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Poor Children Suffer from Hunger

             A tribe in Bukit Dua Belas National Park, Jambi named Orang Rimba which led by chieftains Mangku Terap have been experienced of awful poverty. There are many victims in this incident and mostly are children. They are malnourished which makes the children there suffering and get acute disease. As experienced by 2 small children Merute (12 years) and Cipak (1 year). They had been taken to the hospital because they have a fever the previous few days and traditional treatment is not successful. Not only them, but before they came there were two other children which have the same suffer, they are Besikap (4 years) and Sebilau (3 years). Doctor who cares for them, Beby Andihara said that they had experienced a fever, cough and acute respiratory infections. They are susceptible to disease due to lack of food and nutrients that make their bodies weakened and viruses easily invade their bodies. This can happen due to a lack of clean water and forests where they live has become oil palm plantations moreover that were once clean water is now polluted by industrial waste that jungle tribes have to travel far enough to get clean water. Not only that but Also this happens due to the lack of attention from the government about the health of the population, especially the tribal population. There are many tribal people who died of acute hunger and many diseases affecting to them. After the suffering of the Orang Rimba tribe make the government move to investigate this case and provide assurance to the Orang Rimba tribe of health, decent living and their food. Not only that, but the government also hopes that this incident did not happen to them again.