JAKARTA — Since October 7, 2023, there has been a massive escalation in the conflict in Gaza. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, over 10,500 individuals have died in the conflict. Meanwhile, there are as many as 4,324 injured individuals. Even more distressing, the majority of the victims are children and women.
In response to this prolonged humanitarian conflict, Dompet Dhuafa, a humanitarian organization, has opened and is gathering as much cooperation as possible from all parties to help our brothers and sisters in Palestine. This initiative was supported by Kami Idea Indonesia. Driven by a strong sense of concern, Kami Idea Indonesia has channeled aid for Palestine through Dompet Dhuafa. This aid was delivered directly by Afina Candarini, the Director of Kami Idea Indonesia, on Friday (11/10/2023) at the Philanthropy Building, South Jakarta.
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Kami. itself is an Indonesian label for modest clothing intended for women. The collaboration involves a profit-sharing program where Kami. contributes a portion of its sales to the cause. Henceforth, every Kami customer who purchases Kami. products (all items) will automatically donate Rp10,000 to Palestine for every transaction made through Kami.’s official sales channels, offline stores during November 2023.
Currently, Dompet Dhuafa is focused on providing food assistance along with communal kitchens, clean water, and health services for the Palestinian community.
“The focus of Dompet Dhuafa is on food, then there’s the Kitchen as we can see. Then there’s a health response, and lastly, there’s water assistance. Last night, the Indonesian hospital (was bombed). I think this is a test or challenge for all countries around the world to be united in viewing this as a humanitarian issue. Because this war has greatly violated rules, targeting civilians, hospitals, churches, mosques, everything has been bombed. So, there’s no safe place left,” according to Etika Setiawanti, the Director of Resource Mobilization at Dompet Dhuafa.
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Dompet Dhuafa highly appreciates the kindness of Kami Idea Indonesia in channeling the donation campaign through Dompet Dhuafa.
“Dompet Dhuafa and Kami. are very grateful today and once again thankful to one of our partners and also one of our loyal donors. Kami. today is making a donation handover or campaign to help our oppressed brothers and sisters in Palestine. Dompet Dhuafa and Kami. also encourage everyone to act in three ways: prayer, support, and continuing to broadcast our support for Palestine. Dompet Dhuafa is currently focusing on three main areas: food, health, and water and sanitation,” explained Etika Setiawanti.
Afina, as the Director of Kami Idea Indonesia, also shared her reasons for choosing Dompet Dhuafa as their charity distribution agency.
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“So, Kami. has been working with Dompet Dhuafa for a long time. So, Dompet Dhuafa is a trustworthy and reliable organization to distribute donations from Kami. and others,” said Afina.
Afina hopes this collaboration will significantly aid the Palestinian people in their current crisis.
“Hopefully donations for Palestine can be smoothly delivered to those in need and hopefully be resolved quickly,” Afina concluded. (Dompet Dhuafa/Syafira)