Date of visit: 2nd August 2018
Name: Nengah Kawi (M / 28 years old)
Occupation: grass sickle worker
Address: Br. Geliang, Pempatan Village, Rendang District, Karangasem Regency
Name of Wife: Ketut Tunas (F / 21 years old)
Occupation: farm labor / odd jobs
Contactable telephone number:
- 0819-1332-0930 –Nengah Kawi.
- 0858-5754-2128 – Agus Astawa, BCC Volunteer in Rendang – Karangasem
Category: poor family
Bank Account: Bank BPD Bali, No.: 051 02.02.80871-6 Beneficiary: I Nengah Kawi
Regular Donors:
- Balipockets Edward Karssen helps with school supplies costs, starting February 2021
- Please contact us if you want to be a regular donor for Nengah Kawi.
Update on August 18th, 2018; Nengah Kawi received electricity installation from BCC.
Update on November 23rd, 2019; His daughter Ni Wayan Reni received bicycle assistance.
Update on December 11th, 2019; Nengah Kawi received mattress and pillow assistance.
Update on December 17, 2021; view updates at the bottom of this page.

Nengah Kawi and his wife have 3 children;
- Child I: Ni Wayan Reni (F / 10 years / 4th grade elementary school)
- Child II: I Kadek Mertayasa (M / 7 years / 2nd grade elementary school)
- Child III: I Komang Suardana (M / 2 years)
The children’s school (SD 2 Besakih) is close to their house.
Source of income:
- Nengah Kawi and his wife work together as grass sickle laborers for cow food. They get a salary of Rp. 50,000 – 80,000 per day / two, they can work as much as 15-18 times a month.
- He gets 8 kg of rice-for-the-poor assistance (Raskin) from the government every 1-2 months.
Cost of living:
- Free children’s school fees. Pay clothes and book money once a year or if necessary.
- Children pocket money: Rp. 5,000 per child per day
Condition of the house: the location of the house on the side of the village road.
- Number of bedrooms: 1
- Number of cots / beds: 2
- Number of mattresses: 2
- The ground as the floor
- The walls made of brick and woven bamboo which are covered with used cloth
- Asbestos roof
- Other room: kitchen
- There is no electricity
- There is no water, looking for water in a spring
- Land status: owned
Your help to this family can be:
- Basic needs or funds to buy daily necessities
- Funding for children’s school fees/pocket money
- Child bicycle assistance, children’s toys etc.
- Children’s school supplies; bags, shoes, books and stationery
- Cattle assistance
- Funding to renovate houses (floors / walls)
- Electric connection assistance
- Funding to open a stall, because of the location of his house on the edge of the village road
Here are some photos that we took.
Address: Br. Geliang, Pempatan Village, Rendang District, Karangasem Regency
Coordinates: 8°21’37.9″S 115°26’15.6″E (View on Google Maps)
Update on December 17, 2021
On December 17, 2021, we visited Nengah Kawi at his house. Some updates are as follows:
- Nengah Kawi’s phone number: 0812-3791-6558
- Child I: Ni Wayan Reni (F/13 years old), telephone: 0857-8464-6956
- Child II: I Kadek Mertayasa (M / 11 years old / 5th grade)
- Child III: I Komang Suardana (M/6 years old/kindergarten)
- Bank account: active
- Nengah Kawi has built a new house with 1 bedroom measuring 2m x 3m
Here’s the documentation.











