Bali Caring Community

Wayan Arnata, less fortunate family in Dusun Dukuh, Bebandem Village, Karangasem

Date of Visit: 14 March 2019

Name: I Wayan Arnata (Male/36 years old)

Occupation: farm worker, casual labour

Address: Dusun Dukuh, Bebandem Village, Karangasem

Name of Spouse: Ni Ketut Murniasih (Female/34 years old)

Occupation: farm worker, casual labour

Contact number:

  • 0857-3933-3660 – Dusun Dukuh’s Chief; I Komang Ardana
  • 0852-3840-0091 –BCC volunteer Karangasem Area; I Wayan Sudarsana

Category: poor family

Should you wish to be a regular donor for the family, we will make a bank account with the family as beneficiary. This way you could help them directly.

Regular Donor:

  1. Please kindly contact us should you wish to become a regular donor for this family.

Update on July 9th, 2019; Wayan Arnata received house renovation fund from BCC.

Update on August 14th, 2019; Wayan Arnata has received quite a lot of assistance from several donors. For equal distribution, please help another residents.

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Wayan Arnata and his wife has three children:

  1. 1st child: Wayan Sudiarta (Male/12 years old/Year 5)
  2. 2nd child: Kadek Sudiartika (Male/10 years old/Year 4)
  3. 3rd child: Komang Ari Dwiguna (Male/4 years old/not going to school yet)

The distance of the 1st child’s school and 2nd child school is about 500 meters, they go to school by foot.

Source of income:

  • Wayan Arnata and his wife work as a farm worker, they plant rice or secondary crops. When the harvest time comes (every 3-4 months), they could earn Rp. 200.000 – 500.000. If there is a job at material shop nearby their house – they will be called to work there as a casual labour : to carry the sand, cement, wood etc with wage of Rp. 30.000 per day for 2 person, they could work at the material shop 1-3 times in a week.
  • To gain extra income, they also raise 3 cows and 2 pigs.
  • They haven’t received the Rice for the poor program from the government.

Living Cost:

  • School tuition is free. They pay uniform fee and book fee once in a year or whenever necessary.
  • Pocket money for the kids: Rp. 5.000 per child per day.

House condition: quite concerning, the woods that holding the ceiling are old, the ceiling is falling down, the roof is leaking everywhere, door and window are broken, old building.

  • Bedroom: 3; 2 bedroom could not be used due to leaking, 1 bedroom used by the mother, everyone else sleeping at the living room on a plastic carpet without bed.
  • Bed base: none
  • Bed: none
  • Other rooms: kitchen, storage. Kitchen’s wall falling due to Lombok’s earthquake couple months ago.
  • Ceramic Tiled floor
  • Brick wall
  • Clay roof, it is leaking and old, seems like it almost falling off. 
  • Electricity access
  • Water access from the well
  • Land status: belongs to the family

Should you wish to donate, please kindly consider to donate:

  • Bed and pillow
  • Groceries or funds to buy daily needs 
  • Funds to help pay the cost of kids education or pocket money. 
  • Kids bike or kids toys
  • School equipment; bag, shoes, books and stationery
  • A help in form of piglets or cow
  • Funds to help renovate the house (door, windows, ceiling and the roof)

Below are the pictures that we took during our visit.

Wayan Arnata family
Wayan Arnata family
Children
Children
Grandmother
Grandmother
House
House
House
House
House
House
House
House
Side of the house
Side of the house
Back of the house
Back of the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Inside the house
Bedroom 1 leaking
Bedroom 1 leaking
Bedroom 1 leaking
Bedroom 1 leaking
Bedroom 2 leaking
Bedroom 2 leaking
Grandmother bedroom
Grandmother bedroom
Kitchen & warehouse
Kitchen & warehouse
Kitchen & warehouse
Kitchen & warehouse
Kitchen & warehouse
Kitchen & warehouse
Kitchen wall leaking
Kitchen wall damage
Kitchen
Kitchen
Warehouse
Warehouse

Address: Dusun Dukuh, Bebandem Village, Karangasem
Coordinates: 8°26’02.1″S 115°33’38.7″E (View on Google Maps)

 

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