Moving Away from Mangroves

In a hamlet somewhere in north Sumatra, husband and wife Jumiati and Sutrisno help out fishermen through cooperative projects, ranging from mangrove planting to running coffee shops.

April 23, 2013

Every afternoon, fishermen fill a coffee stall at Hamlet Tiga, located on the banks of an estuary some 100 meters from the Malaka Strait. The 18-square meter eatery is made of bamboo walls covered by a palm-thatch roof. Its location is in front of the boat mooring post. Something feels amiss if we don't stop by here for a cup of coffee after fishing," Ahmad Yani, one of the fishermen, told Tempo two weeks ago.

The coffee stall without a name is mana

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