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Poverty, what is it?

Poverty means the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support,
condition of being poor. The deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities and
more. Poverty also defines unemployment, hunger, having no shelter, living in a unsanitary
environment, not being provided with proper health care, and not being provided with proper
education.
*clip of the things that look like jermal*
According to Global Issues.org almost half the world over three billion people live on
less than 2.50 dollars (33 thousand rupiah) a day.
One of Indonesias biggest problems currently, is poverty. In Indonesia, The Central Statistics
Agency has recorded that as of September 2013, 11.47 % of the Indonesian population are
poor. 65 million people living in Indonesia are living just above the poverty line and are
vulnerable to falling into poverty.
During our fieldtrip we went to cities in Kalimantan, to discover the situations of poverty
there.
*clip of small child playing*
Narration: Kalimantan is an island located in South East Asia between Indonesia and
Malaysia, better known as Borneo. Kalimantan is very famous for its rainforests, orangutans,
and the Dayak people.
However, we explored places in Kalimantan known as Pontianak and Monterado.
Pontianak is an urban city located 739 km away from Jakarta, and is the capitol city of West
Kalimantan. Pontianak consist of more than 500,000 people with a high proportion of ethnic
Chinese. Pontianak combines the influence of three ethnic groups to give the city its cultural
quality: the ethnic Chinese, who make up about 40 percent, together with the Dayak people,
and the ethnic Malay community.
Monterado on the other hand, is a small town located 145 km away from Pontianak, West
Kalimantan. Monterado mostly consists of farmers, villages, traders, and gold mines.
According to Mary F. S. Heidhues author of a book about Monterado, near the 18th century
many Chinese people came to Monterado to mine gold.
*clip of scenery or bus ride*
In Pontianak and Monterado, we interviewed students from local schools and asked them
about their diet for the past few days, where they shop for food, their weight, and heigt. From
the information we received, we calculated the average amount of calories, fats, and proteins
the students consumed per day. The recommended amount of calories for teenagers is 16,000
up to 23,000, for fats its 50-70 grams, and for protein its 46 or 52 grams.
*while narrating show clips of students from different schools, tiny clips of each of their
faces*

*show table and explain the table*

However, the students in both schools did not ingest enough calories, fats, and proteins. SMP
Immanuel and SMPN 1 Monterado were under the amount of recommended calories and
proteins. While the students from SMP Immanuel ingested enough fats,
*highlight the row with number of fats SMP Immanuel consume*
SMPN 1 Monterado consumed less than the recommended amount.
*highlight row with number of fats SMP Immanuel consume*
Apparently the students in Pontianak are more privileged than the students in Monterado. Not
only observing by the difference between the size of their schools but also from other aspects.
The students in Pontianak more options in choosing transportation, food, healthcare, and
activities. While the students in Monterado have more difficulty finding transportation,
various food, and proper health care.
One of the teachers from the school in Monterado had told us that one of the students wake
up at 5 in the morning and arrive at school by 7 by walking. She had also mentioned that it
was quite difficult to get the proper materials needed to educate the students. She had said
that even though the government had built the school they still needed text books,
dictionaries, and more.
During our trip we also interviewed people from villages about similar things. One woman
had told us that her supply of water is cooked sewer or rain water. She believes that bottled
water is not healthy because she had experienced her child getting sick because of bottled
water. This woman originally came from another village, but came to Monterado in hope of
finding a proper job.
*show clip of her saying this and DONT FORGET SUBS*
Our guide, Pak Henry also said it was quite difficult to find people from the village that were
willing to let us interview them. The reason behind this was because many people in the
village no longer fully trust the government. Many of them had experienced being
interviewed and then having their money taken away from them. (mhmmm rephrase)
Nonetheless, the government is now trying to improve and has created programs in order to
eradicate poverty.
*clip of dude explaining the programs*
The government has also created medical centres called puskesmas. Puskesmas is paid by the
government to aid the injured or sick people in poverty.
Analysis:
How Those Activities affect the Poverty and Public Health in the Region
The lack of care the government presents towards the community causes a lot of harm to the
community. Especially since it is harder for them to speak up to the Indonesian government
due to the long distance.

Response as a Christ Believer:

In Proverbs 31:8-9, it says that we should

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,

for the rights of all who are destitute.
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Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
We hope that this video informs you that there are many people that lack the opportunity and
privilege we have to enjoy Gods blessings, and that you can help them to do so. Dont just sit
there and ignore the fact that you CAN help,
You can start by donating money to
http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/country/home/tags/indonesia, or
http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/indonesia/brief/reducing-extreme-poverty-in-indonesia
or even donate your unwanted things to CSP these programs are supported worldwide and
their main goal is to eradicate poverty.
You can also help by signing petitions.
SPEAK UP for those who cannot speak for themselves. We are all equal in Gods eyes,

Kalimantan, a diverse, colorful, cultural, province.

*show clips of the dance, seafood barbeque, people goofing off on the island, boat ride,
snorkelling*
*background music: roller coaster ride-lilo and stitch*

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