Polantas Polda East Java Foster 7,044 Orphans Affected By COVID-19

SURABAYA - Traffic Directorate officers of the East Java Regional Police and the Satlantas ranks cared for as many as 7,044 orphans whose parents died due to COVID-19.

"Today the East Java police, especially the traffic police, are foster parents in giving encouragement and giving a glimmer of hope to our children," said East Java Deputy Chief of Police Brigadier General Slamet Supraptoyo, during the "One Polantas One Orphan" activity at the Monument Heroes Monument, Surabaya, quoted by Antara, Friday, September 17.

The program was carried out as an effort by the East Java Police to help orphans who were abandoned by their parents due to COVID-19 so that they can continue their life journey to achieve their dreams.

The traffic police, he said, would treat the children they care for as if they were their own children by paying attention so that they would not feel like they had lost their parents.

Brigadier General Slamet gave an example, the police who become foster parents will assist in meeting the needs of children struggling in the field of education.

"For example, if he needs books, he needs to study, or maybe he needs to bring in people for private lessons. This is the task of the East Java Police for the orphans who are victims of COVID-19," he said.

Brigadier General Slamet explained that of the 7,044 orphans who were appointed as foster children, as many as 2,003 children had also been injected simultaneously at 39 Polres in the East Java Regional Police.