Topan Haiyan, Indonesia Bantu Filipina US$1 Juta
Indonesia Aids Philippines U.S. $1 Million for Victims of Typhoon Haiyan
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Pemerintah Indonesia mengirimkan bantuan dana berupa giro bernilai satu juta dolar AS dan barang logistik senilai US$1 juta untuk korban bencana akibat Topan Haiyan di Filipina.
Menteri Koordinator Kesejahteraan Rakyat Agung Laksono secara simbolis menyerahkan bantuan itu kepada Duta Besar Filipina untuk Indonesia Maria Rosario C. Aguinaldo, katanya di Jakarta, Rabu.
Ia mengatakan, Kementerian Pertahanan mengerahkan tiga pesawat Hercules C-130 serta personel untuk mengangkut 75 ton bantuan logistik berupa 6.000 paket makanan, 1.000 paket lauk, 21.000 paket tambahan gizi, 500 selimut, 1.000 paket sandang, 1.000 paket pakaian anak dan 10 genset.
Selain itu ada bantuan paket obat-obatan, paket makanan pendamping Air Susu Ibu dari Kementerian Kesehatan serta 500 dus mie instan, 1.000 paket makanan, 1.000 paket lauk, dan 1.000 paket selimut dari Kementerian Sosial.
Hari ini tiga pesawat Hercules TNI Angkatan Udara yang mengangkut 36,6 ton bantuan makanan, obat, genset, dan selimut berangkat dari Landasan Udara Halim Perdanakusuma Jakarta menuju Filipina dengan tiga sorti penerbangan.
Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian government has handed over US$1 million of its aid commitment of US$2 million for victims of typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, a senior minister has said.
"I have handed US$1 million or Rp11.8 billion in cash to the Philippine embassy in Jakarta," Coordinating Minister for Peoples Welfare Agung Laksono said, after accompanying President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a consultation meeting of state institutes leaders at the State Palace here on Wednesday.
Agung said aid in the form of goods worth US$1 million would be sent to the Philippines on Thursday (Nov 14) aboard three Hercules planes owned by the Indonesian Air Force.
"Three Air Force Hercules planes (will leave for the Philippines) tomorrow. They will carry blankets, generators, mineral water, water purifiers, medicines and instant foods in six batches. In total, the goods are valued at US$1 million," he said.
The aid was taken from the national reserves in the state budget, he added.
Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last week and resulted in the death of 2,700 people and losses of between Rp93 trillion and Rp221 trillion.
The typhoon also left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
