By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK
PNG Embassy in Jakarta has provided relief supplies to the victims of earth quake in Indonesia after The town of Cianjur, was hit by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake
.At least 321 people died, 21 remained missing and 7,729 injured, in West Java province from the earthquake. More than 58, 311 displaced and living in temporary shelters and tents.
Defence Attaché of PNG to Indonesia, Colonel Dominic Bulungol, MBE on behalf of the Embassy of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea in Indonesia, assisted the victims of CIANJUR earthquake, with about 20 bags of rice, 20 cartons of noodles, 10 boxes of mineral water, two cartons of baby nappies, 2 cartons ladies sanitarium products, 5 cartons of assorted coffee and tea , 10 cartons of bread, 3 cartons of tinned fish, and other assorted toiletries like tooth brush tooth paste, bath soap and 2 cartons of biscuits.
Deliveries were assisted by the Gethsemane Pentecostal Christian church in Jakarta with transport and delivering the items to the disaster sites in Cianjur.
On behalf of the Embassy of PNG in Indonesia, I decided to assist the victims after watching pleas for assistance on TV. While glued to watching the World Cup Soccer in Qatar, I could not resist hearing the pleas for humanitarian help to the victims of Cianjur Earthquake and I decided to act as a Seventh Day Adventist Christian and staff of PNG Embassy.
PNG assistance may be small but I felt relieved and satisfied when delivering what PNG embassy had provided to the needy, numbering in 10s of thousands.
On behalf of the embassy I also thank the congregation of the Pentecostal Christians of Gethsemane Church in East Jakarta for their transport support and manpower to do the deliveries”.
