Archive for April 8th, 2005

Friday, April 08, 2005 Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Gunung Sitoli On a day when she was supposed to tap latex on her five-hectare rubber plantation, Ameria Hura, 32, was instead sitting and chatting with her relatives in Hiligodu village, 12 kilometers from the town of Gunung Sitoli in north Nias. It's been eight... »

Friday, April 08, 2005 Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Gunung Sitoli Yeniria Telemanua, 12, and her brother Natalius, 9, started off on the two-hour, 10-kilometer journey from the hilly area where their parents grow water spinach and cassava leaves to Beringin market in Gunung Sitoli. The elementary school students have not been in school... »