Foundation offers better way of living

Foundation offers better way of living

CIKADU, Banten, West Java (JP): There's nothing more important
than living healthy. Everyone has the right to have access to
clean water and enjoy a healthy life.

In many cases, many people do not know how to live healthily.
That's where outsiders can offer help and support, just as the
South Bantenese Development Foundation does here.

Since its presence in Cikadu Kampong, Tanjungjaya village,
Panimbang regency, Banten, West Java, it has helped 2,000 people
to enjoy living healthily.

Physician Soesilo Soerjosembodo of the foundation said that
improvements are comprehensively underway. "The rate of
intestinal diseases like diarrhea have been pushed to their
lowest levels," he said, adding most of the community now
practiced hygiene.

A clinic operating in Cikadu now serves people from other
kampongs as well, he said. "However, it is too small, we can't
accommodate 50 patients every day."

The foundation also helps in socioeconomic areas. In one case,
Eli Suhayah, a teacher at the elementary school here, was awarded
financial aid to run a homestay.

"It's been my dream to have additional income. The foundation
gave me financial aid to construct a homestay with two rooms.
Luckily the rooms are always occupied," she said, adding that she
had adequate time in which to repay the aid.

She said that there were seven people in the kampong who won
same aid.

"I like to meet with the people who rent the rooms. I can chat
with them and increase my knowledge," she said, adding that most
of the guests were the employees of a private company developing
a tourist project near the kampong. (icn)