MUSLIM AID ASSISTS FLOOD SURVIVORS IN JAKARTA
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Providing aid to children who survived the Jakarta floods
Muslim Aid
Muslim Aid
Muslim Aid has come to the assistance of the flood survivors in Indonesia by providing them with much-needed provisions of food, water and medicines.
The floods occurred in the country's capital, Jakarta, and killed more than 20 people, making about 350,000 homeless. Muslim Aid has responded to the tune of £28,500, assisting a total of 25,000 people to date.
"Muslim Aid will organise teams consisting of local people to distribute the supplies, such as staple food, instant noodles, mineral water, and urgent medicines needed by the victims in the evacuation centres," said Hamid Azad, head of overseas programmes at Muslim Aid. "To accelerate the distribution, teams will be divided into several groups and deployed in different areas."
The worst-hit areas in the capital are the districts of Jakarta Timur and Jakarta Selatan. Presently, Muslim Aid has 400 volunteers on the ground.
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