Aryo Nugroho Waluyo
Activist from Temanggung Tandang

In a corner of the Central Kalimantan Movement Against the Haze (Gerakan Anti-Asap, or GAA) office in Palangkaraya, Kartika sang to her daughter Lintang so she would go to sleep. The three-year-old toddler coughed several times, making it difficult for her to sleep. Lintang's health had become worse with the onslaught of the haze in mid-October.

On the night of October 17, GAA volunteers debated on whether to evacuate residents of Palangkaraya to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan. Kartika, 31, a GAA volunteer, listened to the argument while she tried to put Lintang to sleep. She was at the office with her husband Rama Dhany, an activist working with the Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movements. Together with GAA coordinator Aryo Nugroho Waluyo, 28, he proposed the evacuation. Dhany knew people in Banjarmasin.

December 29, 2015