This is the work in progress of the house we built for Pak Gejer and his family we once wrote in Three Generations in Poverty. With the number of people in the family, they need a larger house than the other house we built for Pak Berag. So it obviously takes longer to complete and definitely more hands. Situation is worsened as the house is located a bit away from tarmac road so all heavy materials have to be hand carried.

It is very interesting to see villagers work hard – unpaid – to help their fellow to get a better house. Delay was also caused by a ceremony taking place in the village so all villagers are occupied to the event. Hope it will be completed next time we come.

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The old Pak Berag we wrote once on The Lonely Old Man is very excited with his new home.  It has a small bedroom and terrace with wooden fired stove. Nothing fancy but significantly better than before. Not quite completed yet though, the door and window are still being ordered, but surely coming.

Even without the door and window it is already much better than before. But no matter how excited he is with his new house, as a Balinese he has to wait for a ceremony which can only held in the “right” day before he can move in.

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This time we came in a larger team involving almost all Private Leisure’s Bali crews. Along with us we bring some basic needs for them such as raw foods, clothings, towels, soaps, basic kitchen utensils, etc. Some are purchased, some are collected personally from our crews, some came from colleagues and friends. As arrived we were welcomed by Pak Sujana, the village leader locally known as “penglingsir” and the Pak Nengah, the official village head.

Below we walk along the pathway to the place where Pak Gejer and his family live carrying stuffs. Leading the march at the front was Isti, Private Leisure’s trasurer. She was the person in charge to cut each and every Private Leisure’s incomes and drop them into the charity fund, so she deserved the commanding role.

But our main objective is not carrying the donated stuffs. We were starting to build their new houses as planned. A friend who was also an architect has drawn the design and calculated all the required materials to build his design. On the picture below Private Leisure’s Managing Partner, Wisna, is explaining the design to Pak Sujana and Pak Nengah who will supervise the project.

By the end of the day we had all materials ordered and delivered so we hope to see them in their new houses very soon. We also have dropped logistic for the villagers who will be voluntarily involved in costruction. In the picture below we were unloading cement bricks at Pak Berag’s site.

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