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Halo I'm Josua

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Josua Josua

I'm a 8 year-old boy and I live with my mother and father in East Indonesia.

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My birthday is the 19th June.

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I love drawing, ball games and running.

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I'm in year 3, and my favourite subjects are Language and Maths.

£32 per month will empower him to overcome poverty

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In my family, the adults work as a Day Labor / Different Jobs and Homemaker.

I have 1 brother and 1 sister living with the family.

Church Partner:


Location:


Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tin/Corrugated Iron, 
  • Wall: Wood, 
  • Floor: Dirt

Regional Diet:


  • Fish, 
  • Rice

Capital City:

Jakarta

Population:

 262 million

Life expectancy:

 male 70.6 years, female 76 years

Population with improved drinking water:

 urban 94.2%, rural 79.5%

Adult literacy rate:

male 97.2%, female 93.6%

Infant mortality rate:

21.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight:

19.9%

Religion:

Muslim 87.2%, Protestant 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)

Percentage living on less than $1.90 a day:

 10.9%

My Family

My Project

My Country

In my family, the adults work as a Day Labor / Different Jobs and Homemaker.

I have 1 brother and 1 sister living with the family.

Church Partner:


Location:


Closest Major City:


Community:


Most Commonly Spoken Language:


No. of Residents:


Most Common Occupation:


Typical House Construction:


  • Roof: Tin/Corrugated Iron, 
  • Wall: Wood, 
  • Floor: Dirt

Regional Diet:


  • Fish, 
  • Rice

Capital City:

Jakarta

Population:

 262 million

Life expectancy:

 male 70.6 years, female 76 years

Population with improved drinking water:

 urban 94.2%, rural 79.5%

Adult literacy rate:

male 97.2%, female 93.6%

Infant mortality rate:

21.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight:

19.9%

Religion:

Muslim 87.2%, Protestant 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)

Percentage living on less than $1.90 a day:

 10.9%

Josua's project in East Indonesia




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