Bali Caring Community

Ketut Karang, poor elderly at Br. Bau Kawan, Nawa Kerti Village, Abang, Karangasem

Date of visit: 6 October 2016

Name: I Ketut Karang (M, 63 y/o)

Occupation: barber, shoe repairman

Address: Br. Bau Kawan, Nawa Kerti Village, Abang District, Karangasem Regency

Contact number:

  • 0852-3714-5166, Oka; nephew
  • 0852-3776-6766, Mr. Wayan Putu; Nawa Kerti Village Chief

Category: poor elderly

If you want to be their permanent contributor, we will create bank account under their name, so you can contribute directly to them.

BIG

I Ketut Karang live alone, her spouse already died, and he has 2 children:

  1. 1st daugther: Married, live with her husband
  2. 2nd son: have not married, live in Denpasar, work as shop keeper

Income source:

  • He work as barber and also shoe repairman. Not stable income, depends on barber or shoe repair service inquiry from people nearby.
  • 2nd son just work at Denpasar as shop keeper,”He has low wage, sometimes it’s not enough for him”.
  • He gets rice subside for the poor from Government around 5-10 kg per month and takes care several chickens.

House condition :

  • Bedroom: 1
  • Bed: 1 
  • Bedding: None, use plastic covering
  • Other room : Kitchen
  • Floor from soil and cement
  • Waal from bamboo, cover with fabric and banner left over
  • Asbestos roof
  • With electricity
  • No fresh water source, gets from the river
  • Land status : owned, 200 m2

You support to I Ketut Karang can be:

  • Mattress and pillow
  • Daily living need or funds to buy food stock, or funds to repair his floor.

Some photos we took :

House
House
House
House
House
House
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bed
Bed
Kitchen
Kitchen

Below please find a video documentation which we took on 6 October 2016.

Address: Br. Bau Kawan, Nawa Kerti Village, Abang District, Karangasem Regency
Coordinates: 8°22’33.4″S 115°35’14.5″E (View on Google Maps)

 

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