Our Core Values: Spiritual, Natural and Cultural Values
VALUE 1: Yerege 'Bplerege Amonggar Werek
The First and most important one is that all and every being has "amonggar" (spirit in it) that identifies roles and functions to play on this life.
- Identification, recognition and acknowledgement brings about “respect” to the existence of all beings,
Value 2: We are all Nature
Human Beings are nature, therefore, separating humans from nature is the first crime against the rights of all communities of beings.
Value 3: Yerege 'Bplerege Awene Werek
Based on Equal Rights for All Beings to be and to live, every being has roles and functions to play according to the Laws of Nature, that have to be regulated in modern human terms and laws .
And finally, the “harmonious life” is the display of what is known as the “simple joyful life” that characterizes the life of tribal societies all over the world. We call this “simple joy” as the final realization of the “self” and “selves” at the same time.
We carry out activities that will help us human beings recognize, acknowledge, respects, and furthermore promote and protect the norms, values and rules of the customs because we believe that Customary Laws protect and nurture the interdependence and interconnected-ness of the life web.
What we do help human beings to revitalize and develop communications and interactions between human beings with other communities of beings and furthermore help protect the surrounding environment by acknowledging and legalizing the existing customary laws.
Human beings around the world and particularly among tribal peoples of West Papua have the knowledge and experience of communicating with other beings, in order to obtain wisdom, to consult for advice and so on, and we have the wisdom from the surrounding environment that has been useful in our lives. We want this wisdom to be acknowledged as it will protect our nature, particularly the world’s second largest Island on Earth: New Guinea.