Real Lives- Eliani

0 years old

I was born a girl in the city of Manado in Indonesia's Sulawesi Utara Province.

My parents have named me Eliani. My surname is Hermawan. My mother, Ai, is 22 and my father, Kraeng-Samarluka, is 22. I have a brother, Trunajaya, who is 3.

My mother is now working as a part-time laborer.



1 year old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 32 people have died and 1,100,000 others have been affected.



My family and I were not directly affected.



2 years old

My brother Trunajaya began school.



3 years old

Sporadic localized fighting in Jambi province.



My mother is now working as a laborer.



4 years old

Peace.



My mother is now working as a metal worker.



5 years old

I have a trichuriasis (whip worm) infection.



A major fire has hit Indonesia. 7 people have died and 2,500,000 others have been affected.



My family and I were not directly affected.



Sister Irma born.



6 years old

I have been cured of trichuriasis.



Began school.



7 years old

8 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 3 people have died and 360,000 others have been affected.



My family and I were not directly affected.



Heavy localized fighting in Nusa Tenggara Timur province.



Removed from school.



9 years old

Peace.



Began work as a shoe cleaner.



10 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 3 people have died and 170,000 others have been affected.



My family and I were not directly affected.



My sister Irma began school.



11 years old

Received a 6% pay raise.



12 years old

Moved to a nicer place.



Decided not to smoke cigarettes.



My brother Trunajaya has been involved in a road traffic accident but fortunately suffered no permanent injuries.



13 years old

Moved to a less expensive place.



A major fire has hit Indonesia. 13 people have died and 390,000 others have been affected.



My family and I were not directly affected.



Met a new girl I like very much, named Meuthia Adhiwidjaja.



Decided not to pursue a relationship with Meuthia Adhiwidjaja.



My mother has been cured of depression.



14 years old

Met a new boy I like very much, named Sri Cahyono.



We've begun seeing each other.



My brother Trunajaya has graduated from secondary school.



My brother Trunajaya is now working as a handicraft worker.



15 years old

My brother Trunajaya has moved out on his own.



16 years old

Cleaned up someone else's mess.



Denied a raise.



Quit my job.



Began work as a painter.



My sister Irma is now doing temporary odd jobs.



17 years old

Helped out a beggar.



Ended relationship with Sri Cahyono.



Met a new boy I like very much, named Sartoro Rais.



We've begun seeing each other.



Denied a raise.



My brother Trunajaya has roundworms.



My sister Irma is now working as a handicraft worker.



My boyfriend Sartoro is now working as a assembler.



18 years old

Decided not to smoke cigarettes.



My boyfriend Sartoro and I are now engaged.



Sartoro Rais and I got married this year.



Moved away from home.



My brother Trunajaya has been cured of ascariasis.



19 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 25 people have died and 1,100,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



Received a 1% pay raise.



20 years old

Decided not to give money to charity.



21 years old

22 years old

Denied a raise.



My sister Irma has moved out on her own.



My sister Irma is now working as a street vendor.



23 years old

Pregnant.



24 years old

Son Rexi born.



My brother Trunajaya has been assaulted but fortunately suffered no permanent injuries.



25 years old

Decided not to give money to charity.



Quit my job.



Began work as a restaurant services worker.



Pregnant.



26 years old

Volunteered in a local humanitarian effort.



Son Eko born.



Received a 6% pay raise.



My sister Irma's boyfriend Amir has become an alcoholic.



27 years old

My brother Trunajaya has given up drinking.



My son Rexi has had measles.



28 years old

Denied a raise.



Pregnant.



My sister Irma is now working as a manufacturing laborer.



29 years old

Daughter Meuthia born.



My father has hookworm.



My son Rexi began school.



30 years old

Decided not to give money to charity.



Invested 3000000 rupiahs in low-risk stock.



Invested 5500000 rupiahs in low-risk mutual fund.



My father has been cured of ancylostomiasis.



31 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 4 people have died and 970,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



My father has hookworm.



My sister Irma has hookworm.



My son Eko began school.



32 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 7 people have died and 1,000,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



Cashed in 2155296 rupiahs from low-risk stock.



Pregnant.



Received a 2% pay raise.



My father has been cured of ancylostomiasis.



My sister Irma has been cured of ancylostomiasis.



33 years old

Daughter Nining born.



34 years old

Cashed in 6938221 rupiahs from low-risk mutual fund.



