The name Japara is derived from an aboriginal dreamtime story, it means "lightpoint in the darkness".
An aboriginal dreamtime story When the world began there was neither warmth nor light. Aborigines searched for their food in the dark and ate it raw because they did not yet have fire to cook it. One day Purukupalu (the first man in the world) was rubbing wooden sticks together with his friend Japara to see what was going to happen. Then they discovered fire! Purukupalu realised that this would give them light and heat and something to cook with. He gave a blazing bark torch to his sister Wuriupranala and a smaller one to Japara. He told them that whatever happened they must keep their torches alight.
When the period of creation came to an end and the mythological people were transformed into creatures, plants and natural forces Wuriupranala became the Sun-woman and Japara became the Moon-man. In the morning, when the Sun-woman rises in the east with her torch of blazing bark the Aborigines leave their camps to hunt in its light. In the evening the Moon-man, Japara, with the smaller torch, makes his journey across the sky to overcome the darkness of the night.
About Japara
Japara is an advisory service specialising in providing personnel and training at management level. It was founded in 1998 by Cynthia Mone and Rolf van Gelder, who after completing high school, obtained degrees in Human Resources and Management at Leiden University. In addition Cynthia is a Master and Trainer in Human Linguistic Psychology, certified by the American Board of NLP
Between them they have 25 years experience in their particular areas of expertise. In regard to Cynthia this is in training people and for Rolf the broader spectrum of Personnel & Organisational Development. Cynthia has worked as senior trainer/development manager and management consultant in several companies and Rolf as an organisational adviser in Personnel and Development up to and including the level of director.
Due to their qualifications and expertise both are capable of a rapid analysis of a situation and are able to instigate solutions to problems with lasting results. The desired outcome is that, after a short period of intervention, the client manages independently.
Japara uses a part of its profits for
projects in developing countries.
