{"id":1127,"date":"2018-06-28T07:31:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T07:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torajamelo.com\/?p=373"},"modified":"2025-05-19T19:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:01:45","slug":"toraja-melo-our-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/toraja-melo-our-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"TORAJAMELO our achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SINCE 2011?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOW! Time has gone so fast\u2026.my last blog was on July 7, 2011 on \u201cToraja Funeral Convoy\u201d! \u00a0Now here I am, sitting in my son\u2019s lounge in Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. At last I have some rest and can write a few sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, since we started the TORAJAMELO social enterprise in 2008, we have been very busy! \u00a0To tell you the truth, had I known, that it would be this busy and this complicated, I don\u2019t think I would have dared to even think about it! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me share with you the highlight of our achievements so far&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IN THE WEAVING COMMUNITY<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buying regularly from 40-100 weavers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becoming one of, if not the biggest buyer of \u00a0Sa\u2019dan Torajan weaving<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishing \u2018mini fair trade\u2019 system<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informal training on color, quality and motifs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inviting representatives of weavers to exhibitions in Jakarta<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting scholarship program for weavers\u2019 children\/grandchildren<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With BNI (Bank Negara Indonesia \u2013 one of the biggest national banks in Indonesia), starting a community development program with a formal survey towards a micro-credit pre-cooperative establishment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IN THE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having a professional in-house designer (Nina Jusuf)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working with several professional fashion designers (Sedjati, Dina Midiani)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working with several workshops in Jakarta and Jogja to produce good quality hand-bags, sandals and clothes<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awareness Campaign:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being invited to numerous discussions\/talk-shows to share experience as a social entrepreneur, i.e. Indonesian Heritage Society, Indonesia Fashion Week 2012, Femina Women Entrepreneur Workshop in Makassar 2012, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being interviewed by numerous magazines, newspapers, TV stations, electronic media including Jakarta Post, Jakarta Globe, Pesona Magazine, Kompas, MetroTV, SCTV, TransTV, Kompasiana.com, TorajaCyberNews.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizing the first ever Toraja weaving exhibition at the Jakarta Textile Museum and publishing the supporting book\/catalog with the support of BNI titled \u201cUntannun Kameloan\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becoming part of the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism &amp; Creative Economy for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Program of taking local culture to become international fashion trend (starting with Toraja)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Program to rejuvenate batik (starting with Toraja batik ma\u2019a\u2019 and sarita)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Program to develop a guideline on Indonesian Traditional Costumes (Busana Adat Nasional)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing\/Sales:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishing a shop\/office in Kemang, an expatriate area in Jakarta<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishing several outlets in Jakarta, including in Alun-Alun in Grand Indonesia, Pendopo in Bumi Serpong Damai, Gallery Cikini, Koi Caf\u00e9 &amp; Gallery in Kemang, Jakarta Bikram Yoga, SMESCO (Small and Medium Enterprice Companies) gallery, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attending numerous trade fairs\/bazaars in Jakarta since end of 2009, including Inacraft, Women International Club Bazaar, etc<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being sponsored by several Government Ministries (Ministry of Tourism &amp; Creative Economy, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Cooperative and Small Enterprise) to join their fairs in Jakarta, i.e. Trade Expo Indonesia, The Exhibition of Creative Product, etc<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being sponsored by the Ministry of Trade to attend International Trade Fairs in Bangkok, Tokyo, Los Angeles and San Francisco<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and since 2011 regularly sell products in Japan (Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being chosen as one of Indonesian Icon Products during the Trade Expo Indonesia 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along the way, we have been meeting angels who help us and lately, some devils have started to appear\u2026to hinder our journey, BUT that is another story.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2011? WOW! Time has gone so fast\u2026.my last blog was on July 7, 2011 on \u201cToraja Funeral Convoy\u201d! \u00a0Now here I am, sitting in my son\u2019s lounge in Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. At last I have some rest and can write a few sentences. Well, since we started the TORAJAMELO social enterprise in 2008, we have been very busy! \u00a0To tell you the truth, had I known, that it would be this busy and this complicated, I don\u2019t think I would have dared to even think about it! Let me share with you the highlight of our achievements so far&#8230; IN THE WEAVING COMMUNITY \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Buying [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-stories"],"blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cover-Katalog-Toraja-nj-cropped-sept-7-2012-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"full":["https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cover-Katalog-Toraja-nj-cropped-sept-7-2012.jpg",320,305,false]},"categories_names":{"35":{"name":"News \/ Updates","link":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/category\/news\/"},"34":{"name":"Stories","link":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/category\/stories\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2104,"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions\/2104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torajamelo.digitechvault.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}