We delivered the relief package to meet the residents in need of clothing yesterdayJakarta (ANTARA) - West Jakarta's Social Affairs Office delivered a relief package worth Rp50 million to assist quake survivors in Cianjur District, West Java Province.
"We delivered the relief package to meet the residents in need of clothing yesterday," Head of West Jakarta's Social Affairs Office Suprapto noted here Thursday.
The relief package comprises 24 primary school uniforms, 48 junior high school uniforms, 24 senior high school uniforms, 150 baby diapers, 50 adult diapers, 37 mukenas or head-to-toe prayer gowns, 78 towels, 144 sanitary pads, and 10 mattresses, he said.
The money for purchasing the relief package was donated by various elements of society in West Jakarta, he stated.
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Cianjur District in West Java Province on November 21 at 1:21 p.m. local time.
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According to the Cianjur district administration, the number of houses brought down and severely damaged by the recent earthquake had increased to 8,151.
"The number of severely damaged houses has increased, from 7,817 to 8,151 units. They all have been verified," Secretary of the Cianjur District Government Cecep Alamsyah stated at a press conference on December 4.
Alamsyah said the number of houses that had incurred moderate damages also increased, from 10,589 to 11,210 units.
The number of houses with mild damages also went up, from 17,195 to 18,469 units, he said, adding that the earthquake had also severely damaged 525 school buildings, 269 houses of worship, 14 healthcare facilities, and 17 office buildings.
As of December 4, death toll from the Cianjur quake had reached 334, while eight residents were still missing, he stated.
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According to Alamsyah, the government has prepared 2.5 hectares of land in Sirnagalih Village to be used for building 200 earthquake-resistant houses.
The deadly quake has triggered an outpouring of sympathy from various elements of society.
The sympathy with the Cianjur quake victims, for instance, is also shown by Andalas University (Unand), a leading public university in West Sumatra Province.
The university, on Sunday (Dec 4), dispatched six members of its nursing faculty to join a humanitarian mission in Cianjur District.
The Bangka Belitung Islands provincial government has also demonstrated its solidarity with the earthquake victims by handing over one billion rupiah in cash to the Cianjur district administration.
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