Kadek Suarsana, an Underprivileged Family in Pejarakan Village, Buleleng

Date of visit: 8 October 2020

Name: Kadek Suarsana (M / 27 years old)

Occupation: farmer, odd jobs worker

Address: Dusun Pejarakan, Pejarakan Village, Gerokgak District, Buleleng Regency

Wife’s Name: Luh Pita Lilik Kumala Dewi (Female / 26 years old)

Occupation: housewife

Contact number:

0821-4625-2240 – Kadek Suarsana
0853-3360-3315 – Made Wiradnya; BCC Volunteer for the Buleleng area

Category: underprivileged family

Bank Account: Bank BRI No.: 4754-01-009540-53-7 Beneficiary: Kadek Suarsana

Permanent Donors:

Balipockets Jannis Buck, Rp. 150.000 per month starting September 2023
Please contact us if you wish to become a regular donor for him.

Update on February 27th, 2022; Kadek Suarsana has received new house assistance.

Update on June 26 2022; Kadek Suarsana has received mattress, pillow and cupboard assistance.

Update on 26 December 2023; posted at the bottom of this page.

Kadek Suarsana and his wife have 2 children:

First Child: F / 7 years old/ grade 2 elementary school
Second child: M / 2 years old / not yet in school

The location of the first child’s school is quite close to their house, the child goes to school on foot.

Source of income:

Kadek Suarsana works as a rainfed-farm farmer, he works on the government land. In a year harvest time only once – during the rainy season, during the dry season he cannot grow crops, no plants can grow. There is income if there is a harvest once a year, last year the harvest failed, “even the capital to buy seeds did not return,” he said. He has not ever enjoyed a harvest yet because he just learned farming for a year – and last year the harvest failed.
If there is a job opportunity, he also works odd jobs; chilli picking worker, transport worker, etc., with a wage of Rp. 90,000 per day, but since the Covid-19 Pandemic, it has been 2 months since he didn’t get any job.
His wife works as a housewife looking after the children at home.
To get additional income they raise 3 cows and 2 pigs belonging to their neighbors.
He has not received rice for the poor (Raskin) from the government.

Cost of living:

Free school tuition for the first child. Pay clothing and book fees once a year or if necessary.
Pocket money for the first child: Rp. 2,000/day. However, “if I don’t have money, I can’t give my child pocket money” he said.

House conditions:

Number of bedrooms: 1
Number of cots / beds: 1
Number of mattresses: 1
Another room: kitchen
The ground as the floor
Walls of woven bamboo
Asbestos roof
There is electricity, get it from a neighbor’s house
There is water, ask from a neighbor’s house
Land status: owned by grandfather

Your assistance to this family can be in the form of:

Groceries or funds to buy daily necessities
Funding assistance for children’s school fees / pocket money
Bicycle assistance or children’s toys
Children’s school supplies; bags, shoes, books and stationery
Cow / pig livestock assistance
Funds for building a simple house

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for donors who wish to visit / provide assistance to him.

Here are some photos we took.