Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Muhadjir Visits Orphans Victims Of COVID-19 In Kendari And Provides Smart Indonesia Cards

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy while providing school facilities assistance to orphans who are victims of COVID-19 in Kendari, Friday. (Photo: Suparman/Antara)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK), Muhadjir Effendy visited 27 children whose parents died due to exposure to COVID-19 in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra), Friday. In Kendari, Muhadjir provided a package of assistance for school needs to orphans whose parents left them. "The government guarantees for children whose parents have been exposed to COVID, especially the cost of education through the assistance of the Smart Indonesia Card (KIP)," said Muhadjir was reported by Antara, Friday, October 22.

For that, Muhadjir asked the Kendari City Government so that the orphans whose parents were left behind due to COVID-19 were registered as KIP recipients in their respective schools. "Not only for elementary, middle and high school students, including students who will enter college. request that the orphans receive the PKH program through their parents, because PKH is based on the head of the family, while their parents are no longer around," he said. help for education, but also meet other basic needs. Muhadjir also asked the public to always apply health protocols in their daily activities to break the chain of the spread of COVID. "Meanwhile, the Mayor of Kendari H Sulkarnain Kadir admitted that his party would take care of all the child victims of COVID-19 ut becomes the recipient of KIP up to the junior high school level which is the authority of the city government to propose. "We will also try to do this for high school, including KIP for students who will go to college. Alhamdulillah, the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture is very enthusiastic, he is very supportive so that all the orphans get KIP until they go to college," he said.