5th International Workcamp, Nganget-Tuban-Indonesia

My name is Fa’id. Indonesian campers who really like trite or do some bullshit. I’m just an ordinary girl that join an extraordinary community with the greatest people inside—Leprosy Care Community, LCC UI. Yes for about 12 days, I’ve spent my gorgeous days there. Nge-camp. But it isn’t like usual camp, we called it International Workcamp! We were gathering not only with Indonesian campers, but also Japanese campers, all was gather in the same place, Nganget, Tuban, East Java. I’m so grateful can join this beautiful kind of social activity. As a volunteer, I’m just really really enjoy the taste, enjoy the scenery, enjoy the joy and happiness, sadness, everything in Nganget.

First day, I felt jet-lag! No no, motor-lag…caused my energy drained on the way to Nganget. Only an hour from my home, Bojonegoro. But I treated well with all campers there. They are just so cool! Acually my group four members, they are Kak Dian, Yuli, Masa, Charisma, Moe, Kak Ari, and Me. Second day, started the schedule, work-day. Group four really enjoyed to rebuild three toilets. After that, our group took a rest in camp for several hours. And the other actually KP (Kitchen Police) just cooked and cooked. Never ending jobs! Erghhh, this place just made me bored to the max because I still didn’t find the THING that I should find. But, the next day, everything had changed. Our group home visited the villagers! We were going to LIPOSOS. And done chit chat with villagers. I felt that day has became drugs which is gain feeling of togetherness there (Nganget). So I just wanna hold this feeling tight after that.

For everyone over there, I have one thing that you guys must know! Don’t ever judge people just by his-her cover. But the real is, everything looked just by his-her cover. See flower! What for the flower always grow just with its leaf if everyone waited for the flower. 

Leprosy isn’t that mystery that you guys have to discriminate them! Leprosy, is a symptom which can clear with the drugs that will be consumption everyday for about 3-9 months. Then everything is oke. Stigma isn’t that good for their life of live. I learned from it, the way they accept of everyone habit outside their community. They are so kind! They are good person. They are an angel that can’t forget easily. Ough well, I already miss them!. Oh yeah, I’ll tell you about mr and mrs Amir, mrs.Sumining! They are a family without children. You can imagine how loneliness their whole day? I think so. When I first saw them, their eyes looked me like want to cry! So I hug them and took a picture together.

For God sake, I can’t leave easily from this place. When farewell party was coming, me, myself, I cry over the night! Yes the camp is finished! The next morning, I was going home with tons of tears. Oke, that’s what I can write, thanks International workcamp! See You next year yah~ I miss you guys!