Made Seranti, a less-fortunate elderly in di Br. Tiying Seka, Desa Bebandem, Karangasem

Category: Elderly Living Alone, Karangasem

Date of visit: May 22nd, 2018

Name: Made Seranti (Male/around 80 years old)

Occupation: Farm labor

Address: Br. Tiying Seka, Desa Bebandem, Bebandem, Karangasem

Contact Person :

I Wayan Sudarsana (0852-3840-0091); BCC’s volunteer Karangasem Area
Made Suardita (0813-3864-9998); Chief of Tiying Seka sub-village

Category: less-fortunate elderly living alone

Bank Account: Bank BPD Bali, No.: 022 02.13.00149-3, Beneficiary: I Made Seranti

Regular donor:

IPW, 100.000 Rupiah per month starting August 2019
Kindly contact us should you wish to be a regular donor for him.

Update on March 5th, 2019; Made Seranti received housing assistance from BCC donor.

Made Seranti was married once, he divorced long time ago. They don’t have a child. He now lives alone in the middle of snake fruit farm.

Source of income:

Made Seranti works as farm labor at a snake fruit farm. During the harvest season, he could earn Rp. 250.000 (snake fruit harvest season only once a year). When the time comes to harvest the coconut, he could earn Rp. 150.000 (every two months). To make the ends meet, he sells wood fire with the income of Rp. 5.000 per day.
He received affordable rice program (Raskin) from the government. He receives 30 kgs of rice every 6 months from the government.

House condition: not in a good condition, small house with small bed. His house located in the middle of snake fruit farm, could be reached by walking 200 meters.