Bakti sosial refers to an activity where people help the poor. Any donation can be given. This time, Hendra was spreading out free food for homeless.
Its a new thing that i discovered from Adi's friends who are also mine. It is a good thing to do on our birthday, friends and me know it as BAKTI SOSIAL.
Yesterday, i had a movie with Adi and Fang. A sudden call came from Hendra which asked us to join him for this BAKTI SOSIAL occasion. Well, after the movie was done, Adi, Fang2 and me went to Kopitiam restaurant and met the boys. Packed all the food and put it in the car. Headed Jakarta and stop in random places. Brought down the food and gave it to homeless. Had a bit of chat with them. I am really happy for being part of this activity. It is an eyes opening where we can see people who live in the same planet but in a different world. Most of the homeless that we met yesterday were builder. They came from different places with simple survivor tools and simple skills, but without any real job to go.
Below the flyover is their house. It is far from standard where people should settle. A long pants, torned shirt and a thin sarong were their protection from the nature. I am sure that mosquito bites are their daily annoyance but they resist from it. Rubbish were everywhere and the smell was kicking my nose. I wonder how those people could survive from this kind of extreme living condition.
I believe that the main cause of homeless is Indonesia's government who set low educational standard.Millions of Indonesians are uneducated and worst some of them are unable to read and write. One of the outcomes from Uneducated is homeless. When people are uneducated, they only owned minimum skills that are almost impossible to survive from this condition of fully globalized world. Jakarta, it is the capital of Indonesia and sure it is a tough place to live. There are many people who are way smarter, skillful and ready to work harder than us. Homeless will absolutely lose from those. Most of homeless are ended up with a nasty job and low earning. It is a really big problem for Indonesia's government to solves. What will be the future of Indonesia if homeless are not taken seriously by government. Maybe road will be full as places to settle in and mortality rate will extremely rise up.
Live up Indonesia....
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