THE room with a low entrance with decaying bamboo door measured just one by two meter. One had to stoop to enter the simple house. The interior of the edifice was filled with piles of instant noodle cardboard boxes which were used for storing clothes. "When it rains, the roof leaks everywhere," so said Roswito Manto, Head of Boalemo Regency People's Welfare and Women Empowerment Division, Gorontalo, to Tempo two weeks ago.

Manto was recalling her