Kampung Mangga Ubi terletak di daerah Kapuk, kecamatan Cengkareng Jak-Bar, dalam gang ekstra sempit, di atas saluran air dan pinggir kali yang sering banjir dan bisa dibilang kumuh.
Mangga Ubi neighborhood of the Kapuk area of West Jakarta, Cengkareng District in West Jakarta, located in an especially narrow alley beside a drainage canal. A dirty slum area which frequently floods.
a. The residents have lived here from 6 to 40 years.
b. The highest income for adults is approximately the Standard Minimum Wage (UMR) for Jakarta. [Considered by many to be below the actual cost of living.] Adults find work: washing clothes, vehicle driver, neighborhood guard/night watchman, motorcycle taxi, yard care, factory worker, rag picker. Some adults do not have work.
c. Usually children of pre-school age are not sent to kindergarten.
d. Parent's paradigm on education and the future: They want want their children to obtain something which will immediately provide a job.
a. Enthusiasm and motivation for continuing in school is very low, due to economic and environmental factors.
b. People still feel that study is just a burdensome, boring requirement.
c. The mindset of parents is reluctance to put their children in school.
f. The land uses for school facilities has no clear ownership or legality.
g. Drunkenness and gambling are still common.
h. The community influence on the children is very bad.
i. Sanitation and public health in this locality is very bad. For example, the walkways are mere footpaths which can be flooded to a depth of 60 cm., trash is thrown into the canal, waste from toilets flows into the canal, and there are no septic tanks.
j. Houses are not fit for habitation.
k. There is no connection to the city water supply.
l. Mothers are unable to find income outside the home.
m. Unemployment is high, especially for young people.
a. LIFE Center was begun by the Five Loaves and Two Fishes ministry in February 2012.
– Personal after school tutoring for elementary school students by 5 volunteer tutors.
– Special educational activities for autistic children.
– Routine free health checkups.
– Free milk provided 3 times a week.
– Routine orientation about health and a clean environment.