DDHK News, Indonesia - The humanitarian tragedy that is currently hitting the Central African Republic (Central Africa) is encouraging Dompet Dhuafa (DD) as a humanitarian agency dispatched a team to help the victims.
Scheduled, humanitarian team Dompet Dhuafa "Indonesia Aid" will leave on Wednesday (19/3). For that assistance, Dompet Dhuafa budget for aid funds of IDR 1 billion.
“It (the crisis in Central Africa) is a human tragedy. So it concerns anyone, when it is massive and tends to be brutal and the victims are many, Dompet Dhuafa as a humanitarian institution, we must be called to step down, "said the Director of Communications and External Relations Dompet Dhuafa, Nana Mintarti, during the release of the humanitarian team Dompet Dhuafa "Indonesia Aid" in Jakarta, Tuesday (18/3).
Dompet Dhuafa himself stated his attitude strongly condemned the genocide or massacres that occurred in Central Africa. Second, call on the international community to jointly build synergies to help Central African people who are threatened by a food crisis.
"Also appeal to the people of Indonesia, especially to care about the suffering of the people in other countries," he added.
According to a release issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), more than half of Central Africa's population is now in need of humanitarian assistance. It is estimated that 2,5 million people — more than half of the country's 4,6 million population — need humanitarian assistance.
More than 701.500 people have been displaced due to increasing violence in central Central Africa. It is estimated that as many as 276.500 people are spread across 62 points in the capital city, Bangui.
The United Nations (UN) agency that deals with refugees, UNHCR, reported that as many as 290.801 Central Africans fled to neighboring countries such as Cameroon, Chad, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"Action to be Dompet Dhuafa doing there will certainly focus on the victims, the refugees. For conflict areas, disasters such as those in Central Africa were the first to be carried out Dompet Dhuafa is a relief, "explained Nana.
Although currently the actions being carried out in the short term are in the form of distribution of aid or charity, the possibility of a medium-term program such as economic empowerment is open. All this time Dompet Dhuafa has a uniqueness such as when in Palestine building the Gaza Food Bank, a food program to support the resilience of the people of Gaza.
The plan is that for 10 days the team will provide assistance in the form of food and medical aid. In addition, sanitation issues are a concern. Currently, refugees in several areas of Cameroon are in dire need of food and medical aid.
In carrying out missions in Central Africa, Dompet Dhuafa not alone. Together with several strategic network alliances abroad, Dompet Dhuafa do synergy. These institutions include the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), the UK Islamic Relief, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the UNHCR.
The humanitarian crisis that occurred in Central Africa has occurred since 2013. The crisis is an armed conflict until the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Muslims who are minorities in Central Africa.
Religious conflict is suspected to be the cause of conflict in the fifth poorest country in the world, with the Human Development Index (Human Development Index) of only the 0.343. (Dompetdhuafa.org). *
