Temporary housing for widows in Bantul

My husband and I received funds from Washington area donors as well as from Hope 4 Our Children, for a total of about $2,300 (note: out of this $2,300, a total of $1,000 was from a donor at MCC, Maryland). We decided to allocate 100% of the funds for construction of 15 houses for the earthquake victims (and the remaining amount for one temporary class Sekolah Ceria). Through the help and expertise of Dompet Dhuafa, who identified the location of people who needed the most help: the earthquake victims in Kadirojo village, Bantul.



Picture: widows victims of earthquake spoke with Dompet Dhuafa representatives and my husband (in blue shirt).

The funds will be allocated to build temporary houses for those victims. The cost of construction is about Rp 1.2 million or about $145. The size is about 4 meters X 5 meters, located in front of their destroyed houses. The houses will be built by local carpenters, employing earthquake survivors who have relevant skills.

Dompet Dhuafa representatives, Arif Abdullah and Putra, along with my husband Arif Mustofa, spoke in front of the victims, all of them are widows. They are still struggling to make ends meet. There were 15 families helped by this amount. They were very pleased to learn that their -temporary- houses will be built.