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PhotoVoice: Children Who Left by Their Father

“In order to achieve a better future, a father left his young children to work abroad as a migrant worker. The children only lived with their mother. The mother taking care of the children by herself.”

Photographer:

Clara Belae, a mother of four children, had worked as a migrant worker in Malaysia for a year. Due to document incompleteness, she was forced to return to her hometown in Beutaran Village, Ile Ape Sub-District, Lembata Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. Currently, Clara is an active Posyandu cadre and member of migrant workers’ group named Gleri. She was happy to participate in this group because she can gather with friends, share experiences and get new information.

About PhotoVoice: Voices of Women through Photographs

This is  one of 48 photos taken by 21 former women migrant workers, their family members and supporters, who live in six villages in Lombok (West Nusa Tenggara/NTB) and Lembata (East Nusa Tenggara/NTT).  The story of the photo and the photographer profile is available in the image displayed.

Through photos, they voice their concerns, needs and achievements.  They also use these photos to record changes in their lives and the lives of people around them and to communicate the challenges faced in their daily lives.

Their photos were exhibited in two national events: the National Conference of Women of Women Inspiring Change (May 2015, in Jakarta) and the National Jamboree of Migrant Workers (November 2015, in Jember, East Java). A story about them is written by a journalist from Kompas, Meidiana, and published in Kompas printed newspaper on Sunday, December 13, 2015. The trainings were done by a consultant from London, UK, named PhotoVoice.