UPH Care

Flood that recently snurge Jakarta, also happened to Tangerang area. That disaster caused many disadvantages and loss, from materials, paralysis of activity, and diseases. In responding to that disaster, UPH community take some caring action spontaneously and institutionally.

Like the concerning action that initiated by Satrya Pangadaran, Lecturer of UPH Law Faculty, that spontaneously invited students who joined in Law Department Student Association to give donations to flood victims. That invitation directly responded by students by directly do field survey to location and collecting donations to help those who needs.

?Not only students who involved in this activity, even lecturers, alumni, and students? parents also participated to help flood victims. Our focus is to help flood victims that less unreachable and get less help. Locations that we visited are Jembatan tiga, Tanah Merah and other locations that unreachable by transportation and so on,? said Gwendolyn, Lecturer of Law Faculty, that also participated in this action.

Concerned action also done by students through UPH Student Executive Board, UPH staffs and lecturers, that raised by Spiritual Growth Department. According to Youry Timbuleng, Executive Coordinator, this social activity is a form of UPH concern to residents around Tangerang area, where UPH locates at. ?This help focus for victims after flood, and the donation that we give, such as: book package, stationary, and the prevention of disease through Fogging.?

For this activity, we collaborate with Yayasan Pelita Jiwa, to get accurate information about area that severely damaged and victims? needs. Location that we headed into is Villa Mutiara Pluit, that almost routinely affected by flood and this time is getting worse because the embankment swamp was perforated. The height of water in some area have reached 2 meters.

The society enthusiastically accept donation of school stationary, because although flood has been receed, there?s still many families that cannot do normal activity like usual. Some school kids also lost their books because awash by water.

About 550 package giving away to local children. Fogging done to all areas, including 4 neighborhoods or 800 houses. This help also welcomed by Head of Neighborhoods (Ketua RW) by giving data of residents and helping the fogging.

The support also given to internal UPH that go through flood. There are still 150 packages for donation to flood victims at Public Primary School (Sekolah Dasar Negeri) that close to UPH location. (rh)