Integrated Center "Prof. Dr. Soeharso" Surakarta Enlivens the 26th HLUN in Tasikmalaya
TASIKMALAYA (May 29, 2022) - Ministry of Social Affairs Present in the
community through the Integrated Center "Prof. Dr. Soeharso" together
with Sariwangi District, Tasikmalaya Regency participated in the 26th National
Elderly Day (HLUN) activity which was opened by the Minister of Social Affairs
directly at Tasikmalaya Regency SMC Hospital and was followed by live virtual
by 39 sub-districts in Tasikmalaya Regency.
The lively implementation of the HLUN in Sariwangi
District was attended by the elderly, cadres, muspika, PKH companions, and TKSK totaling 350. The activity was enlivened with health services
consisting of physical examinations, blood pressure checks, health checks, and
counseling, and the elderly received social assistance packages in the form of necessities, nutrition, clothing, and mobility equipment. The event was
also enlivened by the performance of Degung Tasikmalaya.
In the 26th HLUN activity in the District of
Sariwangi Integrated Center, "Prof. Dr. Soeharso" Surakarta
distributed a total of 266 packages, with details of 168 food packages, 40
nutrition packages, 45 clothing packages, and 23 aids such as hearing aids,
wheelchairs for the elderly in 8 (eight) villages in Sariwangi sub-district the
total aid is IDR 148,000,000. The day before, the Integrated Center team
"Prof. Dr. Soeharso" Surakarta accompanied the elderly in the
audiometric examination of the elderly who will receive hearing aids at the
Tasik Hearing Center, Tasikmalaya City.
In addition, the Directorate of Social Empowerment gave fish feed entrepreneurship assistance IDR 58.000.000,- and the construction of
Uninhabitable Houses (RTLH) for poor single elderly, Mr. Samyi, in Linggasirna
Village worth IDR 20,000,000,-. The Integrated Center "Prof. Dr.
Soeharso" Surakarta helped assist with packages for Mr.
Samyi's home renovation consisting of mattresses, cupboards, stoves, gas,
shelves, plates, and so on as well as clothing assistance in the form of
clothes, sarongs, pants, and skullcaps.