Stasi Santa Maria Karunia Bakti Church / Studio Lawang

The project is located at Mengkait Island, Kepulauan Anambas Regency, in the Province of Riau Islands.  To get there, one can fly from Batam to Letung, then take a small ferry to Tarempa, and finally a boat to the remote island.  It was Studio Lawang’s first collaboration with Jala Kasih, a non-profit online crowdfunding platform by Vinea Dei Foundation. Oang Laot, the indigenous people of Mengkait are fishermen.  They rely on the ocean as their source of income.  The ocean surrounding the island is exceptionally beautiful with its clear water and rich variety of fish which include the Humphead Wrasse, commonly known as Napoleon Fish.