
ACTNews, MAMUJU - The earthquake that shook Mamuju
and Majene in January destroyed not only public infrastructure but also shops
and stores around the area. As a result, business activities are hampered.
One of the shops that sustained
considerable damages belongs to Sahrul (39), a resident of Korongana
Neighborhood, Simboro, Mamuju Regency. Sahrul’s grocery store that he opens in
his house was flattened to the ground. "I still have no money to renovate
the shop," said Sahrul to Global Wakaf-ACT team last February.
With his shop destroyed, his livelihood,
too, has been severely affected by the earthquake. When the disaster happened,
he was struggling to keep his business running amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
With the initial capital of IDR 1 million,
Sahrul established the grocery store in 2011. Before the pandemic, he was able
to make up to hundreds of thousands rupiah a day. However, his income was cut
by half since the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Since Coronavirus pandemic, I earned
only IDR 30,000 every day at most. I am grateful for that. However, now that my
shop was destroyed, I have no money because I can no longer work,” he said.
Now, Sahrul is cleaning up the ruins of
his collapsed house and shop while slowly rebuilding his house. He just
received business capital assistance from Global Wakaf-ACT through the Waqf for
Indonesian Micro Business Capital program on Tuesday (2/23/2021). With this
business capital funded by the public’s waqf, Sahrul plans to open the shop
again to make a living. []