EN
ID
ACTNews, SANGGAU - June 2018, dusty roads accompanied
the delivery of thousands of food packages carried by trucks to a village on
Indonesia-Malaysia border, which is Entikong, in Sanggau Regency, West
Kalimantan. The Food packages for Ramadan would be delivered to the village
where most of the residents travel back and forth to the neighboring
country, Malaysia.
For instance, Dayang Zahra (53), or better
known as Dara, would travel to a market on the Malaysian Administrative region to buy
her daily needs. Moreover, every month, Dara went to Serian, Malaysia, to
work--and occasionally went back home to Entikong to visit her families.
“I often visit Malaysia, as it is not too
far. It only takes thirty minutes from Entikong to Serian,” said Dara to Global
Zakat-Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) Team on June 2018, when the team visited her
residence in Entikong.
In Malaysia, specifically in Serian, Dara
worked. She worked as a shopkeeper for a small coffee shop owned by her family
that resided in Malaysia. She was paid 20 Ringgit per day, or equal to 70,000 Rupiah.
The small amount of money she earned often left her unable to fulfill her
family daily needs. As a result, her one and only child had to work as a porter
on the border.
In the middle of June, Dara went back home
to Entikong. It had been a week since she went home from Serian to welcome Eid
al-Fitr with her families in Indonesia. On Sunday (17/6/2018), Global Zakat-ACT
visited her residence to deliver the food packages from Paket Pangan Ramadan
untuk Masyarakat Penjaga Negeri (PPR-MPN).