Community Moves Fast To Help Residents Affected By Large Floods In Medan

Providing assistance to communities affected by large floods in Medan (Photo: Special)

Community Moves Fast To Help Residents Affected By Large Floods In Medan

JAKARTA - Medan is one of the cities affected by the massive floods that hit Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra after extreme weather that hit from late November to December.

This disaster not only paralyzed residents' activities and damaged infrastructure, but also caused significant material losses.

Official data from the North Sumatra Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) noted that tens of thousands of residents were affected, with thousands of houses submerged in water reaching an altitude of between 0.5 - 2 meters.

This condition forced many people to be evacuated to emergency evacuation posts. Damage also hit regional vital infrastructure, including main roads, educational facilities, and health facilities.

The disaster that caused this crisis immediately triggered a quick and synergistic response from various parties, ranging from city governments, humanitarian organizations, to initiatives from a number of private companies.

In an effort to overcome the urgent crisis, Holywings Cares for several Holywings Group business units in Medan, collaborating in a quick response action to distribute aid to people who are victims of flooding.

The program is focused on distributing hundreds of ready-to-eat food packages and basic necessities to those in need.

The distribution of aid is directed directly to evacuation points in the worst-affected locations, especially in Madras Hulu and Kelurahan Kesawan, Medan.

Andrew Susanto as the President Commissioner and Chair of the CSR Program stated that this action was a form of the company's social commitment to helping people affected by the disaster.

"We are present in Kelurahan Kesawan and Madras Hulu as a form of our concern and social responsibility for people who are experiencing difficult times," Andrew said in his statement, Sunday, December 7.

"This flood has a big impact on many families, and we hope that this ready-to-eat food and basic necessities can ease their burden," he continued. (We) will continue to take part in humanitarian actions, especially when people need quick and appropriate help.

The assistance has been received and welcomed by the affected communities. The local regional leadership emphasized that the contribution from this private initiative is very important to ease the burden on the community.

"The flood situation this time is quite heavy, and support from (the parties) helps accelerate recovery in the field. Hopefully, social awareness like this will continue for the good of the community," said Kesawan Village Head, Rahmat Affandy Nasution.

We really appreciate the concern and quick response of the parties who have distributed this assistance. Hopefully, this kind of social cooperation and concern can be maintained for the welfare of the community," said the head of the Madras Hulu Village, M. Taufik Hidayat.

Emergency assistance in the form of basic necessities and ready-to-eat food is considered very crucial, not only to provide basic nutrition, but also to help maintain the stability of the psychological condition of the victims through the certainty of supply of basic necessities.

In the midst of the shocks caused by the flood that hit the lives of many Medan residents, this humanitarian action from this private business group is expected to provide a moral boost for the residents of Kesawan and Madras Hulu in order to immediately revive.