Ministry of Social Affairs Distributes Basic Needs of Persons with Disabilities Flood Victims in East Sumba

KAMBERA (15 April 2021) - The Ministry of Social Affairs through the Cimahi “Abiyoso” Braille Literacy Center provides Psychosocial Support Services (LDP) and Basic Needs Fulfillment Assistance for Social Rehabilitation Assistance (ATENSI) program for persons with disabilities affected by flooding due to the Seroja cyclone in Kambera District, East Sumba Regency Province of East Nusa Tenggara.

Persons with disabilities and flood survivors' families are the main targets of Psychosocial Support Services and provision of basic needs. A total of 50 packages of assistance to fulfill basic needs from the Cimahi “Abiyoso” Braille Literacy Center, 30 aid packages from the Banjarbaru “Budi Luhur” Disability Center and 40 packages of assistance from the Makassar “Wirajaya” Disability Center along with 15 school equipment packages were distributed to persons with disabilities affected by the disaster.

LDP activities and distribution of assistance from various Social Rehabilitation Centers of the Ministry of Social Affairs were accompanied by the Head of the Children and Elderly Section of the East Sumba Regency Social Service, Theodorus Luan and the East Sumba Regency Social Worker Service Unit, Mikel Presty Carlo Moata.

The joy of persons with disabilities, especially children, and their families was clearly reflected after receiving Psychosocial Support Services and assistance with basic needs from the Ministry of Social Affairs LDP Team.

Head of the “Abiyoso” Braille Literacy Center, Isep Sepriyan, conveyed that this assistance was an effort and the concern of the Ministry of Social Affairs through Social Rehabilitation Centers to quickly and accurately cope with disasters for survivors, especially persons with disabilities. Meanwhile, the Head of the Social Service for East Sumba Regency, Oktavianus Tamu Ama, welcomed the team from the Ministry of Social Affairs.

"We are very happy and feel helpful by the presence of the team from the Ministry of Social Affairs. We also really did not expect that we would get a lot of assistance like this because we really need it," said Oktavianus.