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 […]
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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.
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Monday, November 20, 2023, in Banjar Pebuahan, Banyubiru, Jembrana, Bali. Through mobile phones, the local Community Disaster Management Group (CDMG/KMPB) informed about flash floods and high waves due to extreme weather in the Jembrana region. As a result of this incident, several houses were damaged. Most of them were submerged in water mixed with mud,
Food Estate or Food Scarcity Compared to the last three years, this year’s drought is getting drier and even drier. The El-Nino event is predicted to continue until October 2023, while some sources suggest it may last until December. Agriculture production and food supply are certainly affected. Importing is also not a viable solution. Food-producing
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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
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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
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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
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Aisyah (left) and Uci (right) in the front of their garden It was around 1:21 PM. Uci was tying pohpohan vegetables for their meal while sitting and chatting with her family. Suddenly, an earthquake disrupted everything. “Everyone, get out!” she shouted, urging everyone inside the house to quickly evacuate. Not everyone managed to leave the
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