Achmad Moersyid Soejiwo

A THICK VEIL  of smoke erases the sky over Mount Ijen, the scent of burnt matches saturates the air. The noxious material that seeps from the bowels of East Java’s active volcano is incongruous with human life—it stings the eyes, burns the lungs, and corrodes the skin. But since 1968, the sulfur miners of Mount Ijen have ventured into this unpredictable labyrinth of gas clouds and superheated fumaroles to extract “devil’s gold” and carry it back down the mountain—a portrait of bone-crushing physical labor. Mount Ijen hosts one of the last remaining active sulfur mines in the world, and while its otherworldly vistas have captivated scientists and travelers for more than two centuries, in recent decades, the miners themselves have become a controversial tourist attraction. Devil’s Gold Every day, miners make the arduous trek up Ijen’s 9,000-foot slopes under the cover darkness before descending another 3,000 feet into the crater, where a network of man-made ceramic pipes

Bakti Desa is an event held by SMA Negeri 3 Bandung to help people in disadvantaged villages. This year the opportunity to help these people was my generation 3'2020. The place is in Cibeureum Kertasari Village. There was divided into 1 class 1 rw and in 1 class it was divided into residents' houses and 1 resident's house was filled by 4 students. There we distributed groceries, taught small children, gardened, explored nature, and gathered with friends. It feels good to be able to try foods whose ingredients are taken directly from the garden I am a group with Fariz, Kiki, and Pa Ramdhani where we share a bed. Besides that, we also went there in the same class, cisanti and there we surrounded it, ate at the edge, and played around the teletubbies hill. The situation there is still very clean and there are not many transportation devices that cause pollution, but there is still a lot of garbage even though the scenery is quite beautiful.