BNPB Sends Aid Worth IDR1.1 Billion For Semeru Refugees

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has sent initial logistical assistance worth IDR 1.1 billion in the form of ready-to-eat food, blankets, masks, and refugee tents to speed up emergency response to the eruption of Mount Semeru.

According to the BNPB statement received in Jakarta on Sunday, since Saturday, December 4, 1,374 packages of ready-to-eat food have been provided, 1,377 packages of side dishes, 2,000 blankets, 900 mattresses, 20,000 KF94 masks, and two units of refugee tents.

The total amount of assistance provided was IDR 1,149,189,300. The delivery was carried out simultaneously with the arrival of the rapid reaction team and representatives of ministries and institutions who went directly to the affected area in Lumajang Regency, East Java.

Apart from BNPB, assistance has also been sent by the East Java Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the Health Service, and the East Java Province Health Crisis Center, and the Mount Semeru Eruption PMI Task Force.

The Lumajang District Social Service has also opened a public kitchen in the Kajang Room Field. Meanwhile, the Head of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Lieutenant General TNI Suharyanto, has arrived at Juanda Airport, Surabaya, on Sunday, December 5 at 08.00 WIB.

He immediately left for Lumajang Regency by road to inspect the locations affected by the eruption of Mount Semeru.