The Jakarta Post | Sat, 03/28/2009 8:11 PM
The Japanese Red Cross in cooperation with Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) had sent "Family Kits" to Situ Gintung dam tragedy victims at Cireundeu village in Ciputat, Tangerang District in Banten province.
"The Family Kits from PMI and Japanese Red Cross contain various household utensils," logistic official at Jakarta Muhammadiyah University (UMJ), Uus Rustandi said as quoted by Antara newswire on Saturday.
He said the assistance for the two countries Red Cross in around 100 bags consisted of plastic containers, washbasins, plastic dishes, plastic glasses, water dippers, spoons, towels, tooth brushes and tooth pastes, bathing soaps, instant noodles, and mineral water.
"The assistance arrived on Friday night at around 9 p.m.," Rustandi said, adding that a post command at UMJ campus was open 24 hours to receive humanitarian assistance from various parties.
Meanwhile, the Banten branch of the Indonesian Red Cross said it had deployed 100 rescue workers to help the victims of the dam tragedy.
"We have deployed some 100 PMI workers to help the dam burst victims," vice head of PMI's Banten office Airin Rachmi Diany said here early Saturday morning.
Airin said that for the time being the evacuation of the victims was halted Friday night due to the power outage around the area. For this purpose, PMI Banten sent a number of power generator sets to the location.
In the meantime, the rescue workers at the Ahmad Dahlan High School for Economics were channeling assistance from the public in the form of food, blankets, children dresses and mineral water.
At least 62 institutions, mass organizations and state companies have provided contributions to the victims.
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