Entrepreneurs Donate Aid For Pandemic Affected Residents Through Surabaya City Government

ILLUSTRATION/Surabaya City/Between-City Government

SURABAYA - A number of entrepreneurs in the city of Surabaya, East Java participated in helping the economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"There are several entrepreneurs who are helping with the handling of COVID-19. There are more than one tonne of rice, herbal drinks and probiotics," said Surabaya City Development and Economic Assistant M. Ikhsan when receiving assistance from entrepreneurs at Surabaya City Hall, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, September 8.

The aid consisted of 1,250 kilograms of rice from entrepreneur PT Jaya Tirta Esa Abadi, 1,001 bottles of Pro EM-1 probiotics from PT Agro Mitra Alimentari (PT AMA) and 700 packages of herbal drinks consisting of nutrijell and anget sari from PT Forisa Nusapersada.

Ikhsan said that so far probiotics have been used by the city government to help cure COVID-19 patients. Therefore, he said, his party was grateful that the assistance in the form of probiotics was again donated by one of the stakeholders through Surabaya Peduli.

"We use probiotics to help cure COVID-19 patients. Earlier, we also used all kinds of herbal drinks," he said.

He also ensured that the distribution of this aid would target people in need, especially those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The prospective recipients of the assistance had previously been recorded from each kelurahan and sub-district.

In fact, he continued, if residents who need assistance and have not been registered, can also apply themselves through the Social Assistance Proposal application.

"Mayor Eri Cahyadi has made an application. Through this application, residents can also register themselves, neighbors or relatives if they have not received and need basic food assistance from the Surabaya City Government," he said.

Meanwhile, Director of PT Agro Mitra Alimentari (PT AMA) Apt. Ge Recta Geson said that his party donated 1001 bottles of Pro-Em1 with a size of 473 milliliters. The probiotic assistance, worth a total of Rp. 350 million, is intended to help cure COVID-19 patients in Surabaya.

"Hopefully this can be given to COVID-19 patients who are undergoing isomanism. Such as being treated in integrated isolation or being treated in a hospital. One bottle retails for Rp. 350 thousand, for 1000 bottles it is around Rp. 350 million," said Ge Recta Geson.

According to him, in handling the pandemic, the Surabaya City Government cannot work alone. Therefore, support from all elements, including all stakeholders in Surabaya, is needed to suppress the spread of COVID-19.

"The government cannot work alone, it needs community participation. Therefore, PT AMA is moved to provide CSR by donating this Pro EM-1 to the Surabaya City Government as we have also done to Bangkalan, Kudus, and Malang," he said.