Pekerti Foundation

The earthquake that hit the area of Tasikmalaya encouraged Pekerti to provide assistance to the victims. On 5-6 September 2009 Pekerti assigned 2 staffs to go straight to the field see first hand the conditions of earthquake victims in Tasikmalaya.
Two areas visited by Pekerti were Regency of Ciamis and Tasikmalaya. There are 6 districts in Tasikmalaya and several areas in Ciamis which visited by Pekerti. In this visit Pekerti provide assistance in the form of money - which is distributed through head of local sub-district. Limited time make this aid is less than the maximum aside the area affected by the earthquake are spread far apart one region to another.

In this visit Pekerti also collect data about how many casualties, wounded, and buildings damaged also what aid is urgently needed by disaster victims. From the results of this visit Pekerti found that there are still many areas not yet touched by the aid, both from government and from other communities. Tents and blankets are the current items are needed by residents because residents are still afraid to return to their home lives so they prefer to live in emergency tents and cold natural conditions make the people really need a blanket.
From this data Pekerti then plan to have housing programs to help the victims of the earthquake disaster in Tasikmalaya. This is done by Pekerti because Pekerti already have experienced in doing this assistance during the earthquake in Yogyakarta in 2006, which at that time Pekerti built 500 units of temporary shelter, however to provide temporary shelter assistance, Pekerti lack funds and adequate personnel, for temporary shelter takes relatively quick and also government already started doing temporary shelter assistance for the community, when this news published, government and some social institutions already started doing temporary shelter assistance for the community. The program planned by Pekerti is a long-term assistance programs.
To realize this assistance program Pekerti is currently drafting a proposal that will soon send it to Pekerti partners. But Pekerti also give opportunities for the Pekerti partners to participate ease the burden on victims of the earthquake Tasikmalaya. For that purposes, if you can support the victims, please direct your donation to our bank account: