The body temperature rose, felt hot.
The heat affected the ears.
He can't swallow any food, his appetite is gone, there's no appetite.
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.
Tambrauw mountain
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.
So yes, 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 passed 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
Where do you come from? You're walking from your village to get here?
Yes by walking. Four days from Kwor, and Three-Five days from Mariane
Yeah, 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, weâve 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 centers,
but also provide medical teams.