Ministry of Social Affairs Sends Psychosocial Support Service Team to Disaster Area in East Sumba

Writer :

Humas Balai Disabilitas Wyata Guna Bandung

Editor :

Annisa YH

Translator :

Karlina Irsalyana

EAST SUMBA (April 15, 2021) - The Ministry of Social Affairs through the Directorate of Social Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities and the Bandung "Wyata Guna" Disability Center provides support for survivors of flash floods in East Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.

This flash flood occurred as a result of the Seroja Tropical Cyclone storm. The Ministry of Social Affairs continues to provide disaster relief management, following the direction of the Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, who urges all parties to move quickly to recover disaster survivors in Indonesia.

The Minister of Social Affairs also said that handling was not only limited to providing social assistance, but also through providing Psychosocial Support Services (LDP) and Trauma Healing to victims affected by disasters.

April 14, 2021, the Wyata Guna Disability Center Case Response Team arrived in East Sumba Regency to provide Psychosocial Support Services to victims affected by the disaster. The team was received by the Head of the East Sumba Regency Social Service, Oktavianus Tamu Ama and his staff. He expressed his gratitude for the Ministry of Social Affairs through the Directorate of Social Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities and the Bandung "Wyata Guna" Disability Center for the attention to flood survivors in East Sumba Regency.

The Bandung "Wyata Guna" Center for Disabilities is collaborating with the Braille Literacy Center "Abiyoso" in Cimahi, the "Wirajaya" Disability Center in Makassar, and the "Budi Luhur" Center for Disabilities in Banjarbaru to coordinate the distribution of tasks and locations for providing psychosocial support services.

The Bandung "Wyata Guna" Center for Disabilities, which consists of 3 LDP officers, provides services in 3 sub-districts in Kambera District, namely Kambaniru, Mauhau, and Mauliru sub-districts.

Asep Solihin, a social worker from the Disability Center "Wyata Guna" Bandung, said that LDP was given using methods of building confidence, cooperation, and patience in dealing with disasters to reduce trauma, restore enthusiasm for life, and returning to normal activities. LDP is given in groups, families or individually.

The team also conducted identification and assessment of 4 people with visual sensory disabilities affected by the disaster, namely Robert (47 years), Sopia (38 years), Duliem (65 years), and Erwin (8 years). They live in Kambera Subdistrict, East Sumba, which is one of the worst-affected sub-districts.

In addition to the assessment, the team also provides information and teaches about mobility orientation to people with visual sensory disabilities and their families. The "Wyata Guna" Team will continue to conduct assessments and traces of victims affected by the Seroja Tropical Cyclone in East Sumba.

Coordination was also carried out with the Kambera District Waliati Social Foundation for further service provision until April 17, 2021.

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