JAKARTA - As many as 23 people were found in the outreach results during which the Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini blusukan in the Jakarta area is currently stationed at the Ministry of Social's office.

"They are beneficiaries of the ATENSI program at the 'Pangudi Luhur' Work Center in Bekasi," said Director General of Social Rehabilitation of the Ministry of Social Affairs Harry Hikmat quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 7.

Harry said two of them were referred to the Bekasi "Budhi Dharma" Elderly Center because they needed intensive social care.

A total of 23 beneficiaries consist of eight women and 15 men. Most of them work as scavengers.

They also do not have permanent residence in Jakarta. Some live under bridges, in front of shops, in garbage carts, in markets in stalls or in slum areas. They were found in several locations such as around Pegangsaan, Pasar Baru, Thamrin, Sudirman, Manggarai. There are also references from the Subang and DKI Jakarta Social Service.

There are two child beneficiaries, one of whom is not attending school. Therefore, the Minister of Social Affairs asked his family to stay at the Bekasi "Pangudi Luhur" Work Hall and children who had dropped out of school were asked to continue their studies around the Balai.

At Balai Karya "Pangudi Luhur" Bekasi, adult beneficiaries such as scavengers have begun to be given entrepreneurial skills such as catfish farming, compost making skills, hydroponic cultivation and other skills that can provide income for them.

An important breakthrough, initiated by the Minister of Social Affairs for composting and recycling of non-organic waste, has been offered to the ministry to collect the waste.

The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources have started distributing waste from the office to the Pangudi Luhur Hall for further recycling of waste by scavengers who have been trained by the hall.

In implementing social rehabilitation by providing entrepreneurial skills for 23 beneficiaries, the Ministry of Social Affairs is collaborating with Social Welfare Institutions (LKS) in DKI Jakarta and Bekasi City Provinces.

The Ministry of Social Affairs also opens access to other Ministry / Agency programs to fulfill their basic rights. Starting from the right to get a residential identity, the right to health to education.

"A number of letters have been signed by the Minister of Social Affairs and have been sent to the Directorate General of Dukcapil, Ministry of Home Affairs to record unregistered population data / do not have NIK / KTP / KK, to the Ministry of Health to get benefits from KIS health insurance (BPJS) in obtaining disability aids and the Ministry of Education and Culture. for children who have not received the Smart Indonesia Card (KIP), "said Harry.


The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)