The Chicken Side Dish They Crave

They are still grateful to be able to live in the orphanage and go to school while waiting for the "fancy side dish" of chicken once a week.

KOMPAS/SAIFUL RIJAL YUNUS

Hasan Ismail (16) enjoys his lunch of rice, egg, tempeh and vegetables at an orphanage in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, on Tuesday (15/9/2020). The children at the orphanage only get Rp 25,000 (less than US$2) each a day for their breakfast, lunch and dinner. The provincial government has been asked to be more considerate in taking care of the children in the orphanage.

Hasan Ismail, 16, enjoyed a third of a fried egg after eating rice. Eggs, especially chicken, are a luxury side dish for inhabitants of the Social Service Home for Children and Adolescents in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi.

Other items on the plate were a slice of tempeh and pakis curry in an ompreng (aluminum tray). Hasan, who is popularly called Mail, ate well. Twice he added rice, the only food that was free to take during the mealtime at the Social Service Institution for Children and Adolescents (PSAR) of the Southeast Sulawesi Social Service Office. There were no more helpings of other sides, apart from tempeh and curry, because they had been prepared according to the number of inhabitants.