House Assistance From Bakrie Amanah For Mount Semeru Disaster Survivors

The distribution of aid to communities affected by the Mount Semeru disaster. (Ist Photo)

JAKARTA - Responding to social issues for the welfare of the community in disaster-affected areas, Bakrie Amanah has committed to be able to continue to contribute in increasing its participation. One of them is through the Bakrie House for the Country assistance program, which has been implemented this week.

The housing, both permanent and temporary housing, is expected to be able to increase motivation, as well as energy and social welfare of the post-disaster community, especially those affected by the damage to the buildings they live in.

This time Bakrie Amanah together with Yatim Mandiri jointly built temporary shelters for the survivors of the Mount Semeru eruption in Kec. Candipuro, Kab. Lumajang. With a total of 31 temporary shelters built around the relocation area for eruption survivors. A total of 10 houses have been completed and are ready to be occupied.

Prior to being inhabited by the beneficiaries, a ceremonial event was also held for the inauguration of the Huntara and also the groundbreaking for the second phase of the construction of the second phase of temporary housing.

The inauguration ceremony was symbolically handed over by the Head of the Bakrie Program Division, Amanah Mochamad Noerhakim, General Manager of Yatim Mandiri Sugeng Riyadi & Head of the Yatim Mandiri Branch of Lumajang Hariadi branch to the beneficiaries.

The Head of the Bakrie Amanah Program Division, Mochamad Noerhakim said the inauguration of this temporary shelter was one of the starting points for the awakening of the survivors after the Mount Semeru eruption disaster that occurred at the end of 2021 ago. At the time of the incident, many people lost their homes because they were damaged by the eruption.

“In the first week of the emergency response to the Semeru eruption late last year, we sent a disaster preparedness rapid response team. At that time we were doing a lot of humanitarian activities such as joint search and rescue operations, providing health services, providing psychological services for children, distributing medicines, distributing masks, distributing rendang cans and doing social mapping of the area," said Hakim.

“Of course what we have done is the day the emergency response took place. In line with Bakrie Amanah's goal of being able to find solutions for the welfare of the community, we also contribute to this recovery program. Thank God, in collaboration with Yatim Mandiri, we were able to build temporary housing units for the survivors," added Hakim.

General Manager of Yatim Mandiri, Sugeng Riyadi said that the collaboration with Bakrie Amanah is expected to help raise the spirit of the community so that they can live a normal life as before, the growth of the community's economy is also the hope of all of us, the shelter program that we synergize with laz bakrie is based on knowledge. awun (please help) wa ta'aa wanuu 'alalbirri wattaqwaa, wa ta'aa wanuu 'alal itsmi wal'udwaan, wattaqullaah so that it can be sustainable, hope that collaboration can be continued in the years to come.

The series of inauguration events were also attended by Adik Nurfida, a boy who survived the eruption on his way home from the Koran and his parents who will also be occupying this residence. Likewise, Nurfida's parents were very happy with the housing assistance for the eruption survivors.

The inauguration was also attended by government officials, represented by Adi, a representative of DPKP Kab. Lumajang, Agus as the sub-district head of the district. Candipuro and village head Yayuk Sri Rahayu.

The Temporary Shelter Program implemented by Bakrie Amanah and Yatim Mandiri was built on relocation land that has been regulated by the Ministry of PUPR so that the map of the location of the distribution points of residential houses for survivors is more organized and structured. Starting from drainage and also adequate electrical installations.