30 Maret 2007 - 13:34   (Diposting oleh: Rumah Dunia)
[Journal 211] SHARING, LAUNCHING AND HAPPY
Translated by Rimba Alangalang

“Ya Allah, give donors who helped Rumah Dunia your rashness and kindness. And hopefully their charitable is your way always. Amin…” A piece of Nek Atisah prayed. She stood on the stage in the front of audience. She was 73 years old. She is Gola Gong’s mother. Beside it, she is adviser of Rumah Dunia. And audience was the orphans who helped by her.

Donation
On Monday, march 19th since morning, the chairs have been ready to use. Then over 09.00 AM, about 30 children came to Rumah Dunia. They wore Muslim dresses and seem so tidy. Nek Atisah and the volunteers prepared some money and many boxes of snack for them. The orphans looked happy when they received money and snack. Because they seldom received them.we felt also happy looking them happy. The brotherhood sense created here. “ Alhamdulillah, Rumah Dunia received massage from Mrs Entik Rosita from DKM Al-Muhajirin, Bandung and Mrs. Cucu Djoko Munandar donated Rp. 1.000.000 as money sympathetic care for the orphans.” Nek Atisah said in her speech.

It was only the sympathetic care which Rumah Dunia gave to the poor and the orphans, but also it gave the funds for their school fee regularly. For instance, Alimin, 17 years old whose father passed away when he was a child. He studies on the third class of SMA PGRI 2 Serang. Now his school fee is funded by Nek Atisah. But for the final examination fee, Mrs. Cucu Djoko Munandar will help paying it because it needs more money. In addition nek Atisah used to give some money to many orphans every Friday morning before they went to school. But after she moved to one of her daughter’s house in Ki Demang village about sixth month ago, Mrs. Parlan from Komplek Hegar Alam, instead of Nek Atisah giving money to them every Friday morning. In Rumah Dunia everybody can share each other without exception.

NGALIWET
After we had finished the program, Ayuni, a library coordinator and a tutor of Jendral kecil kinder garden who does live in Rumah Dunia, prepared rice and washed it. And The Tulhah servant of Gola Gong, took cooking tools from the kitchen. Awi and Deden, the two brothers, lighted the fire for cooking it. Roy and Rimba made fish jabs. They cooked together except Aji and Ibnu. Aji came late. Ibnu went to Holland two month ago. But situation of Rumah Dunia looked crowded because Tias Tatanka and Kang Gosal, wife and Gola Gong’s brother, brought their children to join us.

When we were eating liwet rice with using banana leaf on the stage which has been empty. Suddenly the sound of car heard from outside of Rumah Dunia. Some of children went out from the car and went into Rumah Dunia without looking at us. They played out bond on the yard. Directly, after that their parents followed by the. And one of the people who care into Rumah Dunia was Asep. He was 29 years old. He was reader of Balada si Roy novel. It was masterpiece of Gola Gong’s novel. He also promised to add the collection book Rumah Dunia library because his brother worked at the library of state palace. At the moment, we got good news from Abdul Malik, the chief of Research and development of Radar Banten newspaper and one of adviser of Rumah Dunia, who got the baby from his beloved wife, who took birth on Wednesday, 21st 2007. Congratulations Kang! We were happy to hear that.

Agenda
After delayed few months, Rumah Dunia will produce the project of 3/3. it is launching program of poetry or short story every three months. For the next project, Rumah Dunia will give opportunity for three women’s writers of Banten to discuss their books. They are Ayu Pangestu from Tangerang, Rayyina Fikira from Serang and Asri Surtayati from Cilegon. Their project will held on Saturday, march, 24th 2007at 14.00 PM. And Arip Senjaya the lecturer of Tirtayasa University will become the speaker and Piter Tamba, an actor of drama will be the moderator in this program. However, in Rumah Dunia may share everything.

(Langlang Randhawa, The last semester of IAIN Sulta Maulana Hasanudin Banten, secretary of Rumah Dunia)