Light from Behind the Mountain

High on Mt. Halimun residents are building their own power-generating plant to light up the village

November 1, 2005

ON the second floor of a wooden house high on Mt. Halimun in Kampung Ciganas, Sukabumi, West Java, Aad readies himself to begin the day as operator and announcer of the village radio station. Wilujeng wengi kanggo para pamiarsa (good evening, listeners), he starts talking into the microphone as his hands play with the mouse of his computer searching for one or two Sundanese tunes to put on the air. The station run by the 27-year-old farmer reache

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