Social Affairs Ministry announced that it would prepare Rp2.3 billion to help around 1,759 Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees who are now being accommodated in four regencies in Aceh province.
The ministry said that the fund is taken from the social disasters fund of the Social Affairs Ministry.
“For food, the fund is provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and aids from the public. From the Social Affairs Ministry, we provide additional mattresses, blankets, family kits, tents, the Koran for Moslem refugees,” said Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawangsa in a refugee camp in Kuala Langsa, Aceh on Sunday.
Khofifah also said that from a number of aids that have been prepared from the international community, the Ministry would maximize the provision of food and clothes. In addition, she also said that ministry would specifically focus on the social recovery process for the refugees by preparing a special team to heal their trauma and by providing counseling.
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