Educating Indonesia

The art and science industries in Indonesia have combined forces to help educate Indonesia on issues at the heart of social development with the House of Natural fibers foundation.

Honf, based in Yogyakarta Java, Indonesia, works as a vessel to bring artists and scientists together to solve some of Indonesia’s biggest technology development challenges in sectors such as health and the environment.

“Indonesia is hindered by inadequate infrastructure and improper use of technology. We want to use art and science to educate people to use technology in better ways,” said Irene Agrivine who along with Vincensius Christiawan and Tommy Surya established the Honf Foundation in 1999 following the fall of suharto’s authoritarian New Order regime, and as the freedom of information and technology era began.