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MoSA Responds to Cases Related to Grandfathers with Disabilities in Malacca, NTT
MALAKA (29 August 2022) – The Ministry of Social
Affairs through “Efata” Center Kupang provides ATENSI assistance to a
69-year-old grandfather with a disability in Taaba Village, Weliman District,
Malacca Regency, NTT Province, who lived alone with his wife. Every day Grandpa
continued to work as a garden farmer with the help of wooden sticks.
The Head of "Efata"
Center, Supriyono stated that this family ATENSI program was given to the
elderly with disabilities following the results of the assessment
carried out by the officers, namely "Efata" Center Social Worker. The
officers who carried out the assessment consisted of 2 social workers,
accompanied by Sakti Peksos colleagues and Disability Companions of Malacca Regency.
Grandpa
"MB"(69 years old) had a physical disability since he was born. The
condition of the left leg was shorter and walked with a limp. For mobility, use
a cane. Healthy physical condition, every day doing work activities as a farmer.
In the rainy season, MB did farming to grow crops. While in the dry season, he
did gardening and picked tamarind seeds to sell.
MB lived with his wife
with the initials "B" (65 years old). "B" helped increase
family income by weaving. If there was no order, "B" continued to
weave for sale in the market. The average weaving order price was IDR 500,000
to IDR 750,000 depending on the motive. The highest garuda motif with a price
of IDR 750,000.
The income of farmers
and planters was only to meet food needs. Besides farming, MB's grandfather
also raised pigs. Currently, the number of pigs numbered 5 tails. Two broods and
three chicks. The information conveyed was that in the past there were many
pigs, more than 20 heads. Neighbors often bought pigs from this Grandpa. But in
2020, the pig fell ill and died. Apart from farming and raising livestock,
Grandpa also often collected tamarind seeds. 1 kilogram of tamarind seeds costs
IDR 3,500.
The population data (KK)
contained a husband, wife, and 4 children. The family confirmation result stated
that MB and B had 3 children. The first child died, and the second child lived next
door. The second child often helped grandfather and took care of his parents.
Meanwhile, the 3rd child migrated to Malaysia and never returned, while the KK
has not been renewed.
Condition A simple house with small house size, the walls were made of wooden planks and woven bebak (woven stud leaves) and a tin roof. The condition of the house was not neat, the room was not insulated, and the floor was dirt. Apart from having a residential house, it also had a house for food storage and a weaving house. Grandfather owned land for his yard and farming. The land owned was quite large. Besides the land also had a cage for pigs. Grandpa's family also accepted PKH and had a BPJS-PBI card. The family needed tools, food, and economic empowerment assistance in the form of corn seeds, vegetable seeds, fertilizers, and weaving threads.