Mohamad Al-Arief, President, IndonesiaN Diaspora Network Global
We're an asset and part of the extended nation

Mohamad Al-Arief has lived in Washington, D.C., USA, for the past 10 years, as a senior officer at the World Bank headquarters. Despite frequent travels to more than 50 countries, as part of his job, his heart remains in his home country, Indonesia. Arief, who is also president of the Indonesian Diaspora Network (IDN) Global, continuously thinks of ways he and other members of the Indonesian diaspora can contribute to the nation.

He figures one way would be to convene the hundreds of thousands of other Indonesians living overseas at the 3rd Congress of Indonesian Diaspora on August 12-14 in Jakarta. "We are garnering our collective efforts to discuss on how we can share our expertise and experience," he said.

August 11, 2015