Tak Perlu Lagi Ke Hutan Untuk Cari Makanan, Andi…
in/Lahir dalam keluarga yang berkekurangan, Andi Dimi, 4 tahun, sering menghabiskan hari-harinya di hutan untuk membantu orangtuanya dan mencari sesuatu untuk dimakan. Hanya itulah variasi menu yang dia makan karena kadang dia bosan makan ubi kayu atau sagu. Hal ini memaksa keluarganya untuk pergi ke hutan guna mencari variasi menu untuknya.
Saat usianya menginjak 2 tahun, ibunya meninggalkan dia untuk selamanya setelah melahirkan adiknya. Karena ketiadaan biaya untuk membawa ibunya ke dokter, ayahnya malah membawanya ke dukun dan dukun tersebut memberikan jamu-jamuan tradisional. Bukannya membaik, pendarahan yang dialaminya semakin parah hingga akhirnya dia meninggal.
Saat usianya menginjak 2 tahun, ibunya meninggalkan dia untuk selamanya setelah melahirkan adiknya. Karena ketiadaan biaya untuk membawa ibunya ke dokter, ayahnya malah membawanya ke dukun dan dukun tersebut memberikan jamu-jamuan tradisional. Bukannya membaik, pendarahan yang dialaminya semakin parah hingga akhirnya dia meninggal.
Sebagaimana adat istiadat orang Papua, ketika seorang isteri meninggal, harus diadakan ritual pemotongan jari. Tapi karena usia ayahnya yang sudah tua, maka diputuskan untuk memotong jari telunjuk Andi sebagai anak tertua. Ini dilakukan karena Andi adalah satu-satunya anak laki-laki yang akan menggantikan posisi ayahnya.
Ayahnya sadar dirinya terlalu tua untuk bisa mengurus Andi, sehingga dia menitipkan Andi pada pamannya yang hidup berkekurangan. Oleh karena keadaan yang dialami pamannya, akhirnya pamannya menitipkan Andi di Children Rescue Home Tangan Pengharapan di Jakarta melalui isteri pimpinan.
Sekarang di Children Rescue Home Tangan Pengharapan di Jakarta, Andi tidak perlu lagi mencari makanan untuk bertahan hidup. Di sini setiap hari dia selain mendapatkan makanan, juga bisa mendapatkan pendidikan. Semua ini bisa terwujud berkat kepedulian mereka yang mengasihi anak-anak seperti Andi.
en/Born to a poor family, Andi Dimi, 4 often spent his days in the forest nearby, helping his parents and looking for some fruit to eat. It was the only variation of menu he had to make because sometimes he got bored eating his staple food such as cassavas or sago and the family had to get to the forest to get it.
en/Born to a poor family, Andi Dimi, 4 often spent his days in the forest nearby, helping his parents and looking for some fruit to eat. It was the only variation of menu he had to make because sometimes he got bored eating his staple food such as cassavas or sago and the family had to get to the forest to get it.
When Andi was 2, his mother left him forever. She had hemorrhage after giving birth to his youngest sibling. Because his father had no money to bring his mother to a doctor, instead, he took her to a shaman and the shaman gave her just traditional herbal medicine. Instead of getting better, her hemorrhage was getting worse and finally she died.
As their custom and tradition, when a wife dies, they must make a kind of ritual of cutting finger. Because of his father’s old age, so they Andi cut Andi’s index finger. They did this because Andi is the only boy who is supposed to take his father’s place.
His father knows that he is too old to take care of him, and so he entrusted Andi to live with his poor uncle. And because of poverty, his uncle entrusted YTP Children Rescue Home Coordinator’s wife to bring Andi to Pondok Kasih Orphanage.
Now in Pondok Kasih Center, Andi doesn’t have to look for food in order to survive anymore. Here he gets nutritious meal everyday and education. And every 3 months, he has free medical check up. All of these are made possible with the care of those who love children like Andi.
