| Trauma Aid requests donations for Totok Widayanto |
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Masters Degree for Totok Widayanto Totok Widayanto is a young Indonesian psychologist and trauma therapist. He was born in 1982 as the fifth of six children in Sidomukti Brondong in Eastern Java. His father is a fisherman, his mother died when he was seven years old. After finishing secondary school Totok studied psychology at Universitas Indonesia (UI) in Jakarta and did his B.A. in 2006. He worked with drug addicts for a while and joined the Aceh Tsunami Project of Trauma Aid right from its inception in 2007. At present he works in the small port city of Meulaboh/Aceh as a staff member of the Mekong Project. Totok is married and has one daughter.Totok Widayanto has successfully completed his training as an EMDR-therapist and has moreover already become a supervisor while still undergoing further training. To become an EMDR-Trainer himself he has to have an academic M.A. degree. He lacks the financial resources to achieve this degree because of his social background and since he has to support not only his own family but also the education of a younger brother. Trauma Aid requests therefore donations to help Totok along with his academic degree. The course will take 3 years and the required budget amounts to ca. 4000 €. Donations are welcome to the following account: Trauma Aid-Spendenkonto 214 00 3121, Sparkasse Duisburg (BLZ 350 500 00), keyword: Totok. In the meantime Totok enrolled at the Mercu Buana University in Yogyakarta/Java. The fees for enrolling and the first semester amounted to 692 Euros.Trauma Aid was able to pay for that – many thanks to the donors. While taking the course Totok will continue to work for the Mekong Project. We will report here on Totok’s progress. We thank all donors. |
