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ACTNews, TASIKMALAYA
CITY, TASIKMALAYA REGENCY, SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA –This week, Aksi
Cepat Tanggap (ACT) continued to dispatch aid convoys from several ACT branch
offices.
From the branch
office of both ACT Tasikmalaya City and Regency, aid trucks were dispatched. "Alhamdulillah,
today we sent approximately five tons of aid packages which we collected
together in one week. Thank you to everyone who has participated. May Allah
accept your good deeds,” said ACT Tasikmalaya City Branch Manager Taufik
Perdana.
The departure of
the aid convoy is part of the aid delivery from 21 ACT branch offices in West
Java that began on Monday (12/13/2021).
On the same day, five tons of aid also came from ACT, Tasikmalaya Regency. "Of course this is the result of prayers and support from the donors especially partners who have supported us. So, thank God, we were able to collect approximately five tons of aid, and we immediately sent them,” said ACT Tasikmalaya Regency Branch Manager Asep Rosidin.
The dispatch of
the aid convoy from ACT Tasikmalaya Regency to Lumajang Regency. (ACTNews/Angga
Rizqiatama)
Not only from West
Java, ACT’s aid convoy was also dispatched from 072 “Pamungkas” Military Area
Command headquarters in Gondomanan District, Yogyakarta City, Friday (12/10/2021).
A total of six trucks were dispatched to Lumajang Regency.
“Thank you to Universitas
Islam Indonesia for donating two trucks worth of aid, as well as other generous
partners such as JNE Yogyakarta, Paradise Batik, Aparture Indonesia, Hiswana
Migas, and all benefactors who have entrusted their donations through ACT. Five
aid trucks from the people of Yogyakarta and another truck from other ACT
branch offices have been immediately dispatched to the disaster survivors near
Mount Semeru,” said ACT Special Region of Yogyakarta Branch Manager Nur Aries
Shoim.
The Commander of 072
“Pamungkas” Military Area Command Brigadier General Afianto expressed his pride
to ACT and the people of Yogyakarta who has raised donations to help those
affected. "This is a form of concern and empathy shown by the people of
Yogyakarta to their brothers and sisters there," he said.
During the dispatch
of the aid convoy, the Deputy Mayor of Yogyakarta City, Drs. Heroe Poerwadi, MA thanked
all those who had been involved in sending this aid. "We pray that the
journey to Lumajang Regency, East Java, will be smooth" Heroe hoped.
Based on ACT’s
Emergency Response’s report, as of Tuesday (12/14/2021), 6,500 were displaced,
43 were killed, and 13 went missing as a result of the volcanic eruption of Mount Semeru
earlier this month. A total of 32 people suffered from major injuries while 82
people suffered from minor injuries. []
