Involve The BUMN Foundation For Indonesia, The Ministry Of SOEs And The Coordinating Ministry For Maritime Affairs And Fisheries To GIVE Appreciation For Pandemic Heroes At The G20

Photo: Doc. Ministry of SOEs

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment with the Ministry of SOEs through the BUMN Foundation for Indonesia held a Humanitarian Award Night as a form of government appreciation for various philanthropic actions in dealing with COVID-19.

The award, which was given to individuals, private companies and SOEs, took place at the O20 event, side event from the G20 Summit, at the Rusaka Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali, Thursday, November 17.

The event entitled, "Humanitarian Awarding Night" was attended by the Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform, Abdullah Azwar Anas, Deputy Minister I of BUMN, Pahala Nugraha Mansury, Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Suharyanto, Secretary of the Ministry of SOEs, Susyanto, Deputy for Human Resources & Information Technology of the Ministry of SOEs, Tedi Bharata, and Deputy for Maritime Resources Coordination of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, M. Firman Hidayat who also gave awards to donors.

"Tonight's event was held with the spirit of gotong royong which became the hallmark of our nation, especially when we faced the difficult times of the COVID 19 pandemic. On behalf of the government and the people of Indonesia, we appreciate the role, contribution, dedication, and attention of donors. then so that Indonesia was able to pass it and was considered the world as a successful country against the pandemic," said Coordinating Minister for Culture, Luhut B. Pandjaitan, in Nusa Dua, Bali.

The same thing was also stated by Erick Thohir. The support provided by SOEs and collaborating with various parties, such as the central, regional, private, and community governments is the key to Indonesia's success in the last three years.

"The gift we gave today is certainly not comparable to the attention, assistance, and support we did together during the pandemic. I am grateful, and this proves by mutual cooperation that we believe we can face any challenges," said Erick.

The provision of this Humanitarian Award was given to 14 entrepreneurs (indvidu) who at that time contributed their donations through the BUMN Foundation for Indonesia. Not only that, the provision of this humanitarian award was also given to 15 state-owned companies and 5 private companies that had contributed to the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely PT PLN, PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero), PT Pertamina (Persero), PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero), PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Pegadaian, MIND ID, PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk.

Then PT Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia (Persero) or IFG, PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) or PIHC, PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk, and PT Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero)/ Holding Perkebunan Nusantara as recipients of the Humanitarian Awards of state-owned companies, then, PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia, PT Grab Indonesia, PT Bank CTBC Indonesia, PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk, and Hippindo as recipients of the Humanitarian Award of private companies.

Abdullah Azwar Anas as Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform who attended the event also revealed that the Indonesian State has extraordinary and indiscriminate togetherness in handling humanity.

So in Indonesia we see extraordinary togetherness. It is easy for us to see in the villages, people provide free food for their neighbors. They put free food and drinks on the fences of the house. Anyone can take it. We meet that in many places in Indonesia all the time the peak of the pandemic. A touching moment of humanity, "said Abdullah Azwar Anas.

In addition, the BUMN Foundation for Indonesia also provided medical equipment assistance for 14 Ventilator Units to the Bali Provincial Government through the Head of BNPB, Suharyanto and witnessed by the Deputy Minister of BUMN I, Pahala Nugraha Mansury, which will later be distributed to several hospitals in Bali Province to assist in handling the COVID-19 virus.

Harjawan really appreciates the government's attention in always trusting the BUMN Foundation for Indonesia in supporting disaster management programs, providing assistance, and other development programs.

"We thank all donors, private companies, contributors, volunteers and other parties who continue to assist us in carrying out humanitarian missions," he continued.

So far, the BUMN Foundation has managed donations from within and outside the country, in order to participate in assisting the government in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The various actions that we have carried out include collaboration with various parties to obtain medical devices from China, the United States, and other countries, assisting the operations of Wisma Atlet, and organizing a BUMN Joint Vaccination Center in six cities," concluded Harjawan.

In addition to being a recipient of the Humanitarian Award, PT Pertamina (Persero), PT PLN, PT Grab Indonesia, PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk, PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero), PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Pegadaian, PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk, and PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) or PIHC are also sponsors who support the running of this Humanitarian Award Night event.