Our Team & Networks
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 Program Secretary & Movement Building Coordinator
Anastasia Hilda Mayora
Hilda is a Lutheran from Indonesia and a member of GMKI. Her journey in the student Christian Movement began in 2019 during her legal studies at Universitas Gadjah Mada. Since joining the federation in 2023, she has been accompanying SCMs across the Asia-Pacific region in strengthening movement life, nurturing young leaders, and deepening regional solidarity. She believes in the power of student movements to cultivate critical faith, foster solidarity, and inspire collective action for a more just and peaceful world.
Contact: wscfap@wscfasiapacific.org
Regional General Affairs & Finance
Arinta Gita Maharani Batara. R
Arinta is a Calvinist. She graduate from Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat Teologi Jakarta (STFT Jakarta), where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Theology. She is also a member of Student Christian Movement (GMKI), where she has been involved in student and ecumenical movements. Arinta has been serving as Regional General Affairs & Finance since May 2026.
Contact: office@wscfasiapacific.org
Standing Committee
Chairperson
Robert John Tulip
(Australia)
Vice-chair
Jessica Esther Warouw
Member at Large
Robinson David
Member at Large
Naw Wine Mayble
(Myanmar)
Executive Committee Member
Tsao, Tsai-Hsun (Jacquelyn)
(Taiwan)
Executive Committee Member
Timothy Pathum Kumarathunga
(Sri Lanka)
Human Rights, Justice, and Peace Committee
Daisy Roy
(Bangladesh)
Saw Moe Eh Doh Htoon (Crystal)
Bima Satya Prawiranegara
(Indonesia)
Larihun Lyngdoh
(India)
Women’s Committee
Lucy Katherine Jarasius
(Australia)
Renny Rosa Rahabav
Manjulie Vaiphei
Tsao, Tsai-Hsun (Jacquelyn)
(Taiwan)
Naw Wine Mayble
(Myanmar)
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).