Bali Caring Community

Putu Intan Agustina, an orphan in Br. Bucang, Sakti Village, Nusa Penida

Date of visit: May 10th, 2017

Name: Ni Putu Intan Agustina (Female/8 years old/1st grade)

Address: Banjar Bucang, Sakti Village, Nusa Penida District, Klungkung Regency

Grandmother’s name: Ni Made Seruji / Men Gari (Female/around 80 years old)

Occupation: Farmer

Contact persons:

  • 0852-5373-1022; Head of Cemulik Sub-Villages, Ketut Sutama
  • 0812-3653-5261; BCC Volunteer for Nusa Penida area, Wayan Urip

Category: Orphan

Bank Account Number: Bank BRI unit Batununggul Semarapura, No.: 4745-01-013734-53-5, beneficiary: Ni Ketut Sepin QQ Ni Putu Intan Agustina. *Ni Ketut Sepin is Ni Putu Intan Agustina’s aunt, the grandmother doesn’t have a national ID card.

Regular donors:

  1. Balipockets Florian Greiff helps with school supplies costs, starting January 2021
  2. dr. Sueta, 100.000 Rupiah per month starting April 2021
  3. Hanny Widjaja, 100.000 Rupiah per month starting March 2021
  4. Please contact us if you would like to become a regular donor.

Update on May 15th 2017, she received 1 bed and 2 pillows

Update on June 1st 2017; she received 1 bicycle

Update on September 5th, 2017; Putu Intan Agustina received housing assistance from BCC donor.

Update on November 14th, 2017; Putu Intan Agustina received cattle assistance.

Update on April 26th, 2020; Putu Intan Agustina received house renovation assistance (ceramic floors), mattress and cupboard assistance.

Update on September 11, 2022; view updates at the bottom of this page.

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Ni Putu Intan lives together with her grandmother who is old and in poor health condition. Her father had passed away before she was born meanwhile her mother has remarried and now live in Denpasar.

The school is located about 5 kilometers from her house. She goes to school with help from her neighbors who own motorcycle and she goes back home walking.

Source of Income:

  • Her grandmother; Men Gari who is too old for doing hard work, work as a rain-fed farmer. In a year, there is only one time cropping season. She plants cassava, corn etc to use as food supply during dry season instead of selling it. Because of the dry land condition that consists of limestone, she can’t plant during the dry season.
  • If there is a demand, she also works as farm workers with wages Rp. 40.000 per day. In a month, she can work about five times.
  • If there is no work around, she makes porosan (ceremony equipment) to sell. In a month, she can sell porosan worth Rp. 25.000.
  • Men Gari received government help through rice for the poor program. She got 4,5 kilograms rice per month at the price of Rp.1.600 per kilogram.

Living cost:

  • School fee is free. Uniform and book expenses only paid once a year or when necessary.
  • Putu Intan’s pocket money Rp. 3.000 per day

House Condition: quite alarming

  • Bedroom: 1
  • Bed base: 1
  • Bed: none
  • No proper floor (soil based)
  • Wall from soil and limestone and bamboo woven
  • Alang-alang and asbestos roof
  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Kitchen and bedroom are in the same room
  • Land status: village owned

The followings are the things that you could donate:

  • Bed and pillows
  • Groceries or funding aid to purchase daily needs
  • Funds to support school fee/pocket money
  • Bicycle to ride to school
  • School supply; bags, shoes, books, and stationery
  • Funds to renovate the house

Here are some of the picture that we have taken: 

House
House
House
House
House
House
Back of the house
Back of the house
Bed
Bed
Bed
Bed
Bed
Bed
Kitchen
Kitchen

Below please find a video documentation which we took on May 10th,2017.

Address: Banjar Bucang, Sakti Village, Nusa Penida District, Klungkung Regency
Coordinates: 8°43’18.3″S 115°30’20.2″E (View on Google Maps)

Update on September 11, 2022

On September 11, 2022, we visited Putu Intan at her house. Some updates are as follows;

  • Putu Intan (0821-4509-4299) is in the 1st grade of junior high school, 13 years old
  • They have already received house renovation assistance. Grandma’s condition is still healthy.
  • Cousin Brother’s Name; Gede Widiana (0821-4698-8036)

Here’s some documentation.

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