Tzu Chi Builds Huntap

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Reporter: Frmansyah Lawawi
AS MANY AS 1,500 permanent housing units assisted by the
Indonesian Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, as promised, began to be marked with
the signing of the first stone by the Central Sulawesi Provincial Secretary Moh
Hidayat on Monday (03/04/2019).

Huntap for the victims of the earthquake, tsunami
and liquefaction disaster in Palu City consumed a budget of Rp100 billion and
was targeted to be completed within the next four months.

Covering an area of ​​80 hectares of land belonging to the Palu City
Government in Tondo Village, precisely behind Tadulako University was chosen as
a 1,000-site construction site and 500 units in Duyu Village, each of which has
36 square meters of building area.

“This Huntap is quite feasible for a
dwelling. We provide assistance in the form of something feasible,” Deputy
Chairperson of the Indonesian Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, Sugianto Kusuma,
said after laying the first stone for the construction of 1,000 shelters in
Tondo.

Sugianto ensured that the Indonesian Buddhist Tzu
Chi Foundation would involve residents of Palu City, especially refugees from
the disaster in the construction of 1,000 huntap. The involvement of Palu City
residents, especially refugees who lost their homes, was carried out as a way
to restore the economic condition of all victims, especially those who lost
property, livelihoods and business capital.

“We are trying to involve all the victims to
work on this shelter. Disaster victims can work here. A day we pay a salary of
Rp150 thousand,” he admitted.
Huntap building construction, he admitted, has
passed the feasibility test of earthquake resistant building standards.

“Our hope is that with the implementation of
Huntap development, people affected by natural disasters can start their new
lives,” he hoped.

The shelter area is equipped with various public
facilities such as places of worship, playgrounds, parks and markets,
especially the provision of basic needs, namely water and electricity.

Meanwhile the Mayor of Palu Hidayat while giving a
speech at the laying ceremony of the first stone said that the construction of
1,500 units of shelter was inseparable from the long struggle.

“Our struggle is quite long. There have been
five times we met with the Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation to lobby and discuss
this shelter assistance,” Hidayat said.

He explained that in fact the central government
plans to start construction of shelters by 2020 and during that period disaster
victims will inhabit temporary shelters built by the Ministry of Public Works
and Public Housing (PUPR) and various Non-Government Organizations (NGOs).

“Alhamdulillah, I do not have to wait two
years to wake up the shelter here. I hope the Ministry of Public Works and
Housing can build a shelter for refugees this year,” he hoped.

He also appealed to the Chair of the Central
Disaster Management Task Force of the PUPR Ministry Arie Setiadi Moerwanto to
immediately provide clean water and electricity facilities in the huntap area.

Central Sulawesi Regional Secretary of North
Sumatra Hidayat Lamakarate hopes that the construction of shelters in
disaster-affected areas in Central Sulawesi initiated by the Indonesian
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation can motivate domestic and foreign institutions and
humanitarian foundations to help build shelters for disaster victims who have lost
their homes.
“Hopefully it will encourage other
institutions to help establish a shelter. Hopefully this shelter can be
completed according to schedule so that it can be officially opened and
occupied,” he pleaded.**

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