PovertyDocumentaryNarrativeScript

BackgroundInformationaboutKalimantan(Pontianak,Singkawang,andMonterado)
ScenesshowingsceneriesofKalimantan,PontianakandMonteradowithVoiceovers
Pontianak is the capital city of the Indonesian province of WestKalimantan.Itisconsideredas
a very large trade port cityinBorneo.Pontianakhasasizeof107.82squarekilometersandthere
areabout573,751peoplelivinginPontianak.
Singkawang, whichcan alsobeknownasSanKeuwJong,isacityinWestKalimantanthatis
located 145 kilometers from the capital city of Kalimantan, Pontianak. It covers an area of 504
squarekilometersandhasapopulationof192,844people.
Monterado is subdistrict found in West Kalimantan. It is a rural area and it is located close to
Singkawang. In the past, the Chinese used to occupy this place to exploit gold deposits in this
areabycreatingpartnershipswiththelocalpeople.
PovertyinKalimantan(PontianakandMonterado)
RateofPoverty(IncomePovertyandNutritionalHealth)inKalimantan
We conducted a survey in a school in Pontianak and Monterado. We asked them regarding
thefoodthattheyatein thelasttwodaysandfromthatinformationwecalculatedtheaverage
amountoffats,caloriesandproteinthatthestudentsconsumeperday.

ShowTable1:Theaverageconsumptionofcalories,fatsandprotein
School
SMPImmanuel(8
Students)
SMPN1
Monterado(26
Students)

AverageConsumptionofEachStudentperDay
Calories

Fats

Protein

937.4375calories

56.25375gramsof
fat

42.785gramsof
protein

920.634615384
calories

10.1063462grams
offat

43.1419231grams
ofprotein

This table shows that the students of SMP ImmanuelinPontianakconsumemuchmorefats

compared to the students of SMPN 1 Monterado. However, the amount of calories and
proteinthatareconsumedaresimilar.

Show the results of SMP Immanuel & SMPN1Monteradoandtherecommendedamountsin

abargraph
.
School

AverageConsumptionofEachStudentperDay

Calories
SMPImmanuel(8 937.4375calories
Students)

Fats

Protein

56.25375gramsof 42.785gramsof
fat
protein

SMPN1
Monterado(26
Students)

920.634615384calories

10.1063462grams 43.1419231grams
offat
ofprotein

Recommended
Amounts

1,8002,400calories

5070grams

4652grams

When we compared the results from both schools to the recommended amount of calories,
fats and protein, we found out that students from both schools lack calories and proteins in
their diet. Even so, the students of SMP Immanuel consumes about6moregramsoffatthan
the recommended amounts while the students SMPN 1 consumes about 40 less grams of fat
thantherecommendedamount.
Activities that the Local Government is doing to Reduce Income Poverty and Improve
PublicHealth
The central government of Indonesia creates several programs to reduce poverty in
Indonesia. We interviewed the head of a village in Monterado and also the head of a health
centretofindoutmoreinformationregardingthis.
Clipofthepersontalkingwhilevoiceoverreplacesthevoiceoftheperson
The head of the village states that the programs that are applied in the Monterado area are
program keluarga harapan, program beras untuk rakyat miskin, program bantuan siswa
sekolah, program nasional pemberdayaan masyarakat generasi sehat dan cerdas, program
kredit usaha bersama and program jaminan kesehatan masyarakat/BPJS. He mentions that
these programs are made to help poor families in that area so that they are able to afford
healthcare,educationandalsomeettheirdailyneeds.
Analysis
HowThoseActivitiesaffectthePovertyandPublicHealthintheRegion
Various clips of Pontianak, Singkawang and Monterado sceneries are shown whileAnalysis
voiceoverisplaying
Based on the results of thesurveyweconductedinSMPImmanuelinPontianakandSMPN
1 Monterado in Monterado, we conclude that the students from both schools do not control
theirdietwell.Thereareseveralfactorsthatmightcausethis.
The students from Pontianak might experience this because they do not really care about
their intake of calories, protein andfatsbecauseusuallytheyjusteatwhatevertheylike.This
is so because the students from Pontianak are mainly people of the middleclass, due to the