Caught trying to sneak into Puerto Rico.



Leni Cahyono and my brother Trunajaya are now engaged to be married.



Leni Cahyono and my brother Trunajaya have married.



My son Rexi is now working as a manufacturing laborer.



My daughter Meuthia began school.



35 years old

Decided not to give money to charity.



Denied a raise.



36 years old

Received a 1% pay raise.



Received a 5% pay raise.



37 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 8 people have died and 140,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



My son Rexi has hookworm.



38 years old

My son Rexi has been cured of ancylostomiasis.



My daughter Nining began school.



My son Mauliwarmadewa has trichuriasis (whip worm).



39 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 12 people have died and 720,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



My son Mauliwarmadewa has had measles.



My son Mauliwarmadewa has been cured of trichuriasis.



My son Mauliwarmadewa began school.



40 years old

Decided not to give money to charity.



Received a 3% pay raise.



Invested 300000 rupiahs in jewelry.



Invested 300000 rupiahs in jewelry.



Invested 3000000 rupiahs in jewelry.



Moved to Jakarta.



Denied a raise.



My mother has cervical cancer.



41 years old

My mother has died at age 64 from cervical cancer.



My brother Trunajaya has given up drinking.



My son Rexi has moved out on his own.



My daughter Nining is now doing temporary odd jobs.



42 years old

My brother Trunajaya has a peptic ulcer.



My son Rexi is now working as a metal worker.



My daughter Nining is now working as a handicraft worker.



43 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 31 people have died and 89,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



Denied a raise.



Pregnant.



My father is now working as a part-time temporary odd jobs.



My brother Trunajaya has been cured of peptic ulcer.



My son Eko has graduated from secondary school.



My son Eko is now doing temporary odd jobs.



44 years old

Son Budi born.



Received a 1% pay raise.



Your sister Irma's boyfriend Surapati has been disabled by leprosy



My son Eko is now working as a restaurant services worker.



45 years old

Home was broken into and burglarized.



Victim of burglary.



Invested 6000000 rupiahs in bond fund.



Received a 7% pay raise.



My brother Trunajaya has ischemic heart disease.



My daughter Meuthia is now working as a trader of used goods.



46 years old

Received a 5% pay raise.



Surapati Setiaji and my sister Irma have married.



My daughter Meuthia is now doing temporary odd jobs.



My son Mauliwarmadewa is now working as a handicraft worker.



47 years old

My son Eko has a peptic ulcer.



My daughter Meuthia has moved out on her own.



My daughter Meuthia is now working as a assembler.



48 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 2 people have died and 1,300,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



Denied a raise.



Ridwan Kartodirdjo and my son Rexi are now engaged to be married.



Ridwan Kartodirdjo and my son Rexi have married.



My son Budi has hookworm.



49 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 5 people have died and 470,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



Received a 7% pay raise.



Invested 3000000 rupiahs in jewelry.



My brother Trunajaya has died at age 53 from a heart attack.



My sister Irma has tuberculosis.



My son Budi has been cured of ancylostomiasis.



My son Budi began school.



50 years old

Decided to give some money to charity.



My father has reduced vision from cataracts.



My sister Irma has been cured of tuberculosis.



My daughter Nining has moved out on her own.



My daughter Nining is now working as a street vendor.



51 years old

I have diabetes.



Denied a raise.



My father has died at age 74 from a heart attack.



My son Eko has been cured of peptic ulcer.



My son Eko has died at age 26 in a road traffic accident.



52 years old

I have hookworm.



A major fire has hit Indonesia. 2 people have died and 220,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



Heavy localized fighting in Riau province.



Received a 3% pay raise.



Dyah Alijahbana and my son Mauliwarmadewa are now engaged to be married.



Dyah Alijahbana and my son Mauliwarmadewa have married.



My son Mauliwarmadewa is now working as a manufacturing laborer.



53 years old

Cured of ancylostomiasis.



I am suffering from clinical depression.



Denied a raise.



54 years old

A major fire has hit Indonesia. 4 people have died and 570,000 others have been affected.



I was not directly affected.



55 years old

I have been cured of depression.



Decided not to give money to charity.



Denied a raise.



My son Rexi's wife Ridwan has hookworm.



My husband Sartoro has died at age 56 from a heart attack.



56 years old

Died at age 56 from a stroke.