Ministry of Social Affairs Distributes ATENSI Assistance for 75 Beneficiaries in East Sumba

KUPANG (16 June 2023) -The state government through Ministry of Social Affairs keeps working on improving the welfare of Social Welfare Service Recipients (PPKS) including vulnerable families, elderlies, and people with disability.

One of the efforts is to distribute assistance in remote areas. Ministry of Social Affairs through Efata Center in Kupang distributes Social Rehabilitation Assistance (ATENSI) in East Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT).

The assistance is distributed to 75 beneficiaries (PM). It is worth Rp.172.185.000. The social worker of Efata Center in Kupang, Ricky Hilmansyah, says the Center has assessed each beneficiary before distributing the assistance. They have been assessed for what they need. Thus, the assistance distributed is according to their needs,” Ricky says.

Based on the assessment result, Ministry of Social Affairs distributes 5 tricycle motors, 41 entrepreneurship packages including kiosks, broilers farms, pig farms, and goat farms; 2 packages of school equipment, and 27 packages of proper live compliances.

The Acting Head of East Sumba Social Office, Harus Rodis Marambadjawa, appreciates the assistance distributed by Ministry of Social Affairs. “ATENSI assistance distributed by Ministry of Social Affairs is expected to help Social Welfare Service Recipients in developing social potency and economy,” he says while witnessing the assistance distribution live.

One of the beneficiaries of the tricycle motors, Wunnu Kilimandu (44), says that the assistance distributed will be beneficial for his mobility in entrepreneurship. As a person with a physical disability, he works as a farmer every day to meet his daily needs. He often sells vegetables and fruits to his neighbors. “I will be able to travel and get more customers with this tricycle,” he says.

In addition to selling harvest, he receives repair service and mobile tire repairs. Thus, the tricycle will be very useful for him.

Regional Secretary of East Sumba, Umbu Ngadu Ndamu, also attends the assistance distribution event.