My Hero

I chose Hamzah Harun Al'Rasyid as my hero. Hamzah Harun Al'Rasyid was born in Jakarta in 1962. When he was a child he learned from his mother, a religious instructor, that those who help the poor are forever blessed. He studied about agriculture in University but soon turned to economics and management. He trained at the Entrepreneurship College in Jakarta. In 1989, he graduated from college and he got a job working in the slum of Luar Batang, near Jakarta’s harbor. He set up kindergartens, renovated homes and organized job-training programs, but focused his attention on improving the neighborhood’s system of public sanitation.

The problem here is that Indonesia is the fourth most populated country in the world. As it grows, cities in Indonesia had lots of people who were searching for a job. Many people end up living in crowded neighborhoods around factories. They look for rental rooms that are as cheap as possible. Some houses had no water or toilets.

There are not many public sanitation facilities available in Indonesian cities, so many people are forced to use rivers, canals, and ponds as both toilets and sources of water for bathing. Many inhabitants of slum areas suffer from chronic diarrhea and water borne diseases. There are only few public toilets that are available tend to be filthy.

Hamzah is trying to solve this problem thats why I chose him a my hero.