granting of goats for widows and alternative livelihoods for tree counters (loggers). ANTARA PHOTO/Jessica Helena Wuysang/foc.