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Fatima inspects the salted fruit she has drying. She
says she’ll keep what she needs and share the rest with neighbors who need
it.
Photo: Ronda Hughes/CWS
|
Recovery in Indonesia - Through partnership
Fatima doesn’t know her age, but says she thinks she is in her 70s. She lives in the village of Empee Bata, in a rural area near Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Her home is in the upstairs portion of a building, the first floor of which serves as a supply room for seeds and tools for a CWS-sponsored agricultural project in her village. She says her house “isn’t beautiful,” but it’s both beautiful and practical in its traditional simplicity. The slatted bamboo floor and side walls of her home allow air to flow through, keeping the house cool.
Asked what the chili and watermelon growing project means for her village, Fatima is philosophical. “Well,” she says, “it depends on the price they bring when we sell them.”
Muhammad Redhammarta, 23, a field staffer of CWS partner MAMAMIA (Masyarakat Makmur Mitra Adil--“for a prosperous and just society through partnership”), is assisting the village in both the growing and marketing stages of the project. He was trained as a biology teacher. In reflecting on the recent peace agreement, he says he believes it was achieved “for the love of Aceh--we’ve been through so much, and people were willing to put down their guns.”
Muhammad Redhammarta (left), a field staffer
of CWS partner MAMAMIA, and Fatima discuss a chili and watermelon
growing project in her village near Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Photo: Ronda Hughes/CWS |
Fatima.
Photo: Ronda Hughes/CWS |