My name is Ardiansyah. My nickname is Ardian. I'm 44 years old.
My diagnosis is schizophrenia disorder.
I don't live in my house anymore.
Now I live in a mosque but sometimes I live in my aunt's house.
I stay in the mosque for 5 out of 7 days.
Initially, the one who brought me to the mosque for the first time was Mr. Fathoni.
By chance, Mr.Fatoni is in the same congregation as Mr.Yaqoub.
So I was introduced by Mr.Fatoni to Mr. Yaqoub, the mosque caretaker,
When he introduced me, Mr.Fatoni said, "He has nowhere to go,
so if it's possible, can I leave Ardiansyah to you so he can live in this mosque?"
After that, I've been living in the mosque until now.
This is a mosque, a place where people come to worship.
And of course, he came here to worship.
The one who introduced him to me was my friend.
I have never met him [Ardiansyah] before.
My friend didn't introduce him to me by appointment, to meet beforehand.
But he [Ardiansyah] was brought here because my friend thinks that this is a mosque,
a mosque where people stop by. A lot of people come here to sleep as Ardiansyah did.
So I don't judge Ardiansyah specifically.
For food needs, sometimes I get it from my friend,
sometimes I get food on my own by being an odd-jobs handyman.
To be honest, this mosque doesn't have money to serve food for people who live here.
So for food needs, he [Ardiansyah] never complains.
The reason why I live in the mosque in the first place is because my younger brother doesn't
accept me anymore because the house I used to live in isn't my parents' house.
It's the house of my younger brother's parents-in-law, so I can't stay there for long.
You know, I feel like an outsider so I can't stay there.
I only dare to judge his situation based on what he told me,
that his younger brother asked him to leave the house.
His younger brother is ashamed of him in front of his wife.
It is indeed his younger brother's parents-in-law's house. Ardiansyah's father also lives there.
He told me why he was asked to move, not kicked out, but move and find his own place to stay.
He has a big appetite. He eats a lot not only in his younger brother's house but here with us.
I never knew the medicine he got from the doctor caused his big appetite.
For my future, I hope that I will get a real job and no longer be an odd-jobs handyman
which I will do my best.
I heard the government has a flat program [for people with disabilities].
I haven't asked again how to get one and when the flat unit will be available.
I hope I can get one of the flats so I can live there with my father so my younger brother can just live with his wife.
This flat seems to have just been built, has not yet been realized to be occupied.
At least, if it is already available, I would like to register to become a resident of the flat.
I really hope that with an age of almost 45, he has some working skills.
It's just that Ardiansyah often says, "I can, I can," but it turns out he can't.
Once, my friend, a member of the congregation, gave him a job to paint the fence at his home.
It's only been one day and after that, my friend reported to me.
My friend said, "Ardiansyah couldn't do his job properly."
Well, what I hope for them. If the government does have a program and looking for
people with mental disability, please look for them in order to train them.
Because maybe, if you expect them to come to the vocational training center by themselves,
maybe they don't know any info about it, and their self-confidence isn't full.
I really hope that the government keeps the vocational training center running
because this the digital era and most of them [people with psychosocial disabilities] are not ready
to work with computers, right? I hope they can gat a training. Isn't learning a computer simple?
They can use it for work.
Other that the mosque, I go to UILS [a center for people with psychosocial disabilities].
There are many benefits of UILS, especially for learning computer.
We're learning Word at the moment, Microsoft Word, which my friends at UILS
are already able to use MS Word significantly.
Eventually, my friends are now able to use computers by themselves.
Even though this is the first time I heard about UILS, I think the UILS is helpful.
It's helpful for people with mental disabilities.
I don't know every conclusion of everyone who comes to UILS. The UILS knows.
However, I think UILS is very helpful. It must be maintained and developed.