a Miracle Posyandu for Keerom People's

indopos.co.id  |  Monday, 31st March 2014

BANYAKNYA anak balita dan anak kurang gizi di Distrik Waris, Kabupaten Keerom, Papua, membuat Hermina prihatin. Meski tidak mempunyai latar belakang pendidikan kesehatan, nenek sembilan cucu itu merasa ikut bertanggung jawab atas kondisi tersebut. Karena itu, dia pun tergerak untuk menolong mereka. Tak peduli aral melintang di hadapannya, Hermina tetap teguh membantu warga miskin tersebut. Itu terjadi sekembali Hermina mengikuti sang suami bertugas di Banyumas, Jawa Tengah, 2004. Dia begitu kaget mengetahui anak-anak di kampung halamannya di Distrik Waris kekurangan gizi.

Hermina really concerns on the common problem experienced by many children in Waris District, Keerom, Papua: malnutrition. Although she doesn’t have any academic background related to health, this grandmother of 9 children has a big heart to help the children. There are so many obstacles that she has to face in her efforts to save Waris’s children. Hermina starts her endeavors when she went back from Banyumas in 2004 after her husband duty’s period ended. At that time, she was shocked to find most of children in her village suffer from malnutrition.

click here for complete news [story in bahasa].