Ministry Of Religion Distributes IDR 44.8 Billion Aid For Palestine

Interfaith children read prayers for Palestine at the Untuan Prayers and Poems at the Usmar Ismail Film Center, Jakarta, Tuesday (2/1/2024). (ANTARAPHOTO/Aditya Pradana Putra)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion distributed humanitarian assistance amounting to Rp44.8 billion to the Palestinian people in a series of commemorations of the 78th Bhakti Charity Day which was held at the Usmar Ismail Film Center, Jakarta.

This assistance consists of donations from ASN Ministry of Religion throughout Indonesia worth IDR 41,520,207,987.00 and donations from Dharma Wanita Persatuan (DWP) of the Ministry of Religion throughout Indonesia worth IDR 3,381,888,260.00.

"Aid will be distributed through LazisMu and LazisNU," said Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 2.

The handover of aid was symbolically carried out on the eve of the Untian Prayer and Poem for Palestine which was held at the Usmar Ismail Film Center.

"The assistance we convey tonight is a form of concern for the big family of the Ministry of Religion, including the Ministry of Religion's DWP, for the pain that is currently being felt by our brothers in Palestine," said the Minister of Religion.

The Minister of Religion hopes that the assistance distributed can be useful for the Palestinian people.

"We are certainly very concerned about what happened in Palestine. It has been more than 80 days of war taking place there, and we hear our brothers and sisters are starving in Palestine. Hopefully this little help can ease the Palestinian people," he said.

Meanwhile, the Untuan Prayers and Poems for Palestine are the opening series of the 78th Bhakti Charity Day (HAB) of the Ministry of Religion. This activity was opened with prayers from Indonesian children for Palestine.