fact that they have good living conditions. Pontianak isone ofthemajoreconomiccentresin
Kalimantan so this means that the people that live in there will be moderately rich. Those
students are able to eat any food that they desire because they have enough money toafford
it.
However the circumstancesofthepeopleinMonteradoarecompletelydifferent.Thepeople
of Monterado are less fortunate compared to the people that live in Pontianak because
Monterado is more of a rural areawhilePontianakisanurbanarea.Thisis alsosupportedby
the fact that the people of Monteradohavelivingconditionsthatarenotofhighquality,such
as how they do not have access to clean water and their electricity turns off at some times.
The presence of the programs of BSM, RASKIN and JAMKESDA also indicate that
Monterado is an area filled with poor people. Anotherreasonmightbebecausethepeopleof
Monterado doesnothavethatmuchknowledgeregardingnutritionalvalues.Theyalsodonot
have that much money and this is the reason why they only consume food that they can
afford to buy. ThiscouldbethecausetothefactthatthestudentsofMonteradoconsumeless
calories, fats and protein than the recommendedamountsbecausetheyjust eatwhateverthey
have.
The lack of the consumption of calories,fatsandproteinsmaybedangeroustothehealth of
these students, especially due to the fact that they are still teens and they are still growing.
They need the right amount of nutrients to have enough energy and to stay healthy or fit. If
theyarenotphysicallyfit,theywillbevulnerabletosickness.
There arevariousreasonswhythepeopleofMonteradohave toliveinpoverty.Oneofthem
might be because the local government of the subdistrict does not apply the programs that
are made by the central government effectively. This is due to the fact that based on our
interviews, not all of the people receive help from the governmentprograms.Anexampleof
suchasituationisthatwemetanadultthatdidnotreceivehelpfromthehealthcareprogram,
which was BPJS. Another reason is that the programs that the government makes might not
be actuallyhelpfulto thepeople.AnexampleistheRASKINprogram.Thatprogramismade
to provide rice for poor families so that they are able to buy other food commodities. In
reality, it is not very beneficial because it turns out that they still consume low amounts of
calories, fats and proteins based on our survey results.Thismightbeduetothefactthatthey
rarelyreceive therice,basedonourinterview,andmaybethe amountofricethattheyreceive
is not able to support their whole family. Other than that,thepopulationofMonteradocould
be the ones thatare ignoringthepresenceofthesegovernmentprograms.Ifthey do notapply

to these programs, they will receive less assistance from the government, thus making their
lives more difficult. This is because they will need to support their families with their own
money, which is not that much as they are poor. If this is so,theywillnotbeabletoprovide
enough food for their family thus causing their nutritional health to decrease. They would
lackthecalories,fats,proteinsandothernutrientsthattheyneedintheirdiet.
ResponseasaChristBeliever
Variousclipsofourtrip
Through this documentary video of poverty, we hope that the government of Indonesia will
continuetoeradicatepovertybycreatingmoreprogramsandalsoapplyingiteffectively.Wealso
hope that the lives of the poor people in West Kalimantan will become better by actively
participatinginthegovernmentsprograms.
GodsCommandConcerningthePoor(Proverbs31:89)
ShowtheBibleVerseinthevideo
I can relate what I learned to the Bible Verse Proverbs 31:89, which says Speak up for
those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and
judgefairlydefendtherightsofthepoorandneedy.
This verse tells us that even though we maylivewonderfullives,weneedtorememberthat
there are other people who are in need. God wants us to support these people and show our
kindness to them. Even though they are poor, we must treat them fairly instead of looking
down upon them. They are also created in Gods image and this is why we must treat them
likewetreatanybodyelse.

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