Makara is launching a new initiative: the YUYU River Expeditions. YUYU River expeditions are organized to inspire and connect upstream communities to protect their rivers from pollution.

WaduLink - women along the Brantas River turn the riverbank into a green public space by creating botanical gardens. They stem from a broad movement of women's groups along the river.

Indonesian students are researching what riverine communities living along the river Brantas in East Java think about river pollution and how that affects them: their health, their food and their livelihoods.

These students set out to collect water samples from the Brantas River. In the water laboratory of the Indonesian NGO Inspirasi, they search for plankton with a microscope.

Brantas XOXO - the interactive expo on plastic kicked off in Gresik and Sidoarjo, East Java. It informs about the plastic waste in the river and inspires to take action. Brantas XOXO will travel to upstream villages along the river.

Last Monday, 14-year old Aeshnina Azzahra Aqilan (Nina), handed over a letter to  Barbara Visser, the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water, asking her to stop plastic waste exports to Indonesia. 

The Tambak Wedi river has turned all fluffy and white in this coastal neighbourhood in Surabaya, reminding the university students who research the river water of pure snow.

Last Saturday, the KALI SURABAYA DETECTIVE SCHOOL 2020 program was launched. Again an inspiring example of Inspirasi's unique approach in enabling children to protect their river.

We recently launched YUYU. A project that warms our heart because it stems from the shared appreciation of Makara and NorthernLight for the great work of Ecoton in Indonesia

Makara and Dutch creative agency NorthernLight are launching a new initiative: YUYU.