On November 22nd, 2008, Oxfam joined a national event called “The Pesta Blogger“. This event was organised by Maverick, and sponsored by USA Embassy, Telkom Indonesia, Speedy, My Pulau, Microsoft, Oxfam, Toyota and many more.
This was a second largest gathering for bloggers from throughout Indonesia and the theme of this year was “Blogging for Society”. The event itself was held at BPPT Auditorium, Jakarta, served as a social get-together for bloggers to meet each other face to face and to share common interest.
The event was opened by the Indonesian Minister of Research and Technology, Mr. Kusmayanto Kadiman and followed by the opening speeches from The Indonesian Minister of Communication and Information and Minister of Cultural and Tourism, Mr Jero Wacik.
This year Pesta Blogger attracted the participation of more than 1000 bloggers and blogger’s communities from throughout Indonesia.
During the opening discussion with Minister of Research and Technology, Oxfam shared the experience on how we have used Oxfam’s Indonesia blog to promote our works to end poverty in many areas in Indonesia and how our works have made impacts in Indonesian society.
From left to right: Enda Nasution (moderator), Sofwan Manaf (Blogger Pesantren), Yudhis Sudarsono (Tunas Cendikia Organisation), Josephine Imelda (Oxfam), Kusmayanto Kadiman (Minister of Research & Technology), Amril Gobel (Angin Mamiri Organisation), Indra Utoyo (Telkom)
Besides participated in the discussion, Oxfam also opened a small booth which serves as information center during the event.
