Date of visit: 2nd August 2018
Name: Ketut Merta (M / 29 years old)
Occupation: odd jobs (transport workers, road project workers, etc.)
Address: Br. Besakih Kawan, Besakih Village, Rendang District, Karangasem Regency
Name of wife: Ni Nyoman Lada (F / 30 years old)
Occupation: odd jobs
Contactable telephone number:
- 0852-37769-337 – Ketut Merta.
- 0858-5754-2128 – Agus Astawa, BCC Volunteer in Rendang – Karangasem
Category: poor family
Bank Account: Bank BRI, No.: 4610-01-001700-52-7, Beneficiary: I Ketut Merta
Permanent Donors:
- Please contact us if you want to be a regular donor for Ketut Merta.
Update on August 18th, 2018; Ketut Merta received electricity installation from BCC.
Update on May 28th, 2020; Ketut Merta has received housing assistance.
Update on January 11, 2022; view updates at the bottom of this page.
Ketut Merta and his wife have 1 daughter; Ni Putu Juniasih (F/2.5 years old). Still in one yard where he lives, live his siblings with their own families.
Source of income:
- Ketut Merta works odd jobs; transport workers, road project workers, etc., depending on the work available. He gets a salary of Rp. 75,000 – 80,000 per day, he can work 8-10 times a month.
- His wife also works odd jobs with a salary of Rp. 50,000 – 60,000 per day, she can work 8-10 times a month.
- He has not received rice-for-the-poor assistance (Raskin) from the government.
Housing conditions: access to the location of the house must use a motorcycle (uphill dirt road).
- Number of bedrooms: 1
- Number of cots / beds: 1
- Number of mattresses: 1
- Cement floor
- The walls of brick and woven bamboo which are covered with used sacks
- Asbestos roof
- The kitchen and the bed in one room
- There is no electricity
- Well water
- Land status: owned
Your help to this family can be:
- Basic needs or funds to buy daily necessities
- Children bicycles or children’s toys
- Cattle assistance
- Funding for renovating house (walls / ceilings), or making kitchens
- Electric connection assistance
Here are some photos that we took.
Address: Br. Besakih Kawan, Besakih Village, Rendang District, Karangasem Regency
Coordinates: 8°21’44.3″S 115°26’43.5″E (View on Google Maps)
Update on January 11, 2022
On January 11, 2022, we visited Ketut Merta at his house. Some updates are as follows:
- Ketut Merta’s phone number: 0813-3976-8893
- Daughter; Ni Putu Juniasih (F/5 years old)
- Bank account: active
Here’s the documentation.
