"Mahatmiya” Center Conducts Case Response to Konelia Elshaddai Foundation
Writer :
Humas Balai Mahatmiya Bali
Translator :
Karlina Irsalyana
TABANAN (August 22, 2021) - The Ministry of Social
Affairs through Social Rehabilitation Center “Mahatmiya” Bali responded to the
case of the Konelia Elshaddai Foundation which is a house for persons with visual sensory
disabilities, orphans, and underprivileged children who had gone viral on social
media some time ago due to difficulties surviving in the midst of Covid-19
pandemic.
At the direction of the
Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, Mahatmiya Center visited the
Konelia Elshaddai Foundation to verify the truth of the news.
Head of Mahatmiya, Sutiono,
Head of Subdivision of Administration, Syahrunnadlir, and Head of Section for
Social Rehabilitation Services, Herlin Wahyuni Hidayat immediately went down
to the Foundation which handles 19 Social Welfare Service Recipients (PPKS),
namely 5 persons with visual sensory disabilities, 4 orphans, and 11 poor children.
From the rapid assessment
carried out, so far the foundation has relied on donations from the surrounding
community. However, since the pandemic, public donations have begun to decline
and have been exacerbated by the implementation of the Java-Bali emergency
Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM).
This causes the massage
therapist at the foundation to be unable to accept clients and the client is
afraid to get a massage. This condition creates a prolonged dilemma for both
parties.
"Contributions from the community have ceased to
exist since PPKM, we survive with the remnants of existing donations,"
explained the Head of the Foundation, Ginting.
During this visit, Mahatmiya provided basic food
assistance in the form of 1 box of instant noodles, 1 box of coffee, 6 liters
of cooking oil, 60 chicken eggs, and 24 kg of rice. The next day, it was
followed up with the provision of basic necessities to every beneficiary in the
foundation.
Within a month the Foundation needs 50 kg of rice, 10
liters of cooking oil, 10 kg of sugar, 5 kg of instant coffee, 300 chicken
eggs, 3 boxes of noodles, 1 box of sardines, 6 boxes of masks, 6 boxes of tea
bags, 5 bottles of soy sauce, 5 bottles of tomato sauce, 10 kg of detergent, 19
pieces of toothpaste, 19 pieces of soap, and a payment of 250 thousand rupiahs for
water, 750 thousand rupiahs for electricity and 350 thousand rupiahs for
internet.