INSIDE a damp and dilapidated building, the women and children huddle. There are no rooms, no mattresses. Thirty-two families have divided the hall into tiny units, each separated from the other by sarongs, blankets or towels, hung on a string. They do their cooking outside, in front of the building.

The people of Mataram, in West Nusa Tenggara province are aware that this white building was actually built to house prospective participants in the