His body temperature rose, he was 
getting a fever.

His ears were burning hot.

He can't swallow any food, his appetite 
is gone.

His parents suspect that worms caused it.

This is Jokbijoker village.

The villagers have already left to find 
medicine in Bikar.

And this place has become deserted.

These are graves.

Victims of mass deaths from a suspicious 
disease in the Jokbijoker village.

According to a report by a local NGO, 
as many as 95 members of the

Karon tribe died due to an unknown 
disease.

The Karon tribe is located in eight villages 
in the Kwaroo district, Tambrauw regency,

West Papua Province.

<i>TAMBRAUW MOUNTAIN</i>

I have been working

to serve the House of God in this 
remote area in Tambrauw since 1981.

During my time here, I have built up many 
villages (permanent settlements)

Bikar, Orvefor, Suau, Sebab, Bakdhe, 
Krisnos, Suau, Krafotsu.

Not seven, but eight villages.

In the case of the disease that 
occurred in Jokbijoker

the sudden death of so many of the 
Karon tribe members

we went to the Health Department 
so many times.

But they did not respond, or didn't 
care about us.

All the reports have been presented
to them.

If there are health issues

if some members from here or other 
villages get sick

they bring them over to another village.

Usually to Werur.

They don't have a medical centre here, 
not even the smallest kind.

Every time someone gets sick, they 
bring that person to Werur.

To my house, to be exact.

<i>Where do you come from? You're walking 
from your village to get here?</i>

<i>Yes, by walking. Four days from Kwor, and 
three to five days from Mariane.</i>

Some of them became better 
and returned to their villages.

But some also died in Werur village.

All this time, I have been buying some 
medicine for them.

I'm using my church savings.

The government health officials visited 
only once for a day in 2012.

Up until now, we have been waiting on 
the Ministry of Health

and also on the West Papua Province.

They promised us, so we're waiting.

People are still waiting.

They said they want to establish several 
small medical centres, one in Bakde

and one probably here.

They shouldn't just build small medical 
centres

but also provide medical teams.