Coca-Cola system in Indonesia lends helping hand to the needy<\/p>\n
The bottlers of Coca-Cola in Indonesia never lose sight of
\ntheir role in social welfare activities.<\/p>\n
Their contributions run a gamut of worthy causes, from helping
\nvictims of natural disasters to sponsoring community health
\nprograms.<\/p>\n
During this year, as two natural disasters devastated areas of
\nWest Java and Southern Sumatra, local bottlers were quick to
\nmobilize resources to help out in the hour of need.<\/p>\n
PT Coca-Cola Tirtalina bottling company of West Java donated
\ntons of rice, hundreds of packages of instant noodles and equal
\nnumbers of items of clothing and basic commodities to residents
\ndisplaced by severe flooding in the province.<\/p>\n
About one million people were left homeless and more than
\n23,000 hectares of crops were destroyed as unusually heavy rains
\nbattered West Java in January.<\/p>\n
PT Coca-Cola Pan Java's Lampung plant in Southern Sumatra came
\nto the rescue in February after a powerful earthquake devastated
\nthe province. The earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale,
\nkilled at least 200 people, left 3,000 seriously injured and
\ndestroyed several thousand homes and public buildings.<\/p>\n
Communications facilities and transportation routes were
\ncrippled, and helicopters were brought in to airlift food and
\nmaterial packages to isolated areas. Coca-Cola Pan Java Lampung
\nPlant presented 1,500 plants, 640 kilograms of nails, 2,000
\nmeters of plastic sheeting to construct emergency tents, 200
\nlanterns and 200 tool kits to help residents begin the task of
\nrebuilding their homes.<\/p>\n
Projects<\/p>\n
Coca-Cola efforts in other social welfare programs also
\nencompass community care. Women and children living close to the
\nCentral Java bottling plant in Semarang have benefited from a
\nprogram launched in 1993.<\/p>\n
Doctors and health care assistants talk on a variety of health
\ntopics to villagers. Babies are weighed, advice given to pregnant
\nwomen and immunization against disease is also made available,
\nfree of charge, to those who attend.<\/p>\n
\"The women in the villages are in need of reliable information
\nabout health matters,\" says Mugijanto, Managing Director of PT
\nCoca-Cola Pan Java, the local bottler in the area. \"It was for
\nthis reason that we launched the program and we hope soon to
\nextend it to other villages near the plant.\"<\/p>\n
PT Coca-Cola Indonesia was also one of the sponsors in 1993 of
\na new book on Ragunan Zoo, an important site for the breeding of
\nendangered species. The company decided to participate to help
\nincrease awareness, appreciation and pride among Indonesians for
\nthe wealth of animal and plant species in the nation.
\nTraining programs<\/p>\n
PT Djaya Beverages has accepted high school students as part
\nof a summer work experience scheme over the last few years.<\/p>\n
In all, 150 students were sent to various warehouses and the
\nPT Coca-Cola Indonesia office in Jakarta. They helped with sales
\nand marketing, motor vehicle maintenance, administration work and
\nthe production department.<\/p>\n
The government has urged private industry to help out in
\nsolving unemployment problems and the Jakarta bottler responded
\nquickly. \"We have a commitment to the younger generation, and are
\nhappy to arrange this program,\" says Jannus Hutapea, Public
\nRelations\/External Affairs Manager of PT Coca-Cola Indonesia.<\/p>",
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