Our Team & Network
WSCF Asia Pacific Regional Staff & Committee
Regional Staff
Regional Executives and Global Program Directors
Yowanda Yonggara
Yowanda is Presbyterian. She comes from a long journey that started in 2009 in the Indonesian Student Christian Movement (GMKI). Yowanda has a Master’s in Public Notary from the University of Pelita Harapan, Indonesia, and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Sam Ratulangi, Indonesia. Yowanda was appointed as the Regional Secretary of the WSCF Asia Pacific Region in January 2023 and is currently the WSCF global program coordinator for Democracy, Human Rights and Fundamentalisms.
Contact: yowanda@wscfasiapacific.org
Regional Office and Communication Assistant
Anastasia Hilda Mayora
Hilda is a Lutheran. She began participating in the Indonesian Student Christian Movement (GMKI) in 2019, during her first year studying law at Universitas Gadjah Mada. Hilda has been serving as a Regional Office and Communication Assistant since mid-2023. She is actively involved in helping the federation maintain good relations both internally and externally.
Contact: wscfap@wscfasiapacific.org
Regional Financial Officer
Leonardo Davinci Pakpahan
Leo is a Lutheran. During his term as the chairperson of the student executive board, he was actively involved in various campus activities in Yogyakarta, particularly advocating for issues related to social justice. He is a member of the Indonesian Student Christian Movement (GMKI). After obtaining his Bachelor of Management, he is currently assisting the federation as a Regional Financial Officer.
Contact: wscfapfinance@gmail.com
Standing Committee
Chairperson
Monika Biswas
Vice-chair
Manuel Simbolon
Member at Large
Joel Samuel
Member at Large
Tsao Tsai Hsun
Executive Committee Member
Timothy Pathum Kumarathunga
Executive Committee Member
Hnin Wai Thi Aung
Human Rights, Justice, and Peace Committee
Kjerrimyr R. Andres
Lagawng Sut Jai Aung
Anna Claudia
Remi
Women’s Committee
Shoptoka Pandey
Andrella Hutabarat
Ibatista Shylla
Tsao Tsai Hsun
Hnin Wai Thi Aung
Network of Student Christian Movement Senior Friends in the Asia Pacific (NESCAP)
Build a Network
Promote Regular Programs
Raise Awareness
Encourage Connection
Senior friends have been an integral part of the Student Christian Movements (SCMs) in the Asia-Pacific region. They have played an important role in the life of the SCMs. They have also been a great source of support, guidance and motivation to the SCMs in the region.
Most of the past and present leaders of the ecumenical movement have an SCM background and at some stage or the other they have played, and continue to play, the role of senior friends.
Even though the numbers of senior friends who continue to be part of the SCM and take active part in it are dwindling, a minority of them still continue to remain with it, which is encouraging. There is a need for locating and identifying senior friends in each country in the region to mobilize their support and make them interested in the SCM activities.
The SCMs are at a stage in its history where more and more support and encouragement from its former members, who are now senior friends, are needed, in terms moral, motivational and financial support. The support of the senior friends has become absolutely imperative to revitalize some of the SCMs in region and to sustain the continuity of the national SCM activities.
Very few attempts have been made so far to organize senior friends at a national and regional level. The World Student Christian Federation Asia Pacific Region has been aware of the need for highlighting the importance of senior friends in the life and work of the SCMs in the region. With this in mind, the WSCF-AP is taking the lead to set up a network of SCM senior friends, to be tentatively called, Network of Student Christian Movement Senior Friends in the Asia Pacific (NESCAP).