Mbah Adi's Story, an Elderly from Bantul who Got a Bicycle from MoSA

BANTUL (9 February 2022) - A happy smile appeared on Mbah Adi's face while riding a new bicycle given by the Ministry of Social Affairs through Social Rehabilitation Center “Handayani”. The 76-year-old grandfather had long wanted a new bike because his old bike was too small for a man like him, and even the pedals were hard to pedal at times.

Mbah Adi asked for a bicycle not without reason. Every day, Grandpa (Mbah) Adi goes to the fields by bicycle. The rice fields are not far, it only takes 10 minutes to get to the rice fields by bicycle, but bicycles save enough energy.

The rice fields that Mbah Adi is working on are not his own, so the harvest from the fields must be divided between Mbah and the owner.

When harvests time, Mbah Adi can earn money for the amount Rp. 500 thousand to Rp. 1 million. There are three times harvests every year. This means that Mbah Adi earns a maximum of Rp. 3 million in one year.

To increase his income, Mbah Adi sometimes sells bananas that he grows behind the house. Although not much, enough to help meet the needs.

Mbah Adi lives alone with his grandson in a 10 x 12 square meter house. The house looked neglected because both of them were busy working from morning to night.

Just like Mbah Adi, David also works in managing your brother's farm with a profit-sharing system. David raises goats and chickens which are sold to restaurants in Bantul. After managing the farm during the day, at night David manages Warmindo (stall) which is also owned by his brother.

“This shop belongs to my uncle. If it's busy at night, ma'am, because it's close to the Mangunan fruit orchard and pine forest," he said to Social Workers from Handayani Center and the PKH Assistance Team who came to his house.

Previously, Mbah Adi and David were the recipients of the PKH (Program Keluarga Harapan) whose identities were included in the verification and validation of visual data which was directly ordered by the Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini so that they could be assessed and given entrepreneurship assistance.

The data shows David's name as the recipient with the address Duren Sawit, East Jakarta. However, David's name is not registered as a resident or recipient of PKH in Duren Sawit. After searching through the coordinates, it was found that David was in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta.