GORONTALO, Indonesia – Loan sharks are circling a kitchen that stands on stilts above the waters of Tomini Bay, in the remote fishing village of Torosiaje off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

The kitchen, which cost 1.8 billion Indonesian rupiah ($100,000), was built under a government plan incentivizing investors to help fund the delivery of free meals to 83 million Indonesians. President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship meal initiative included school children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, and required massive infrastructure investment.

“My reputation has been badly damaged, and the losses are enormous,” said Sigit Buludawa, a 34-year-old lawyer who built the kitchen in November using all his money and loans from unlicensed lenders, during a recent visit to his low-income village.