BEKASI (22 May 2020) - The COVID-19
pandemic that is currently happening in Indonesia has a huge impact on society,
especially for people with disabilities, vulnerable groups and other affected
victims. To ease the burden on persons with disabilities, vulnerable groups and
other victims affected by COVID-19, the "Tan Miyat" Social Rehabilitation
Center for Persons Visual Sensory Disabilities (BRSPDSN) in Bekasi distributed
489 social assistance packages in the form of basic food packages worth Rp.
300,000, - 378 packages in Bekasi City and 111 packages in Bekasi Regency, the
total assistance is Rp. 146,700,000, -.
The social assistance for basic
necessities was symbolically handed over by the Director of Social
Rehabilitation for Persons with Disabilities, Eva Rahmi Kasim, accompanied by
the Head of the Netra "Tan Miyat" Center, Iriani Rahayuningsiwi at DPP
Pertuni Bekasi City.
On that occasion, Eva said that the
government is trying to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities
affected by COVID-19 who may be lost or lost income because most of the aid
recipients work as masseurs. With the application of social distancing and
physical distancing rules, the masseuse was forced to close the massage
service.
The Director of the RSPD also said
that the Ministry of Social Affairs came to distribute aid from the BRSPDSN Tan
Miyat Bekasi Center in the form of basic foodstuffs which are expected to be
used properly as food on Eid al-Fitr. Not to forget, she appealed to the
identity of members of the management of organizations of persons with
disabilities to be completely recorded and submitted to the local social office
so that the data is orderly and makes it easier for the distribution of social
assistance.
The distribution of basic food
social assistance in Bekasi City is channeled through LKS, including through
Pertuni 146 packages, HWDI 120 packages, ITMI 36 packages, SLB N Bekasi 61
packages, and 25 packages Community. Meanwhile, the distribution in Bekasi
Regency through LKS Pertuni was 101 packages.
In his remarks the Head of the BRSPDSN
Tan Miyat Bekasi Iriani said that the Ministry of Social Affairs has symbolically
provided social assistance in the form of food packages to several
organizations of persons with disabilities, special schools, alumni of BRSPDSN
Tan Miyatand the less fortunate community.
"We also informed the BRSPDSN
Tan Miyat "Center to prepare temporary shelters until June. Especially for
women and children, if there are mothers and their children who are neglected,
they can go to the Bekasi" Tan Miyat "Hall where we facilitate their
basic needs. if there is no more covid-19 we can return
them to their families, "he added.
In the future, Balai Netra "Tan Miyat" will continue the distribution of basic food assistance in the districts of Karawang, Purwakarta, Subang, Majalengka, Indramayu, Cirebon and Kuningan.