76 Families Of Sentani Flood Victims Immediately Receive Housing Assistance, Social Minister Risma: Progress Is Already 90 Percent

Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos) Tri Rismaharini. (doc of Ministry of Social Affairs)

JAKARTA - Minister of Social Affairs (Menso) Tri Rismaharini said the development of healthy houses for 76 families (KK) victims of flash floods in Sentani District, Jayapura Regency, Papua in 2019, had reached 90 percent.

The Minister of Social Affairs hopes that the house for the flood victims, which is located in Doyo Baru, Waibu District, Jayapura Regency, Papua, can be inaugurated right on the moment of the 77th Indonesian Independence Day.

Social Minister Risma said that for the construction of the house, his party received solar cell assistance from ITS Electronics Engineering alumni to build the electricity network.

"The house is probably 90 percent ready. Yes, it's almost finished in Sentani," said the Minister of Social Affairs in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Thursday, August 4.

In addition to building houses for flood victims, said Risma, the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) also seeks to build houses for community empowerment.

He said the Ministry of Social Affairs had built 28 earthquake-resistant housing units for the people on the Indonesia-Timor Leste border in Wini District, North Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

There, programs for agriculture, animal husbandry and weaving have been established. The Ministry of Social Affairs also built a student learning center and provided internet and computer facilities for children's learning.

In addition, the Ministry of Social Affairs also creates programs to deal with the problem of extreme poverty. Currently, 22 housing units are being built in Malang, East Java, for people who are economically disadvantaged and whose housing conditions are severe.

"We will continue to move in some areas whose conditions are to deal with extreme poverty. Extreme poverty is where the housing conditions are very heavy, the economy is very heavy, later we will help access the economy," said the Minister of Social Affairs.

Minister of Social Affairs Risma said that opening up economic access really depends on the potential and desires of the people who receive assistance. Several businesses were built for economic empowerment, namely laundry, food stalls, livestock and agriculture.