Inside the Chocolate Bar

Having difficult moment of living throughout years of conflict, violence and deadly tsunami, numerous farmers then refer their intention in farming.

Let's check the cocoa seed.

NURSIAH (42) was impatient to greening her new farmland with cocoa seeds. The mother of two sons has cleaned the farmland from the bushes amidst unfriendly heat that afternoon. For about half a hectare of her land hampered across Arun Patah village in Panga sub district, Aceh Jaya district.

“I’ve been waiting for the seeds. Staff of Caritas Czech Republic said they will give them to us when the field school program ended,” Nursiah said, happily.

Having difficult moment of living throughout years of conflict, violence and deadly disaster, Nursiah then refer her intention in farming. Her first husband has divorced her during conflicting era in Aceh in 2000. She was accused as an Inong Balee, a GAM military wing for women. Inong Balee means widow.

Simeulue

Kejayaan cengkeh di Simeulue berakhir dan perekonomian warga hancur akibat ulah Tommy Suharto dan kebijakan ayahnya saat menjabat presiden Indonesia.

PINTU gudang itu sedikit terbuka. Dari balik pintu baja terlihat sebuah pos jaga dengan jendela kawat nyamuk.

Hanya gundukan pasir yang mengisi gudang tersebut, sebuah bangunan yang terletak di tepi jalan raya Tengku Di Ujong, Sinabang, ibukota kabupaten Simeulue.

“Sudah kosong, tidak ada isinya,” ujar Muhammad Deni.