Mr. Kie Eng Go is the CEO of Surya Enterprise Indonesia. Surya Enterprise is a technology company that involves in developing solutions for under developed villages in rural Indonesia. Mr. Go is also a human right activist. This interview is about Mr. Go activities as a human right activist. The interview was conducted in September 2005 during FICA’s Oversees Mission Conference or OMC.
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Indayani Moeljo was director of FICA’s Center for Strategic Studies that sponsored Overseas Mission Conference. Indayani Moeljo went back to Indonesia in 2005. She has been instrumental in many initiatives in FICA especially in the Discovery Trip Program and in Cross Point Publication. She has been a dear friend and a good mentor for us serving in FICA now. This interview was conducted in 2005.
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It is FICA’s vision for Christians to be a leader in the public space in Indonesia. Specifically, we are called to equip Indonesian Christians in the US that have the same vision as FICA. Those with the same vision would be first transformed thru biblical teaching and practice in FICA that to lead means to serve without regards. Secondly, we seek to execute long term and transformative impacts to area that either lack of resources or attentions from central government.
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2002 was a busy year for the Discovery Trip team in FICA. In that year, FICA conducted 2 Discovery Trips to comprehend the aspiration of Muslims and to understand civil society. These topics were chosen based on the context of the time.
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Indonesia is in the era of restoration following the reformation and transformation eras. We are no longer debating about the constitution or rights. Instead we debate the optimum way to build mass transportation or to mitigate flooding. Since the people can elect their representatives and governors, the elected officials have to earn the vote beyond bribe and through hard work. All the systems we are enjoying now had not become the law of the land and were still debated back in early 2000.
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FICA has never imagined the wealth of knowledge and understanding gained through the Discovery Trip (DT) programs. This week we will share the insight we learned from our first planned DT. We will continue to share these insights through this column every week.
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We were fortune enough to be able to spend Christmas with about 600 people without homes in 2001. These homeless people came from every corner of Jakarta. The celebration was held in Wisma Kinasih in Puncak, West Java. The venue was organized by Campus Diakonia Modern or KDM. In that day, we could see the faces behind the numbers we often read in the news. Their smiles melted our heart and blessed our soul. We felt that we were being ministered by them that day. They showed us the reality that life was hard and injustice was real.
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