135 Children In Cianjur Losing Their Ortu Due To The Earthquake, What Do The Regency Government Do?

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JAKARTA - The Cianjur Regency Government designed an aid program for children who lost their parents due to an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 that hit their area on November 21, 2022.

Secretary of the Cianjur District Social Service, Dindin Amaludin, said the Social Service had coordinated with other relevant agencies to provide assistance to at least 135 children who lost their parents due to the earthquake.

"They will be proposed to be the adopted children of employees in the Cianjur Regency Government, especially those who lost their parents," said Dindin, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, December 20.

Based on the results of cross-agency coordination, he said, the Department of Youth and Sports Education will also provide tuition assistance to high school levels for children whose parents died as a result of the earthquake.

In addition, according to him, the local government will provide living expenses assistance to children who are orphaned, orphaned, or orphaned due to the earthquake.

According to data from the Cianjur Regency Government, the earthquake that occurred on November 21, 2022 caused 105 children to lose father or mother and 30 children to lose father and mother.

"Most of his parents died as a result of being hit by a house that collapsed due to the earthquake and the victims were buried by landslides that occurred due to the earthquake," said Dindin.