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Ketut Dadi, A Poor family in Br. Besakih Kawan, Besakih Village, Rendang, Karangasem

Date of visit: 2nd August 2018

Name: Ketut Dadi (M /32 years old)

Occupation: coffee stall seller

Address: Br. Besakih Kawan, Besakih Village, Rendang District, Karangasem Regency

Wife’s Name: Kadek Juniati (F / 27 years old)

Occupation: coffee stall seller

Contactable telephone number:

  • 0823-4033-0047 – Ketut Dadi
  • 0858-5754-2128 – Agus Astawa, BCC Volunteer in Rendang – Karangasem

Category: poor family

Update on August 26th, 2018; Ketut Dadi received mattress and pillow donation.

Update on May 13rd, 2019; Ketut Dadi economic condition is already good enough.

PHOTO

Ketut Dadi and his wife have 3 daughters:

  • Child I: Ni Putu Linda (F/ 11 years old / 5th grade elementary school)
  • Child II: Ni Komang Cika (F / 5 years old / not in school yet)
  • Child III: Ni Ketut Kaniya (F / 1.5 years)

Source of income:

  • Ketut Dadi and his wife owned a coffee stall, located in the west of Besakih Temple. They get income (net profit) around Rp. 20,000 per day.
  • He has not received rice-for-the-poor assistance (Raskin) from the government.

Cost of living:

  • Free children’s school fees. Pay clothes and book money once a year or if necessary.
  • Children school pocket money: Rp. 3,000 – 4,000 per day

Housing conditions: quite poor, the house is one with the stall.

  • Number of bedrooms: 1
  • Number of cots / beds: none, they sleep not wearing cots
  • Number of mattresses: none, they sleep on plastic carpet
  • The ground as floor
  • Walls from used sacks and used banners
  • Roof of tarpaulin
  • Electricity is there
  • There is no water, ask for water in Besakih Temple
  • Land status: government’s land

Your help to this family can be:

  • Mattresses and pillows
  • Basic needs or funds to buy daily necessities
  • Funding for children’s school fees/pocket money
  • Funding to add goods for the stall
  • Children bicycle assistance, children’s toys such as dolls and so on.
  • Children’s school supplies; bags, shoes, books and stationery
  • Funding for simple house construction

Here are some photos that we took.

House & coffee stall
House & coffee stall
House & coffee stall
House & coffee stall
House & coffee stall
House & coffee stall
Customer seats
Customer seats
Customer seats
Customer seats
Coffee stall
Coffee stall
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bed
Bed

Address: Br. Besakih Kawan, Besakih Village, Rendang District, Karangasem Regency
Coordinates: 8°22’26.4″S 115°26’55.5″E (View on Google Maps)

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