Date of Visit: October 3rd, 2017
Name: I Nengah Tama / Nengah Pait (Male/43 years old)
Occupation: brick making worker, casual worker
Address: Br. Dinas Timbul, Desa Bungaya, Bebandem, Karangasem
Spouse’s Name: Nyoman Kerta (Female/42 years old)
Occupation: brick making worker
Contact Number:
- 0852-3905-0377 – I Nengah Tama
- 0821-4755-9595, I Gede Yatha Wisnawa, BCC’s volunteer in Karangasem area
Category: Less fortunate family
Bank Account: Bank BRI Unit Bebandem, No.: 4608-01-000927-52-3, Beneficiary: Ni Nym Kerta
Regular Donor:
- Please contact us if you would like to become a regular donor.
I Nengah Tama and his wife have 4 children:
- First child: I Gede Yasa (Male/22 years old), studied until 4th grade only, he works as a construction worker in Denpasar
- Second child: I Nengah Merta (Male/18 years old/8th grade), quit school for a while
- Third child: I Komang Tunas (Male/16 years old/9th grade)
- Fourth child: Ni Ketut Rianti (Female/9 years old/3rd Grade)
The distance from their house to the elementary and junior high school is about 400-500 meter, all of them going to school walking.
Source of Income:
- I Nengah Tama and his wife work as brick making worker. They earn Rp. 50.000 each person per day, in a month they could work 20 times each person during the dry season.
- During the rainy season when brick making work sometimes not available, he sometimes works as a casual worker/ construction worker depends on what kind of job available, meanwhile his wife works to make tamas (ceremony material) for sale.
- To get extra income, they also raise some chickens.
- The family also receive low priced rice through Raskin program from the government. They get 15 kgs of rice per month at a cost of Rp. 24.000.
Living Cost:
- School Fee is free. Uniform fee and books expenses paid once a year or only when necessary.
- Children pocket money: Rp. 5.000 – 10.000 per child per day
House Condition:
- Bedroom: 2
- Bed base: 3
- Bed: 3
- Floor: No floor
- Wall made of wood sheet and bamboo woven. Some part of the wall is covered with corrugated iron and used banner.
- Corrugated iron roof
- Another room: kitchen
- Electricity available
- Water available from the village
- Land ownership: owned by relatives
Below are the things you can give to them should you wish to help:
- Food supplies or funds to buy daily needs
- Funds for school needs/children pocket money
- Bicycle for the children
- School supplies; bag, shoes, books and stationery
- Funds to help building a simple house
Here are some pictures that we took.
Address: Br. Dinas Timbul, Desa Bungaya, Bebandem, Karangasem
Coordinates: 8°27’28.2″S 115°34’49.7″E (View on Google Maps)
@Pennie Beatson. This family does not have a bank account yet, we’ll take Nengah Tama to the bank to make one. We’ll keep you updated via email. Thank you.
I would like to support this family with $10 month for 1 year.