Indonesian Red Cross Gets Help from the Public
Tempo Interactive, Thursday, 22 April, 2010 | 15:44 WIB
Surakarta:The Surakarta branch of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has disbursed Rp 1,9 billion to organize a charity month. “We organized an outbound training, training on motivation, educational institutions, and seminar,” PMI Surakarta secretary, Sumartono Hadinoto, said yesterday. There was also a charity shop for a humanitarian program, calling on people to donate their used items that can be resold. PMI will also organize another charity program on May 20, on the National Awakening Day.
The funds will be used for disaster management, free medical treatment, free ambulance services, free early test for cervical cancer, and to subsidize patients needing blood transfusion. “The biggest allocation of Rp 1,4 billion will be dedicated to patients in the blood transfusion unit,” said PMI Surakarta chief Susanto Tjokrosoekarno.
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