Stories

One of the parents of the students asked, “Will there be school on Monday or not?” Sesilia Witin was puzzled by such a question. “Let’s check the weather in the morning first,” she replied. The woman, familiarly called Meti, was a teacher in one of the villages in the Wulanggitang District, East Flores. Since 2009, […]

A little girl sits in the Bale Dangin with her mother, drawing mountains and rice fields on an A4-sized paper. As she moves the pencil, she chats with her mother about her activities with friends at school. The little girl is Ni Kadek Aprillia Candra Dewi, currently in the third grade at SD Negeri 1

In mid-July 2023, Putu, a student at Blahbatuh Public Junior High School, had just graduated from elementary school and was participating in the School Introduction Period (Masa Pengenalan Lingkungan Sekolah or MPLS). It was around 7:30 in the morning when her mother, Nyoman Mariani, accompanied her.

Astami posed in front of the last garden she created For the Hindu community in Bali, using offerings (sesajen) is common for worship or upakara. Local people often call it “banten” or “bebanan.” Considering the increasing number of people too busy with their activities, the preparations of offerings and upakara tools could not be made

Yudiantara poses with the students next to the garden of Yehembang Kauh Elementary School 1 Last March, we held a training session on Family Home Garden (KPK) in our community. After the training, participants started implementing what they had learned by creating gardens at their homes. We selected the top 20 gardens after assessing all

Training of the Community-Based Disaster Management Group with Pebuahan Residents Approximately 32 residents from three neighborhood associations (Rukun Tetangga or RT) in Banjar Pebuahan, Banyubiru Village, Negara Sub-district, Jembrana, participated in disaster preparedness training to face high waves. The awareness of residents about the safety of one another is considered more important in order to

Sumiran and M. Nasir, one of the residents of Pebuahan, took action to build a temporary wave barrier About three months ago, heavy rain struck almost the entire province of Bali. According to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), heavy rain was expected to continue until July 7, 2023. It was even mentioned that

Dadang In front of the building which will later become the Sukawangi village office November 21, 2022, in Cianjur, West Java. It was a scorching Monday with dust everywhere. Renovation work on the house was still ongoing. The man’s name was Dadang. He was in the village of Padaluyu, Cugenang Subdistrict. At 1:21 PM local

Wati (left), Anesah (center), and Asiah (right) hold the mustard greens they harvested together Anesah shouldn’t have to stay in a disaster relief tent. She shouldn’t have to spend a long time in the Tunagan Village field area. She is currently passionate about tending to a garden that measures roughly 5×5 meters. Various types of

On May 21, 2023, 160 scout members gathered in the cool morning air for the EduForest Study Camping at the Yehembang Kauh Study Forest. This place is beautiful and seems to be a fun study space. Morning around 08.00 WITA. The sun’s rays began to appear and created charming shadow patterns on the ground full