In/Lengannya tak berhenti merajut seperti harapannya yang tidak terputus untuk anak semata
wayangnya Virgin. Memang dari hasil merajut ibu Vina hanya mendapatkan 50- 75 ribu per minggu. Namun meskipun demikian Vina tetap mengucap syukur dengan berkat Tuhan yang
didapatinya sebagai pengrajin tas. Rata-rata satu hari Vina ibu Virgin ini
mampu membuat 2-3 rajutan tas perhari. Dari hasil buatannya tersebut lalu
Yayasan Tangan Pengharapan Kaliceret menyalurkannya ke pedagang untuk membayar
putus hasil pembuatan tas tersebut.
Jauh sebelum
mengikuti pelatihan dari Yayasan Tangan Pengharapan untuk membuat rajutan
dompet dan tas, kehidupan Vina dan anaknya Virgin lebih memprihatinkan. Tinggal dengan kedua orang tua yang sudah
renta di rumah kontrakan berukuran lima kali delapan
meter tentulah sangat menyedihkan. Ditambah lagi terpisah dengan suami pastilah
membuat Vina merasa kesulitan.
Itulah
sebabnya sebelum mendapatkan skill merajut Vina terpaksa menjual lotre mainan
dan pendapatannya paling tinggi lima puluh ribu rupiah satu bulan. Tentulah
pendapatan ini tidak cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan Vina, Virgin dan kedua
orang tua Vina untuk kehidupan sehari-hari.
Melalui program makanan
bergizi Vina masih bisa memberikan makanan bergizi kepada Virgin. Virgin ikut
program Makan Bergizi sejak dia belum bersekolah dan saat ini Virgin sudah
masuk TK-PAUD Tangan Pengharapan. Melalui program-program Yayasan Tangan Pengharapan di Kaliceret
banyak ibu-ibu seperti Vina yang tertolong secara ekonomi untuk membantu
keluarganya.
En/His arms did not stop knitting as her hope
which is undying for her only child, Virgin. Indeed, from knitting, Vina,
Virgin’s mum, only gets Rp. 50.000 to Rp. 75.000 per week. However, Vina still
gives thanks to God for His blessing by being a bag craftswoman. In average,
one-day Vina can make 2-3 knitted bags per day. From the knitted bags crafted, Tangan
Pengharapan Kaliceret distributes them to the merchant by doing pay-breaking
for the making of the wallet.
Long before joining the training from Yayasan
Tangan Pengharapan in order to make knitted purses and handbags, Vina’s life
and her daughter’s, Virgin, were of greater concern. Living with both parents
who are frail in a rented house, measuring five by eight feet, would have been
very depressing. Not to mention the condition of being separated with her
husband, must have made Vina’s life very difficult.
That is why before learning the skill of
knitting, Vina wasforced to sell lottery toys. And her highest income was only
of Rp. 50.000 a month. Surely this income is not enough to meet the needs of
Vina, Virgin and both of Vina’s parents for everyday life.
Through nutritious food program, Vina is still
able to provide nutritious food to Virgin. Virgin joined Nutritious food
program since she wasn’t attending school yet and now Virgin has entered
kindergarten-Early Childhood Education of Yayasan Tangan Pengharapan. Through the
programs of Yayasan Tangan Pengharapan in Kaliceret, considerable numbers of
mothers have been helped economically to help their family.
