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KALIWESI

MERCY CHILDREN

Kaliwesi Children Center

WEST SUMBA MERCY HOME PARENTS

CHILD

Name: Silviana Cicicliana Putri

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Age: 4 years

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Silviana lives with her parents who were a young married couple. Her father is a computer programmer

and her mother works in a factory and they earn only enough to live day by day. Silviana is a very smart

child and both her parents are very grateful to the Mercy Children Centre for their input into their

daughter’s life.

CHILD

Name: Reyhan Anjar Pratama

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Age: 5 years

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Reyhan lived with his father and grandmother, his mother passed away when he was 3 months old.

Reyhan’s father and grandmother work so they had little time for him. They felt they needed to send him

to Mercy so he could receive an education and a better life.

CHILD

Name: Aberald Abimanyu

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Age: 5 years

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Aberald’s father died when he was 1 year old and his mother is a teacher. We don’t know why but he was

very afraid of lights and the flashes from the camera. He has shown tremendous progression and is no

longer afraid of the camera. Though he is shy, Aberald is proving to be a very intelligent child.

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CHILD

Name: Geovanny Talita Putri

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Age: 5 years

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Geovanny is the youngest child at the centre. She had a very shy and withdrawn nature because when she

was still in Semarang, she almost never had the opportunity to socialize. She is now showing remarkable

progress because of the Children centre’s efforts to help her. Geovanny now easily interacts with her peers

and talks quite a lot.

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CHILD

Name: Satria Ridwan Malana

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Age: 6 years

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Satria lives with his father, mother and sister. He is very diligent in coming to every activity held at the

Mercy Children’s centre. Though he does struggle with some of the activities, he is still very enthusiastic

and willing to learn.

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CHILD

Name: Dian Nabila Hapsari

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Age: 7 years

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Dian has a very intelligent yet subdued nature. She loves sports and usually plays soccer for the first half

of the day. Dian is very enthusiastic in following all the action at the Children center.

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CHILD

Name: Avan Dramara Brilianto

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Age: 7 years

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Avan was reported to have a naughty and spiteful nature and nearly every day, we had a complaint about

his misbehavior. But praise the Lord, Avan is now starting to behave and present a good nature towards the

people around him. Some parents have brought their own children to the Center because they can see how

much Avan has changed.

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CHILD

Name: Chevalleryo Theo Teressy

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Age: 6 years

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Chevalleryo lives with his parents and is a very spoiled child. His father works as a sales agent and his

mother is the homemaker. Chevalleryo attends elementary school but also joins with the Children Centre.

He has begun to show a more grateful attitude towards his parents and teachers.

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CHILD

Name: Rama Gieska Nurcinta

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Age: 6 years

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Rama was a very withdrawn child who rarely spoke joined in the activities. Her grandmother continued to

faithfully drive her to the centre for every activity and Sundays. Rama is now talking and playing with her

friends and joining in with the activities. She has even been brave enough to appear alone on several

occasions at the children’s centre.

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CHILD

Name: Anugerah Raea Leobetty

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Age: 7 years

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Raea’s parents are married but his father lives in NTT, so he rarely gets to see him. Raea lives at home

with his mother, who is a homemaker. Raea’s mother tends to spoil him, making up for the absence of his

father. Raea is now showing improvements with his attitude and is becoming more open to those around

him.

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CHILD

Name: Arjun Cahyo Hadi

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Age: 7 years

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Arjun lives with his foster mum, grandmother and 2 older brothers. His father left the family when Arjun

was still inside his mother’s womb. Arjun’s mother works as an illegal residual gum searcher, if she is

caught by the police she could be faced with a fine or a jail sentence. Arjun enjoys attending the centre and

has been showing improvement since he first began.

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CHILD

Name: Anisa Ladiesta Nora

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Age: 9 years

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Anisa lives with her grandmother as her parents are divorced and both remarried. She is a clever, energetic

and cheerful young girl. Her grandmother raised her in a happy environment which gave her a fun

childhood. Since her grandmother works, Anisa attends the children centre at Kaliwesi.

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CHILD

Name: Rama Reyhan Nurdiansyah

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Age: 9 years

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Rama lives with his parents and grandmother. He is easily stressed and when he first started coming to the

Children centre, he was very quiet and didn’t interact with the lessons or other children. Rama is now

beginning to interact and slowly progressing forwards, he even was brave enough to have his photo taken.

He now wishes to learn about computers.

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CHILD

Name: Alivia Oktaviani

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Age: 10 years

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Alivia lives with her parents, her father works as a builder and her mother is the home maker. Alivia is a

very smart child with great marks in any academic area. Having been able to attend the Children Centre,

her parents are very happy and grateful she has an appropriate place to study and interact with her friends

and peers.

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CHILD

Name: Agusta Rico Fatahillah

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Age: 9 years

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Agusta lives with his grandmother as his mother works abroad in Sumatra and his father abandoned the family a

long time ago. Agusta is able to do as he wishes because his grandmother is very old and often falls sick. Sometimes

they don’t come to the center because his grandmother is unable to take him or he just doesn’t want to go. To this

day we are still reaching out to him to help him have a better opportunity of life. 

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CHILD

Name: Natasya Berliana Putri

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Age: 11 years

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HISTORYNatasya lives with her parents and sister. Her father is a peasant tenant for the Forestry Department and her mother is the homemaker. Natasya and her sister joined the Children Centre when it first began. Natasya is gifted in the area of sports, arts and culture but due to lack of discipline and attention from their parents, both girls tended to be rebellious. Their parents are very thankful to the Children home because the girls have started to improve their attitudes and after attending additional lessons their studies have improved.

