What is it with Poverty??

Poverty has been a critical issue in Indonesia for many years, esp. after economical great depression in 1997. Commonly, poverty in Indonesia involves the condition of having insufficient income whether in some extreme cases, malnutrition, famine, disease outbreaks, and homelessness are included.

The most interesting thing is there is a huge significance in economic condition. I daresay, the economic distribution in Indonesian follows normal distribution with big standard deviation (which, too bad, I have no idea what the value is. ;p). There are lots of rich people and more poor people.

So, what really happen here in Indonesia?

Once I lived in such a remote village for couple days. The citizens earned living by farming veggies and fruits such as strawberry, tomatoes, etc. I and my friends were to hold a seminar to discuss about optimizing their potential which perhaps will help them improve their standard of living. The problem was: they said NO! I have no clear idea why they rejected it. But regarding to the condition, we conclude that they kinda give up enhancing their life. “Nerimo”, the Javanese says. Most of them have lived in a static circumstance for their whole life and perhaps they never imagine how a better living could be.

This situation doesn’t happen in particular area, but in every area in Indonesia whose citizens have low awareness of information. As a result, they have no motivation to act and to enrich their living. Among these people, education is not primary anymore as they are already hardly struggling to live for tomorrow, with no assurance that they really..really still can live regarding to their resource. The effect, as predicted, they are not well-educated.

Hmm...