By Andi Asriadi Rauf | Leader of PUSPEM Foundation
Merapi eruption of IDPs is pathetic
The eruption of Mount Merapi has destroyed thousands of houses, rice paddies, fields, gardens and even the population of cattle destroyed by the eruption of Merapi. These conditions resulted in hundreds of thousands of residents have fled to safer areas, one of the refugee location is the stadium or field Maguwoharjo Sleman, Yogyakarta.
Mrs Nining one refugee from the village bronggang argomulyo Cangkringan says' all residents who live close to Merapi volcano will be moved somewhere else, because the government considers too dangerous if at any time Merapi volcano erupts again. It's just that we are still living in refugee location while because barracks made by the government has not done".
According to our monitoring team that the specific location Stadium or field Maguwoharjo to 1,500 refugee families. As a result, many children no longer can attend school and unemployment due to their property destroyed by the eruption of Mount Merapi.
After we talked with the refugees, many refugees complained about the education of their children who should have learned well, but the place was not feasible. In addition, their books are also very limited.
Mrs. Suniarti expect any help organizing a free education because our children have left school and could not learn. We sincerely hope our children can learn well and there is help books, school uniforms, bags and shoes.
We've received donations totaling $ 513 and this donation we have used for providing assistance to refugees in the stadium or field Maguwoharjo Sleman Yogyakarta, among others;
a. provision of food aid
b. assistance is ready to drink bottled water
c. mask
d. Medicines (herbal medicine and cold medicine).
e. Additional nutrition for children
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