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CHILD

Name: Safira Oktafiani Arani

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Age: 12 years

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Safira lives with her father, mother and her younger sister. Her father works as a driver and her mother is

the homemaker. The value of education was not so important to her parents. After Safira started attending

the Children School, her academic skills started to improve and we have been receiving good reports from

her teachers for her attitude and learning.

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CHILD

Name: Maulida Meythania Kurniawati

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Sex: Female

Age: 12 years

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Education: Junior High School

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Maulida lives with her mother who works as an elementary school teacher. Her father left when she was

about 3 years old. Unfortunately, Maulida tends to have a bad attitude and rise up at her mother, causing

her mum to often come to Mercy being sad and upset with her daughter. Praise the Lord because now

Malida is starting to show positive changes.

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CHILD

Name: Ratnadia Maharani Lestari

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Age: 12 years

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HISTORYNadia lives with her mother and father. Her father is a carpenter and her mother works as a maid. Nadia is a clever and deft young girl and she diligently takes part in any of the activities held at Mercy. Nadia is particularly talented with hand skills and batik (color dying and textiles) and sometimes she teaches her skills at Children Center.

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CHILD

Name: Metanoia Tatag Pujianti

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Age: 13 years

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HISTORYMetanoia was the first child to attend the Children Centre in Kaliwesi. She lives with her grandmother and her 2 siblings. Meta’s family moved from Kaliwesi away from us all and she had to be self reliant. She learnt to share her study time and care for her mother who was blind in both eyes. Every weekend she would come back to Kaliwesi with her younger sister and attend the Children Centre activities. They especially enjoy the dancing activities.

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CHILD

Name: Hendanta Pasca Leobetty

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Age: 13 years

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Hendanta lives with his mother, sister, grandparents. His parents are married but his father lives and works

at NTT, so he rarely sees his father. Hendanta shows interest in the value of academic gain which is good

but he is quite lazy, shy and rarely joins in with the activities we conduct. This limits us and other children

from getting to know and answer the needs of him personally.

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CHILD

Name: Gabriella

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Age: 14 years

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Gabriella’s family was difficult to understand. She was rarely allowed to interact with her surrounding

environment and the family had a tendency to keep to themselves. Gabriella is spoiled and finds it hard to

get along with her peers. She was one of the children in the initial recruitment and she now shows some

progress in her attitude.

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CHILD

Name: Gigih Setiawan

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Age: 15 years

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Gigih’s mother left the family when he was a young and says he doesn’t remember her. His father

remarried and was difficult to live with so he went to live with his grandfather. Gigih’s academic skills are

good but he is shy and has no self confidence. Since he has started attending the Children Centre, he is

beginning to gain self confidence and improving overall.

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CHILD

Name: Yohan Sumawanto

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Age: 14 years

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Yohan lives in poverty with his parents and 4 brothers. Yohan loves sports, especially soccer in which he is quite talented. He

wants to become a professional soccer player. His parents were very grateful that Yohan joined the Mercy Children Centre, as

they had not been able to pay school fees because of the poverty they lived in. They are very happy he can now learn and

attend school properly. Yohan’s academic skills have improved since he first joined Mercy with the help of textbooks and the

persistence of the teachers.

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CHILD

Name: Atrik Rizky Nurcahyani

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Sex: Female

Age: 15 years

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Education: Senior High School

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Atrik is a victim of a dysfunctional home environment. When she was young, her father left the family and married

another woman. Atrik's mother is still relatively young and they often moved around, they are currently living in a

small shop. Atrik wasn’t able to continue school but because of the Mercy of God, she was able to join the Children

Centre. She is now in Senior School and progressing well.

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CHILD

Name: Nika Wardani

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Age: 17 years

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Nika had little affection from her parents while growing up. She grew up to have the appearance of a boy because of her tom-

boy like behavior. She had more guy friends then female and had a difficult relationship with her parents. At our

Independence camp on the 2nd-3rd of January, she said she had never received a compliment from her parents her whole life

and resulted with a bitter attitude towards them. By the end of the session, she had forgiven her parents and promised to try

harder to have a relationship with them.

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CHILD

Name: Aditya Kurniawan

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Age: 18 years

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Aditya lives with his mother, sister and brother, his father left the family when he was a child. His mother has been married 3

times and his siblings are from other fathers. His mother is now a widow as her last husband passed away. Aditya’s nickname

in school is ‘swordsman wu shu’ because he competes in the national Wu Shu Campionships. Aditya is proud to be a part of

the Children Centre as he has grown in his personality and even joined the team. He has become one of the treasurers at the

Children Centre and has become like an older brother and role model to the children.

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CHILD

Name: Nabita Kurniasih

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Age: 8 years

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Nabita comes from an impoverished family and lives with her parents, brother, 3 cousins and brother-in-

law. Her father works as a freelance gum maker owned by PTP who earns a minimum wage. Nabita

struggled when she first started attending the Children Centre but her academic skills have been improving

since.

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CHILD

Name: Anisa Mutiara Putri

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Age: 11 years

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Anisa lives with her parents and 2 half brothers. Her parents are not married and her mother is currently pregnant with

another baby. Anisa’s father works as an illegal gum searcher and if caught, he could be faced with a fine or jail sentence. The

distance between her home and the Children Centre is approximately 13kms but the passion Anisa has for attending the

Centre and the support she receives from her parents has made her able to regularly attend the Children Centre.

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CHILD

Name: Dila Anggia Oktaviana

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Age: 10 years

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Dila lives with her parents and baby sister in the house of her great grandfather. Her father works as a

luggage handler and her mother is the homemaker. Dila is very talented and passionate about dancing.

Though her home is approximately 8km away from the Mercy Children Centre, she regularly attends the

activities with a passionate spirit.

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