Wayan Sumita, an underprivileged family in Br. Goris, Pejarakan, Buleleng

Visit: January 5, 2025

Name: Wayan Sumita (M/37 years old)

Occupation: farm laborer

Address: Banjar Goris, Pejarakan Village, Gerokgak District, Buleleng Regency

Wife’s Name: Kadek Suwitri (F/42 years)

Occupation: housewife

Telephone number that can be contacted:

0823-4019-6089 – Wayan Sumita
0853-3360-3315 – Made Wiradnya; BCC Volunteer in Buleleng region

Category: underprivileged family

Bank Account: Bank BRI, no.: 4754-01-019717-53-0, beneficiary: Wayan Sumita

Regular Donors:

Balipockets Florian Greiff helps with school supplies costs for their 3rd child, starting February 2025
Dayu Kurnia, Rp. 100,000 per month, starting May 2025
dr. Hani Duarsa, 500.000 Rupiah per month starting June 2025
Please contact us if you want to become a regular donor for Wayan Sumita.

Update on May 19th, 2025; Wayan Sumita has received assistance in the form of mattresses and pillows.

Update on May 26th, 2025; Wayan Sumita has his 5th child

Wayan Sumita and his wife have 5 children;

Child I; Komang Sulastri/F/age 15 years, 3rd grade at junior high school
Child II; Gede Sudarmayasa/M/10 years old, stopped going to school/doesn’t want to continue school
Child III; Kadek Suardika/M/8 years old, 2nd grade at elementary school
Child IV; Komang Agus Aditya Pratama/M/2 years old, not yet at school
Child V; Putu Artawan/M/just born in May 2025

Wayan Sumita’s father and younger brother also live in that house. His mother has died.

Father’s Name: Wayan Sukadana (M/65 years old). Brother’s name: Komang Supariana (M/30 years old), he suffer from epilepsy.

Source of income:

Wayan Sumita works as a farm laborer for Rp. 80,000 per day. In a month he can work 15-20 days.
His wife is a housewife looking after their 5 children at home.
To get additional income they also grow 1 pig.
His father works as a farmer, he has no regular income.
His younger brother cannot work because he suffers from epilepsy, and often has relapses.

Cost of living:

Free school tuition for children. Pay money for clothes and books once a year or as necessary.
Children’s pocket money: Rp. 5,000 per day, sometimes no pocket money because they don’t have money.

House condition: quite worrying

Number of bedrooms: 2
Bedroom I is used by Wayan Sumita, his wife and 5 children
Bedroom II is used by his father and younger brother
Number of mattress: 1 thin mattress in bedroom I, there is no mattress in bedroom II
Other rooms: kitchen, bathroom, living room – there is a TV but it is broken
Dirt floor
Walls made from used cement sacks
Roof made of tarpaulin and zinc
Electricity is available
Well water is available
Land status: as a cultivator

Your assistance to this family could be in the form of:

Mattress and pillow assistance
Basic necessities or financial assistance to buy daily necessities
Financial assistance for children’s pocket money
Children bicycles/children toys
Children school supplies; bags, shoes, books and stationery
Assistance for cattle/pig farming
Financial assistance for building a simple house

If you have ever provided assistance to the family, please fill in the comment form below. Write down the assistance you have provided and update their latest condition. This information will be very useful for donors who want to provide assistance to the family.

Below are some photos that we took.