CIANJUR, WEST JAVA – Badan Pengelola Keuangan Haji (BPKH) and Dompet Dhuafa distributed hundreds of packages of cooking utensils to cianjur earthquake survivors on Thursday (26/1/2023) in Kramat Legok Village RT02/RW09, Sukamulya Village, Cugenang District, Cianjur.
At this event, the Head of the Implementation and Monev Benefit Division of BPKH, Indriayu Afriana, Director of Resources and Mobilization (Remo) of Dompet Dhuafa, Ethics Setiawanti, Director of Disaster Management Center (DMC) of Dompet Dhuafa, Haryo Mojopahit, and General Manager of Fundraising of ZIS Dompet Dhuafa, Ahmad Faqih, were also present.
BPKH together with Dompet Dhuafa distributed as many as 250 kitchen kits or packages of cooking utensils for 250 Heads of Families (KK) in Kramat and Cipaku Villages, Cianjur Regency with details of 150 packages in Kramat Village and 100 packages in Cipaku Village. This cooking utensil package consists of a two-furnace gas stove, a 3 kg gas cylinder, a regulator and a hose, a cooking pan, a pot, a spoon and fork package, a plate and glass package and a spatula for cooking.
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It is known that a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in Cianjur Regency, West Java on November 21, 2022. It is recorded that this earthquake disaster has claimed hundreds of lives, with 334 people dead, 8 people missing, and 593 people seriously injured.
Meanwhile, the total number of refugees reached 114,683 people, consisting of 54,781 men, 59,902 women, 147 people with disabilities, 1,640 pregnant women, and 7,453 elderly people. Until now, the huge earthquake disaster is still imprinted in the minds of the people of Cianjur and its surroundings.
Most people also live in refugee tents made with makeshift materials. For daily food needs, people also continue to use public kitchens for cooking because many of their cooking utensils are buried in the ruins of the building.
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For this reason, BPKH through the Benefit Division collaborated with Dompet Dhuafa to participate in helping to ease the burden on the victims of the Cianjur Earthquake by distributing the needs of refugees, namely in the form of cooking utensils packages.
Hopefully, the kitchen kit or cooking utensil package provided by BPKH and Dompet Dhuafa can be used by Cianjur Earthquake survivors to process daily food needs independently.
In his remarks, Indriayu Afriana also explained to the residents that the assistance provided was not sourced from the Hajj fund, but from the People’s Endowment Fund or Dana Abdi Umat (DAU). DAU itself is a fund collected by the government from the results of the cost efficiency of the previous Hajj pilgrimage as well as funds from halal sources and in accordance with laws and regulations.
“So this benefit activity in Cianjur is disaster response assistance for kitchen kits, so this money is not from the Hajj fund, the money is from the value of the benefits of the People’s Endowment Fund,” said the Head of the BPKH Implementation and Monev Benefit Division.
Indriayu also thanked Dompet Dhuafa for partnering with BPKH in distributing kitchen kit assistance in Cianjur. She also hopes that the kitchen kit provided can be useful for the victims of the Cianjur Earthquake to survive.
“Alhamdulillah, now Dompet Dhuafa is with us to help families in Kampung Kramat and Kampung Cipaku.”
“Hopefully, the assistance can be received by the charities of the pilgrims who have previously deported can be used by all ladies and gentlemen,” concluded Indriayu.
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Director of Remo Dompet Dhuafa, Etika Setiawanti admitted that she was happy and grateful to BPKH for being a partner and supporting the kitchen kit assistance program for earthquake victims.
“Alhamdulillah, I am very happy today with the arrival of friends from BPKH to hand over the assistance of kitchen kit kitchen utensils for cooking and frying mothers. In this kitchen kit, there is a gas stove too, because in any condition, we have to keep eating,” said Ethics.
“We assist BPKH, one of the partners who today support assistance programs to communities affected by the earthquake. Hopefully, it can help reduce the burden and overcome the problems that you experienced after experiencing an earthquake,” he added. (Dompet Dhuafa/Ronna)