Alhamdulillah, DKI Provincial Government Prepares Social Assistance For Orphans Due To COVID-19

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is preparing social protection assistance for orphans whose parents died due to COVID-19. The Acting Assistant for People's Welfare (Askesra) for the DKI Jakarta Regional Secretary, Uus Kuswanto said the assistance was provided in the form of educational assistance and other social assistance. Both were sourced from the provincial government and from other collaborators.

The target age for children receiving social protection assistance is 0 to 21 years in need.

"In fact, if there are children who do not have guardians who are able to take care of them, we will prepare public or private orphanages with full support from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government," said Uus, Saturday, August 28.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, said Uus, is currently collecting data on children who have the potential to receive social protection assistance. So far, around 4,000 target data have been collected.

"We want to ensure that this social protection assistance is right on target. So, the completeness and verification of data must be carried out carefully, but still swiftly and quickly implemented," he said.

Previously, the Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini planned to provide social assistance (bansos) for orphans. This social assistance is a new program being developed by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Risma said that the Ministry of Social Affairs is currently collecting data on orphans who will be given social assistance. "We are compiling this data, requesting data from the regional government, and entering data at social welfare institutions," said Risma, Wednesday, August 25.

The Minister of Social Affairs predicts that there will be 4 million orphans, orphans, and orphans who will receive assistance. The details are children whose parents died due to the COVID-19 virus, children who were cared for by the Child Welfare Institution (LKSA), and orphans who were taken care of by poor families.