YOGYAKARTA: PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk. has rebuilt health and education facilities badly damaged by the 2006 earthquake in Bantul, Gunungkidul and Sleman regencies.
The company's director of corporate relations and human resources Joseph Bataona officially handed over the facilities to the respective regions on Wednesday in a modest ceremony held at Bambanglipuro Community Health Center, Bantul.
The rebuilt facilities comprise of five community health centers, or puskesmas -- four in Bantul and one in Gunungkidul -- a community center in Sleman and a kindergarten in Bantul.
"Children are the future of the nation. In rebuilding the facilities, we want to make sure that they are educated and healthy for the sake of their future," Bataona said in his remarks during the ceremony.
According to Maya Tamimi, SME program manager at Unilever Peduli Foundation, the company spent Rp 2.7 billion (about US$300,000) in reconstructing the facilities.
Together with medical and other equipment provided along with the health facilities, total funds spent amounted to about Rp 4 billion.
"We are glad that the private sector has provided us with such aid that we are sure we will be able to completely reconstruct all (damaged) public facilities within two years since the earthquake," Bantul regent Idham Samawi said at the ceremony. -- JP/Sri Wahyuni
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