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Father James Casper & Father Aegi Warsito Tangible Deliverables Twenty dollars covers the cost of treating one person in the RSMitra (hospital) for malaria where the individual is kept for two days. Fifty dollars covers the cost of keeping a farmer for one week at the agricultural training centre where farmers learn to grow rice and other crops. There was no tradition of growing crops since people lived off the forest; as they become more urbanized they depend on expensive imported food. Competitiveness & Efficiency of the Delivery System Our community works out of three parishes in Timika, with a view to helping the population of the jungle villages. The team works with a threefold objective: education, which includes the establishment of a centre for the training of teachers, agricultural instruction and health care. Financial Efficiency Our people are there on a strictly volunteer basis. That is the way our religious community operates. All of our salaries, financial gifts that we receive, and so on go into a common fund. In return the community gives us what we need to live on. Accountability to Clients & Investors The Priests of the Sacred Heart numbers about 2300 members and we are located in over 30 countries. Every region is accountable to our central administration in Rome. The Canadian region is currently assisting our community in the Indonesian Province with the West Papua project. Contributions earmarked for the West Papua Mission are sent directly to the Provincial Superior who ultimately supervises the team. Financial statements as well as progress reports are prepared monthly. Commitment and Plans to Achieve Sustainable Results The poorly paid Papuans are showing signs of a population under stress with little hope for the future. For example, alcoholism is on the rise among them and the HIV rate is unusually high in comparison to the rest of the country. Moreover, the cost of living is very high because everything is imported. A kilo of rice which is 5,000 rupia in Jakarta is 15,000 rupia in West Papua. Our goal is to teach the local people to grow rice and other crops and make them selfsufficient. Volunteerism/Recruitment The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart was founded by the Venerable Leo John Dehon, SCJ, in France in 1878. We are pastors in urban and rural parishes. We are involved in teaching, counseling, chaplaincies, and social justice concerns. We are engaged in seminary education and religious formation. In all that we do and to all whom we serve, we strive to bring the love of the Heart of Jesus.
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