Without money and shelter, a family found hunger in the middle of the garden

KOMPAS.com – A sad story was lived by a family in Amassangan Village, Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi.

The reason is because they do not have money and their houses are forced to live in gardens owned by the residents.

When people were first discovered, their condition was very alarming.

Because in addition to fatigue and hunger, a family of seven people, three of them are still young children and a mother is known to be pregnant.

Residents who know her condition evacuate her immediately.

For a time they lived in an old police building on Trans Sulawesi Road.

“Poor garden life for hungry citizens. Fortunately, many residents sympathize and provide food assistance so they can eat,” said Rahmawati, one of the residents who provided assistance, on Thursday (04/30/2020).

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Meanwhile, Nurhidayat (57), the head of the family, claimed to be from Tolitoli, Central Sulawesi.

The reason for coming to Polewali Mandar was because he wanted to find relatives.

Therefore, you could not expect to work as a farm worker who was busy at your place of origin after the coronavirus began to spread.

But after struggling to visit Polewali, his relatives had already moved and he and his family were confused about where to go.

“The plan is to find friends in Polewali because they no longer have a job in Tolitoli, but when they arrive in Polewali it turns out that the relevant person is no longer there,” Nurhidayat explained.

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Because they did not have enough money and a place to live, he and his family were eventually forced to live in the middle of the community garden.

Author: Polewali contributor, Junaedi | Publisher: Teuku Muhammad Valdy Arief