IF I didn’t know Pak Sarjiyo, right now I still might have been unemployed and drunk,” said Jumarno, a resident of Girimulyo, Kulonprogo.

Jumarno, 23, is telling the truth. He was not just trying to flatter Sarjiyo. For Jumarno, Sarjiyo—who he calls ‘Pak Sarjiyo’—is a Godsend. It was due to Sarjiyo’s help that he can now live on his own and have some self-respect in his hometown. How could it not be so? Jumarno only graduated from