Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta

Founded in 1998, Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta is a non-governmental organisation based in Palangka Raya, Indonesia working on community development, environment & climate, education.

Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta (YTS) is a community development foundation founded in 1998 and based in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. It works to build an enabling environment for sustainable and equitable development in the province, with a focus on mining-affected and upriver communities, including Dayak and mixed indigenous and immigrant communities. Its work spans environmental management, particularly reducing mercury use in artisanal gold mining, village governance, livelihoods such as agriculture, aquaculture and rubber, capacity building for local government, and research for development in forestry, land use and minerals. YTS works with government, civil society, businesses and funding agencies through participatory approaches, and runs an educational scholarship programme for disadvantaged children. The foundation was established in cooperation with upriver villages and has roots in the Subud community.