Thank you.

We are hoping the government could push a revolution that requires all the fishing vessels to have WiFi that allow us to stay connected with our families.

When we are working on the high seas, usually, the employer gave us two days or three days off in a month. We want these two days or three days for us to be able to use our communication to stay connected to our families, to reduce our stress, and ...

When we are going abroad to war, going overseas to war, we are expecting to have a better life for us and for our families. Oftentimes, when we are not able to communicate with our families, we cannot discuss of what is happening, or what do they need, or how ...

We are not able to oversee all of these when we are on the high seas because the issue of communication and information.

One of the most significant thing that affect our families are the information. We are not able to get information how is our families doing at home, how the families manage our salaries. Are they able to get proper food, or are the agencies paying our salaries on time?

I have a quite long experience since 2001, working on Taiwan-flag fishing vessels in different countries. Sometimes, the vessels are in Mauritius, in Fiji, or other countries.

My name is Sharoni from PPI Pemalang Community, also under FOSPI leadership. I want to share my own experience.

Thank you.

This is what I want to share here, because it’s happening to me.

We are requesting government attention our WiFi, reducing our stress when we’re on the fishing ground on the high seas, but also assisting us to stay connected with our families back home.

My own experience, I divorce with my wife because we are not able to communicate properly for almost more than two years.

When we are working on the high seas in the fishing ground, sometimes we work there for a year, sometimes more than a year, and without communication with our families, it’s affecting our life.

I want to share my own experience, not just the story, but my own experience years ago why WiFi is important for us, because communication is influencing our life. Not just my own life, but my whole family’s life.

He has been working on Taiwan fishing vessel for 15 years, so 5 years on local fishing or domestic fishing and 10 years in longline fishing.

His name is Nofian Kubalang, worker leader under FOSPI located in Donggang.

His name is Sharoni. He’s the leader of PPI Pemalang communities, also under FOSPI.

He’s Nofian Kubalang. He’s the leader of Pingtung regional communities and of FOSPI in Donggang. FOSPI is Indonesian seafarers gathering forum in Donggang, which has around 2,300 members. Under FOSPI leadership, there are 12 regional communities. These two are the leader of two regional communities.