Dream - They sit on a mat. Which is provided haphazardly. Sitting in a circle with Ganjar Pranowo. There are mothers who bring their children, fathers, and young people from Bayan Krajan village. This is a village in Kadipiro Solo. The conversation theme goes here and there. About many things. More often joking, fooling around, then bursts of laughter erupt.\u00a0Ganjar arrived at the village just before midnight. Eleven o'clock at night, plus one minute. Getting out of the car, he walked towards a house.\u00a0

Although it was already late at night, Ganjar served the residents' request to chat for a long time. So they gathered there. Because there weren't enough mats, many people stood. Some leaned against the yard wall. Wearing a black shirt wrapped in a white jacket, Ganjar looked fresher. Maybe it was also because the late-night conversation was full of jokes and laughter. Susilo was extremely happy because Ganjar chose his house to stay. Along with other residents, he prepared for Ganjar's arrival as best as possible, even though he said that "as best as possible" also means "as it is".

Also not a story about staying overnight. Laughing, to the bed, falling asleep, the next morning having coffee, then waving goodbye, asking for permission. Their story comes from nine years ago, from a fate's difficulty, a pressing poverty, and children's dreams far from reality. School, for Susilo, and his children, is far beyond their situation. The difficulties they face keep their children away from beautiful dreams about school desks.

Ganjar even took a year off from college, selling gasoline by the roadside, all to pay for tuition fees and daily meals. It was the bitter life that drove Ganjar to establish a Free Vocational School in Central Java, when he served as governor. Children from underprivileged families go to school and live in dormitories. It's free, without paying a single penny. The school that Ganjar established has become a glimmer of light at the end of a dark corridor for Susilo.

Alumni of the school now number more than 1800 people. They work in many companies. Many also work for well-known companies in Japan, Korea, and various countries. In the SMK Jateng Dormitory, children are not only taught about science, about technology that surpasses our minds, but also about discipline, manners, and the importance of serving our parents. That the school is truly capable of upholding a life that is almost collapsing.

When he was governor, Ganjar forced himself to go around every Wednesday and Thursday in a week, have meals together, and then stay overnight at people's houses. Like what happened at Susilo's house three days ago, when he was governor, the people also always welcomed him with excitement, sat on mats together with Ganjar, told stories, shared their problems, made jokes, and laughed together. From those cheerful conversations, Ganjar recorded many issues, the people's difficulties, formulated policy directions, and executed them directly.

Besides establishing free schools and dormitories, Ganjar also pioneered the program of livable houses, buying land to get a house, houses with zero percent down payment, insurance for the underprivileged, as well as several programs that he initiated as a way out of the various complaints he heard during his rounds before falling asleep. In ten years of leading Central Java, Ganjar has built more than one million livable houses. Precisely 1,041,894 houses. That does not include the houses that were dilapidated or crumbling and were rehabilitated by the Central Java Regional Government, which made the owners cry with joy. On Tuesday, April 14, 2022, a resident from Kebonombo Semarang, who makes a living by selling Cilok, burst into tears when Ganjar visited his house.

While crying, she continued to hug Ganjar. The ancestral house of her parents was almost giving up. Made of rotten wood and with a dirt floor. Junaidi's house is one of thousands of houses that Ganjar has rehabilitated during his time as governor. During his tenure as governor of Central Java, Ganjar also regularly visited various regions in Indonesia. The duration of his travels increased after officially being nominated as a presidential candidate in 2024.

In the village of Nagrok, Tasikmalaya, West Java, on Monday, October 9th, thousands of residents have been waiting since evening. Ganjar arrived in the evening, welcomed by the cheering of the residents. The residents enjoyed chatting, sharing stories, joking, until late at night. It was from staying overnight that Ganjar learned a lot, learned about the condition of our homes, health, and a father's ability to send his child to college, and seeing the faces of the unemployed in the place we longed for the most; the village.

That is why, together with Vice President candidate Mahfud MD, Ganjar is determined to build more than 10 million habitable homes, create 17 million job opportunities, one village one healthcare facility and one healthcare worker, one impoverished family one scholar, and is committed to building free schools and dormitories for children from underprivileged families in many regions throughout Indonesia, because education is the path to change destiny, more than just providing free rice. In his ten years as governor, Ganjar has changed the destiny of many families, from farmers, cilok sellers, fishermen to motorcycle taxi drivers.