DREAM AN EDUCATOR IN THE USED CARDBOARD PILE

"The history does not need to wait for new rich can share together around us. Because the taste will be very wonderful when the person we help will be smiled happy with our help. Although actually we are also in conjunction to meet our needs of life.

Yoseph Blikololong (58) a scaffolder originating from Lembata and a large living and experiencing in Kupang built two school fruits, Early Child Education (PAUD) and First Medium School (SMP) free for children from the family is less capable and georgies in Kupang City, East Nusa Tenggara.

The PAUD school named Peduli Kasih was forced to occupy a simple home in the Complex STIBA, East Timor Raya kilometer 6, West Oesapa District, Lima Kelapa Subdistrict.

She runs in the first secondary school hall (SMP) that he rented a year of Rp12 million.

Yoseph Blikololong is in his work room writes a number of schedules to be scheduled in work.

While the SMP named Surya Mandala Kupang it rents four rooms used a children's garden, belonging to one of the entrepreneurs in Kupang City with a pay of Rp12 million for a year.

The school holds students who come from a family background that is not capable of poor economics. A number of street children, newspaper sellers, old iron seekers, market exemplary sellers, to the condemnation of the city’s transportation without being paid for the cost of the sepeser.

Yoseph built PAUD Peduli Kasih in 2007. Initially the number of students reaches 60 people, but continues to decrease and currently only 20 children.

Yoseph Blikololong fires a number of cardboards that are not used in one of the shopping centers in Kupang City.

Yoseph Blikololong (right) and two used kadus agents lift the cardboards that have been weighed to be raised into the car.

While for Surya Mandala’s SMP was built in 2011, with the number of students was originally 60 children, but the number continues to grow up to 80 students.

In PAUD school, there is only one teacher who is required every month Rp200.000. While in SMP, there are 9 teaching personnel, including one school head. The teachers are given the honor of Rp 100,000 per month, while the school head is Rp200.000 per month.

“I really don’t call it as salary, but only transport money is made for this teacher. They all work in the overview and help students are less capable of this," he said.

Yoseph Blikololong receives money from the results of collecting cardboards that are not used in one of the shopping centers in Kupang City.

The child of PAUD from the family is less able to ask when the process of playing and learning in PAUD belongs to Yoseph Blikololong.

The everyday as a cornerer or the scrap cardboard-cardus collector also remains that it is yellow to date. In the day it can get a pay of Rp 100,000 - Rp200.000 depends on the amount of the results.

In fact, since 2002, he can also collect him to increase his tuition fee at one of the University in Kupang, and succeeded in a Bachelor of Law due to his perseverance.

One hope is that it can have an empty land in order to make a dormitory and school, so that children are less capable in the velvet island can be used in the school.

Yoseph Blikololong teaches PAUD children who are schooling in one of the rooms in his home that he is sulap to PAUD free for children from the family is not capable.

The teachers of PAUD are interacting with a child from the family are not able.

Photo and Text: Kaha Cornelis

Yoseph Blikololong puts itself to teach in the junior high school from the results of collecting used cardboards in Kupang City.

The life of God is "One Happiness If the People Who We Help Can Smiling Bahagia Although Actually We Own the Central Kesulitan".

Yoseph Blikololong (the left five) poses with a number of students who almost everything is the streetchild who he calls to extinguish the education in the free school he is selfishing.

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