Fruit From Afar
By Yoga Aprillianno dan IrwantjaIn conjunction with International Firefighters' Day, Pantau Gambut is organizing a short story competition with the theme "Women from Burning Land." In collaboration with Fire Play, we aim to shift the stigma of women as merely "supplementary" in every effort to extinguish forest and peatland fires. Without intervention, this stigma will have detrimental effects if it persists. Not only will the duties of firefighters in the field be hindered, but women in areas affected by forest and peatland fires will also be left powerless and dependent on men.
After several stages of judging, three short stories have been selected, with the best work authored by Hera Yulita.
Everyone can play a role in the efforts to prevent and extinguish peatland fires. For us, it is the fire of the peatland fires that must be extinguished, not the flame of women's spirit!
To read the top 3 short stories, you can download them through the following document!