"Di sini udah banyak pabrik. Daerah aku lumayan dekat sama PT Suton. Jadi agak tercemarlah" - Ulia[1]
Adaptive Strategies:
Pak Wartika (leg amputation, 2 crutches):
"Diikat di kepala galonya. Kalau enggak digendong, ya kepaksa pelan-pelan ditenteng pakai tangan"
Pak Sutarno (arm amputation):
"Kesulitan sih pasti ada. Lebih kecapainya kan. Tapi dengan satu tangan ya alhamdulillah bisa dilaksanakan semua"
Pak Sutarno's solution: Purchased washing machine after 5 months (economic barrier for many)
Key Quotes:
"Never invited, never involved... Sometimes people belittle you - 'what do you understand'... I feel ostracized because I'm disabled" - Pak Wartika
"Most people here still think disabled people should just stay at home, no need to join meetings. Here it still follows patriarchal culture" - Ulia
Cimanuk FAO Water Scarcity Program. (2025). Comprehensive Water Tenure Thematic Analysis, Section: 4.2 Theme 1: Water Source Disparity. ↩︎