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Wayan Gobyah, Underprivileged Elderly in Wongaya Gede Village, Penebel, Tabanan Regency

Visited: 12 April 2017

Name: I Wayan Gobyah (M/70-ish Yo)

Occupation: farmer

Address: Br. Bendul, Wongaya Gede village, Penebel, Tabanan Regency

Sister: Ni Ketut Nyondri (F/70-ish)

Occupation: Making porosan (Hindu type of offering but very simple)

Contact numbers:

  • 0859-3539-3999, Wayan Darmayasa; Local government body in Wongaya Gede
  • 0822-4746-3663, Ni Made Ayu Suastuti; Volunteer BCC for Tabanan
  • 0812-3866-6165, I Wayan Mediastra; Babinkamtibmas (local government body in Wongaya Gede)
  • 0852-5308-1728, I Gede Putu Suparta Wijaya; Babinsa (local government body in Wongaya Gede)

Category: Underprivileged elderly 

Bank Account: Bank BRI Tabanan, No.: 4781-01-006723-53-1, Beneficiary.: I Wayan Gobyah

Regular Donor:

  1. NS, 100.000 Rupiah per month starting May 2021 – September 2022
  2. Please contact us if you would like to be a regular sponsor

Update on 15 November 2021; Wayan Gobyah is still quite healthy, while his younger sister; Ni Ketut Nyondri has passed away. We posted his recent photo at the bottom of this page.

Update on 6 September 2022; they’re both dead.

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I Wayan Gobyah lives with his sister, Ni Ketut Nyondri, both I Wayan Gobyah and Ni Ketut Nyondri are not married . They are 5 brothers/sisters; 1 has died, 2 had married , 2 are unmarried (I Wayan Gobyah & Ni Ketut Nyondri). Both are not fit and unwell (suffer rheumatism), Ni Ketut Nyondri also has bad eye sights.

Source of income:

  • I Wayan Gobyah works as farmer, he gets his income during harvest season only which is once every 6 monthly.
  • His sister Ni Ketut Nyondri Making porosan (Hindu type of offering but very simple)with maximum income Rp. 100.000 per month.
  • They receive a government rice subsidy (Raskin) 15 kg per month but has to pay Rp. 24.000.

Home Condition: located on the east of the townhall (Balai Banjar ) Banjar Bendul.

  • Bed rooms: 1
  • Beds: 1
  • Mattress: none
  • Floor: cement
  • Wall: Earth soil, east side is about 20 cm tilting
  • Roof: tile 
  • Electricity: no
  • Water: no, from the banjar
  • Land status : owned

You can help by donating:

  • Mattress & pillows
  • Food (rice and basic food) or cash donation to buy food every day.
  • Cash for renovating their home
  • Cerosine lamps or torch , battery operating radio etc because they do not have electricity access
  • Help them getting electricity access/installation

Below some photographs:

House
House
House
House
Slopping wall
Sloping wall
Bed
Bed
Inside the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Kitchen
Kitchen

Below please find a video documentation which we took on April 12nd, 2017.

Address: Br. Bendul, Wongaya Gede village, Penebel, Tabanan Regency
Coordinates: 8°23’28.9″S 115°06’49.8″E (View on Google Maps)

Update on 15 November 2021

On November 15, 2021, we visited him at his house. Here’s some documentation.

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