Barabai, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Regent H Aulia Oktafiandi on Friday (Dec 24, 2021) in Barabai presented 78 bicycles to children who were orphaned because their parents died due to COVID-19.
The Regent stated that this compassion was one proof of the government's presence in the community who were directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the death of their parents causing them to become orphans.
"These bicycles are intended that the orphans will become independent personalities. When their parents are still around, they may be taken to school or to their desired destination, but when their parents are no longer there, these bicycles are expected to be their means of transportation," he said at the 62nd-anniversary commemoration of the district.
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Acting Head of Social, Population Control, Family Planning, Women Empowerment, and Child Protection Agency (Dinas Sosial PPKB PPPA) explained that this program is purely from the HST government. The Regent wants a charity for orphans in the form of goods that they can use.
"The bike aid was purely funded from the HST budget, but the leading sector is the Social, PPKB PPPA Agency based on the Health Office data, then was checked to the Population Agency until 78 orphans found," he said.
The 78 units of bicycles distributed were bicycle types for children aged 0 months to 10 years and 11 to 18 years. "All for school-age children," he said.
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