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Construction Commenced

| June 14, 2010 | 0 Comments
Construction Commenced

Sunday June 13th we went back to NawakertiVillage, Karangasem, to follow up our plan to provide better housing for the two families we visited the week before. Detail on each of them are posted on Three Generations in Poverty and The Lonely Old Man. This time we came in a larger team involving almost all [...]

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Keep Them At School

| June 6, 2010 | 0 Comments
Keep Them At School

These are the children of the family we featured on “Three Generations in Poverty“. Of course except Wisna, Private Leisure International’s Managing Partner, who sit in the middle. No matter how much we can give, it will not be able to take them out from poverty unless their younger generation gets sufficient education so they [...]

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Three Generations in Poverty

| June 6, 2010 | 0 Comments
Three Generations in Poverty

The second party we visited on June 6th 2010 was a compound where three generations live. The oldest generation was Pak Gejer and his wife, the second generation was their son, Pak Mare and his wife, and the youngest generation was Pak Mare’s three children. Whilst pure smile remained in their face almost as long [...]

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The Lonely Old Man

| June 6, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Lonely Old Man

Escorted by Pak Sujana, the village head, the first person we meet in our visit on June 6th 2010 was this lonely old man, Pak Berag. He lives alone in a humble hut where he spent his nights in  the darkness and loneliness. The first time we got there we thought it was just a [...]

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