Tag: housing
Project at Work
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 [...]
Happy with the New Home
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]