Medan City Government Provides Assistance To Orphans Due To COVID-19

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MEDAN - The Medan City Government, North Sumatra, provides assistance to orphans whose parents died due to COVID-19.

"We hope that this assistance will have an impact on children's development in the future," said Head of the Medan City Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Service (P3APM), Khairunisa Mozasa, quoted by Antara, Saturday, August 28.

In the midst of a pandemic, she said, children are one of the most vulnerable groups affected by COVID-19. In addition to dealing with education, health, and food problems.

Children also, she continued, experience psychological and physical impacts due to the loss of their main caregiver, namely their own parents.

The Medan City Government provides assistance and recovery, including the provision of basic materials and symbolic love for several orphans due to COVID-19 in Medan.

"We also involve psychologists and the Medan City Children's Forum, the Medan P3APM Service, and the North Sumatra Province P3A Service to accompany those whose parents died of COVID-19," she said.

"We advise all children who have been abandoned by their parents due to COVID-19, to remain enthusiastic and strong in facing this disaster," said Khairunisa.

Head of the Fulfillment of Children's Rights at the North Sumatra P3A Service, Marhamah, said that apart from Medan, the same activities were also carried out in other areas in North Sumatra.

"This assistance and recovery for children whose parents died due to COVID-19 were also carried out in Deli Serdang and Binjai," she said.