Hirukawango village is located in Tanjung Karoso village is reached about two hours of land travel is 85 kilometers from Tambolaka, Sumba Barat Daya District City, East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT), Indonesia.
The village is one of the tertinggal areas in the NTT Province. The majority of its population are Kodi, Sumba’s original tribe. Most of them have not obtained adequate educational access, so that the level of education is still low has not been too fadih in Indonesian.
At least 22 houses in the villages were inhabited more than thirty people of the Family Head (KK) and still one of the tribes with others. Since the government opens a free educational program, several children can eventually school.
A young man drinks clean water from shelter containers in Kampung Hirukawango, Tanjung Karoso Village, Sumba Barat Daya Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.
The children of the village of Hirukawango crossed near the katinting boat leaning in the beach lips of Tanjung Karoso Village, West Sumba Regency Power, East Nusa Tenggara.
The condition of their residence is also simple, alang-alang heavy house, chained and bamboo banded is wrapped in rattan then on the forest wood as the main pole. The availability of clean water is only supplied by local PAM tank cars that come a week once to share clean water to citizens, if the tank car does not come they have to look for water that is located in other villages.
For lighting at night today the public can enjoy the local disposal aid lights sourced on two ‘solar cell’ solar power tools that are now installed in the roof of house rumbia.
Hirukawango village head, John Ramore (61) admitted the main food produced from the gardening of ubi, corn and dry rice farm that can only be planted one time a year at the age of the rainbow, the local government luck still gave the rice for the poorer three months once.
Three baskom contains bath and kail cumi-cumi equipment belonging to the children of Kampung Hirukawango is located on the beach, Tanjung Karoso Village, Sumba Barat Daya District, East Nusa Tenggara.
The village of Hirukawango, Tanjung Karoso village runs a iring carrying buckets to take clean water in neighboring village shelters, West Sumba Regency Power, East Nusa Tenggara.
Actually the potential of nature around the village is very large to develop, because it is not far from the village located a beautiful beach that is still one indigenous land area. But unfortunately, most of the regions have been mastered private investors who want to develop the region.
Local disclaims land along the coastal area of 96 kilometers in newly blooming districts in 2011 and then, 80 percent has been accustomed to foreign and local investors legally. If private investors and local governments are climbed involve locals to develop the region, it is not impossible for residents who are the original tribes will be more volatile.
Photos and Texts: Darwin Fatir
The number of villagers Hirukawango played on the beach lips of Tanjung Karoso Village, West Sumba Regency Daya, East Nusa Tenggara.
Suasana Kampung Hirukawango, Tanjung Karoso Village, West Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.
The condition of one of the houses installed Solar Cell solar power tools in Kampung Hirukawango, Tanjung Karoso Village, Sumba Barat Daya District, East Nusa Tenggara.
The village of Hirukawango John Ramore (left down) relaxed with his family at indigenous houses, Kampung Hirukawango, Tanjung Karoso Village, Sumba Barat Daya Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.
See the dog falls asleep at the terrace of a bamboo-storey house in Hirukawango Village, Tanjung Karoso Village, Sumba Barat Daya District, East Nusa Tenggara.
The number of mothers and children walk from Posyandu to Kampung Hirukawango, Tanjung Karoso Village, Sumba Barat Daya District, East Nusa Tenggara.
Potret a child of a school in Kampung Hirukawango, Tanjung Karoso Village, Sumba Barat Daya Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.
The number of populations of activities in front of the house in Kampung Hirukawango, Tanjung Karos Village, Sumba Barat Daya Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.
