Wayan Tista, Poor Family in Br. Dinas Bugbug Kaler, Bugbug Village, Karangasem

Visit: 5 April 2018

Name: I Wayan Tista (M /42 years)

Occupation: farm laborers (harvesting laborer / harvesting rice)

Address: Br. Dinas Bugbug Kaler, Bugbug Village, Karangasem District, Karangasem Regency

Wife’s Name: Ni Kadek Witani (F /36 years)

Occupation: farm laborers (harvesting laborer / harvesting rice)

Contact phone number:

• 0858-5865-9105 – Wayan Tista
• 0821-4755-9595, I Gede Yatha Wisnawa, Sukrelawan BCC region Karangasem

Category: poor family

Bank Account: Bank BRI, No.: 1741-01-000860-53-6, Beneficiary: Ni Kadek Witani

Regular Donors:

1. Balipockets David Albrecht covers the costs for Ketut Putra Sentanu’s school supplies, starting January 2020
2. Balipockets Florian Greiff covers the costs for Wayan Oka Sentanu’s school supplies, starting January 2021
3. Please contact us if you want to be a regular donor for Wayan Tista.

Wayan Tista and his wife have 4 children:

• Child I: Ni Luh Noviani / F / 16 year /only graduated junior high school, working as a domestic worker in Denpasar
• Child II: Ni Komang Virdayanti / F / 14 years / 8th grade Junior high school
• Child III: I Ketut Putan Sentanu / M / 11 years / 4th grade elementary school
• Child IV: I Wayan Oka Sentanu / M / 11 years /4th grade elementary school – twin of child no. 3

Child II walk to school for 1 hour (per one way), distance from home to school about 1.5 km. Children III and IV walk to school for 20 minutes, the distance from home to school about 500 meters.

Source of income:

• Wayan Tista and his wife work as farm laborers (harvesting laborer / harvesting rice) with income Rp. 40,000 – 50,000 per person per day, in harvest season they can work as much as 15 times a month, outside the harvest season they will have no work for 3 months, they will work anything / get odd jobs depending on the work requirement.
• To earn extra income they also keep 1 pig.
• Wayan Tista get the help of rice for the poor aid (Raskin) from the government as much as 15 kg per 5-6 months by paying Rp. 24,000.

Cost of living:

• Free school tuition fee. Pay money on clothes and book money once a year or when necessary.
• Children pocket money @ Rp. 5,000 per day

Location of the house: the location of the house is in the middle of the moor on a hill, like going into the forest, access road along the 2.6 km enough for one car only, will be very difficult if the car passed. To reach his house we also have to walk as far as 400 meters.

The condition of the house is quite apprehensive, the shack is rickety / tilted, broken wall / perforated in some parts.

• Number of bedrooms: 2, there are 2 huts
• Number of cots / bed: 3
• Number of mattresses: 3
• The room floor is the ground 
• The walls of woven bamboo, woven coconut leaves, tarpaulin, cloth / used banner 
• Roof from asbestos
• Electricity exists
• No water, looking for water about 200 meters from his house
• Land status: as a cultivator

Your help to this family can be:

• Staples or financial aid to buy the necessities of daily living
• Funding for school fees
• Assistance of bikes, or toys like toy cars, dolls, balls, etc.
• Children’s school supplies; bags, shoes, books and stationery
• Cattle / pigs assistance
• Funding for simple home construction

Here are some photos we took.

Address: Br. Dinas Bugbug Kaler, Bugbug Village, Karangasem District, Karangasem Regency
Coordinates: 8°28’49.6″S 115°34’59.9″E (View on Google Maps)