Red Cross fund raising month begins today<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jakartans will have to set aside a bit of their
\nincomes for humanitarian purposes in line with a two-month fund
\nraising campaign launched by the Jakarta chapter of Indonesian
\nRed Cross (PMI DKI) yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"The campaign will last from Sept. 17 until Nov. 17 during
\nwhich we expect to get at least Rp 2 billion or 25 percent more
\nthan that of the figure we received last year,\" said Mrs.
\nHindarto, chairwoman of the organizing committee.<\/p>\n
Last year the organization collected Rp 1.6 billion in a
\nsimilar campaign.<\/p>\n
The fund raising campaign was held by PMI DKI in connection
\nwith the celebration of its anniversary.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Hindarto said that 10 percent of the funds will be
\ndonated to the national Red Cross office, five percent to the
\nJakarta office of the organization and 15 percent to finance the
\noperational costs of the blood transfusion unit.<\/p>\n
\"The rest will be distributed to our branch offices in the
\ncity's five mayoralties to cover their operation costs,\" said the
\nwife of the city police chief.<\/p>\n
During the ceremony, which was attended by Deputy Governor for
\nSocial Welfare R.S. Museno and chairman of PMI DKI Muhammad Muas,
\nMrs. Hindarto symbolically distributed contribution receipt books
\nto several organizations which will participate in the fund
\nraising campaign.<\/p>\n
\"The organization has also signed an agreement with government
\nagencies as well as private organizations who are willing to
\ncollect contributions,\" said Mrs. Hindarto, adding that such
\ncooperation is very effective in collecting funds.<\/p>\n
During the two month campaign motorists who process their
\nvehicle ownership documents and travelers, including those who
\ntravel by plane and ship, will be encouraged to donate to the
\norganization.<\/p>\n
\"This year we printed 71,665,000 books of contribution
\nreceipts, each consisting of 100 receipts,\" she said.<\/p>\n
The receipts are in amounts of Rp 100, Rp 200, Rp 500 and Rp
\n1,000 per piece.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Hindarto explained that the donations are also being
\ncollected at each branch of the organization in the city's five
\nmayoralties with the receipts being a different color for each
\nbranch, white for Central Jakarta, pink for North Jakarta, yellow
\nfor South Jakarta, blue for East Jakarta and green for West
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Blood donors.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Muhammad Muas said that Jakartans who need blood do
\nnot have to worry because the supply of blood at the organization
\nis adequate and is provided for free.<\/p>\n
\"The city needs 1,000 pockets of blood every day,\" Muas said,
\nadding that this year the organization expected to collect blood
\nfrom 170,000 donors, up from last year's 163,058 people.<\/p>\n
When asked about complaints from the public in the difficulty
\nof obtaining B negative blood, Muas said that there are around
\n500 donors with negative rhesus blood which could be contacted in
\nthe city.<\/p>\n
\"That's the only problem we face but we always try to fulfill
\nthe demands of the public for that particular type of blood,\"
\nsaid Muas, who is also a member of the House of Representatives
\n(DPR).<\/p>\n
An official from the organization recently said that there
\nwere an average of eight to 10 patients asking for negative blood
\nmonthly.<\/p>\n
In order to ensure that the recipients get healthy blood, Muas
\nsaid that since 1980 the Indonesian Red Cross has been examining
\nany blood they receive from donors. (yns)<\/p>",
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