CIANJUR, WEST JAVA – “Stay strong and always be an enthusiastic Mother,” Rosilah wrote for Nurhayati.
“Don’t change when you’ve become a Mom, okay? Hopefully, everything will be smooth when you’re delivering the baby,” read a message written to Rosilah.
“Thank God, for giving us health and kindness,” another message read.
The messages written in this piece of paper came from the women survivors of the Cianjur Earthquake who were participating in a trauma healing session. This event was organized by Disaster Management Center (DMC) Dompet Dhuafa on Monday (6/2/2023) for 50 women survivors of the Cianjur Earthquake in Kp. Tanjakan, Padaluyu Village, Cugenang District, Cianjur Regency.
The service entitled “New Energy for Women to Rise After a Disaster: Rise Mentally, Rise the City” invites women survivors to be able to return to the future after the Cianjur Earthquake hit.
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It is known that based on the assessment results by the DMC Dompet Dhuafa team, besides children, adults especially parents, are also in urgent need of psychological assistance. The reason is, some of them experience depression due to loss of housing, children, parents, and also spouses. Not to mention, economic conditions are getting more difficult after the earthquake.
“DMC Dompet Dhuafa presents psychological assistance activities for families, in order to rebuild mentally and also as a recovery of bad emotions from the effects of traumatic events they experienced,” explained Akbar Saddam as Plt. General Manager Resource Hub of DMC Dompet Dhuafa.
In addition, DMC Dompet Dhuafa also distributed 50 packages of basic necessities and skincare from Nivea to 50 families in Kampung Tanjakan, Padaluyu Village, Cianjur.
“This activity will be one of the meaningful and fun activities for the society, as well as inviting DMC Dompet Dhuafa Super Volunteers to be directly involved in the Cianjur Earthquake recovery period,” added Hadawiyah Marsya Ayu as Brand Activation of DMC Dompet Dhuafa.
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The Head of Padaluyu Village, Susilawati said that Padaluyu Village was one of the largest villages in Cugenang District. There were approximately 491 houses razed to the ground, 372 houses in the moderate risk category, and 1,442 houses with mild risk. The huge number of houses affected by this earthquake made the survivors hit hard and needed attention from all parties.
“Alhamdulillah, with the existence of DMC Dompet Dhuafa, I as the Village Head would like to thank you for starting to help since the earthquake disaster for Kampung Tanjakan, Paduluyu Village,” explained Susilawati.
“Now there is a trauma healing activity carried out by DMC Dompet Dhuafa in Padaluyu Village office yard. Hopefully this will be a charity of goodness and Allah SWT will double the rewards,” she continued.
Currently, people live with their own families in tents given by the district government. Alhamdulillaah the survivors no longer live in communal tents. As many as approximately 30% of survivors return to their daily activities, such as going to the fields, becoming a driver, and freelance daily labors.
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Nabila Gasani as a Hypnotherapist, Human Design Reader, and Energy Balancing Therapist, also said the same thing. She is grateful for collaborating with DMC Dompet Dhuafa in helping empower women to recover through difficult times after the earthquake.
“I was moved by today’s activity, being able to share about techniques ABYGO, techniques for releasing emotions through breathing, that may be their provision in the future so that they have a handle to remove or release all their discomfort, so that it can relieve them in the future,” she concluded.
“Hopefully, they will continue to be enthusiastic even though we don’t know when this situation will end, but I hope they can keep being enthusiastic, keep encouraging each other,” Nabila concluded.
Puteri Indonesia Perdamaian 2017 who is also a Communication Practitioner, Dea Rizkita Ghanisatria expressed her gratitude to Dompet Dhuafa for giving her the opportunity to contribute positively to the recovery of Cianjur Earthquake survivors.
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“I’m happy to see them laugh, to see them release the emotions that they’ve probably been keeping all this time. The hope for them is they can be much stronger, can be much more enthusiastic, and hopefully things will remain okay,” she added.
“Just now we chatted together, played games, and then introduced recovery techniques about writing back messages to encourage Moms,” Dea continued.
Through the back messages, the survivors wrote down messages for friends around them on their backs.
“Always be happy, stay cheerful. Do what you think is good. Thank you for being this strong,” another message read. (DMC Dompet Dhuafa/AFP)