Hardest Working Volcano Miner Needs a Trolley
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On the Eastern part of Java in Indonesia, you'll find 1 of only 2 blue fire volcanoes on the entire planet, Mount Ijen.
Here you have a high concentration of sulphur, which makes it attractive for miners to extract sulphur stone mass, however it isn't very attractive after all.
These miners are getting paid only 1.000 Indonesian Rupiah per kilogram and they carry around 65 to 80 kg in each trip down and back up from the crater. Most miners make 3 trips in a day. In other words they earn very little for very hard work, which amounts to 14-16€ a day, which is insanely little for such hard work.
All of the miners have a trolley so they don't have to carry all the sulphur rock all the way down to the village, however there is 1 guy who doesn't have a trolley, which means he has to carry the rocks all the way to the village, which is such a physical challenge that he only has energy for 1 trip, which makes him earn no more than 4-5€ a day.
The reason why he doesn't have a trolley is because it's too expensive with a whopping price of 200€, which is an impossibly high number for him to save with a daily salary that is barely enough to put food on the table.
We don't know the miners name, but our great guide, Hendra, knows who he is, which means we will find him and make sure that he gets a trolley, so he can triple his daily income.
Of course that is only possible if we are able to hit the fundraiser target of 200€.
Let's get this guy a trolley!
Here you have a high concentration of sulphur, which makes it attractive for miners to extract sulphur stone mass, however it isn't very attractive after all.
These miners are getting paid only 1.000 Indonesian Rupiah per kilogram and they carry around 65 to 80 kg in each trip down and back up from the crater. Most miners make 3 trips in a day. In other words they earn very little for very hard work, which amounts to 14-16€ a day, which is insanely little for such hard work.
All of the miners have a trolley so they don't have to carry all the sulphur rock all the way down to the village, however there is 1 guy who doesn't have a trolley, which means he has to carry the rocks all the way to the village, which is such a physical challenge that he only has energy for 1 trip, which makes him earn no more than 4-5€ a day.
The reason why he doesn't have a trolley is because it's too expensive with a whopping price of 200€, which is an impossibly high number for him to save with a daily salary that is barely enough to put food on the table.
We don't know the miners name, but our great guide, Hendra, knows who he is, which means we will find him and make sure that he gets a trolley, so he can triple his daily income.
Of course that is only possible if we are able to hit the fundraiser target of 200€.
Let's get this guy a trolley!
Organizer
Joen Rude Falsner
Organizer
Lisbon
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