“It is my desire to have my own business but without the offensive odor which may bother the neighbors.” That sentence is uttered by Abas (54), a meat poultry farmer from Sodo Hamlet, Sodo Village, Pakel Subdistrict, Tulungagung Regency when starting the conversation with East Java BIRU.
Gemerisik suara daun terdengar berfrekuensi rendah pagi itu. Kaki tua yang menginjaknya terlihat lmbat sekali bergerak, bahkan sesekali berhenti untuk terengah. Mbah Parjo, panggilan akrab lelaki tua ini, menjadikan kegiatan paginya ini rutinitas sejak puluhan tahun yang lalu.
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Banyak orang yang menikmati masa tuanya dari tabungan atau pensiunan. Uang boleh jadi adalah sahabat setia bagi orang-orang yang telah lanjut usia dan menginginkan ketenangan dalam mengisi sisa hidupnya. Tetapi Mbah Aceng dan Nini Oyoh, pasangan suami istri yang menginjak usia kepala enam, nampaknya punya definisi lain tentang sahabat setia di masa tua.
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"Andaikan saya dapat memiliki cahaya terang untuk belajar di rumah saat malam hari," ujar Andita yang masih duduk di bangku kelas 6 Sekolah Dasar dan tinggal di Cilulumpang, sebuah desa terpencil di kawasan Sukabumi, Jawa Barat.
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This mother of 1 son and 1 daughter is Wayan Sudarmi (37). In addition to looking after the two children who are in Junior Highschool, Wayan Sudarmi runs a small family business that is producing light snack such as chips made of rice flour.
In Rendang Sub District, Karangasem, Bali there are quite a number of housewives who contribute to add to the family income stream by involving themselves in home businesses. Similarly, the housewives who happen to be a BIRU (domestic biogas) users.
