Social Minister Risma Distributes 100 Bicycles For Children In Yahukimo Papua

Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos) Tri Rismaharini gave 100 bicycles to children in Saminage, Yahukimo Regency, Papua Mountains, to support their educational activities to school.

According to Social Minister Risma, by providing bicycles, children will be enthusiastic about going to school without having to walk.

"We don't want to give the motorbike a big risk, just give the kids a bicycle to go to school with enthusiasm and get a strong physique because every day they have to pedal," said Social Minister Risma, quoted from Antara, Saturday, October 14.

By giving bicycles, he said, not torturing children, the government wants the children to be physically and mentally healthy.

"This is a special design bicycle for children in the interior by using a dental movement system, so that if they are stepped on they can change to light teeth, bicycles will continue without having to go down and push," said Social Minister Risma.

He explained that the advantage of bicycles does not need to pay additional costs for operational costs, such as fuel, only light maintenance so that it will last.

"If we give motorbikes, how much fuel must be spent. Moreover, in remote areas the price is quite high and the risk of accidents from our children is also large," said Social Minister Risma.

With children moving on bicycles every day, their body and soul will be healthy to learn lessons at school.

"We hope that Indonesian children from Sabang-Merauke will be the successors of this nation in the future, so that education must be maintained, both in urban areas and inland," he said.