Allianz's firms set up foundation to help poor

Allianz's firms set up foundation to help poor

JAKARTA (JP): The Allianz's companies in Indonesia, PT
Asuransi Allianz Utama Indonesia and PT Asuransi Allianz Aken
Life, have set up the Allianz Care Foundation with the aim of
paying medical bills for the needy who are unable to cover their
treatment.

The establishment of the charity and nonprofit organization
was intended mainly to help alleviate the burden of economic
constraint and hardship, Herris B. Simandjuntak, managing
director of Allianz Utama, said on Friday.

Herris said that the care foundation was launched on Wednesday
at a ceremony for the signing of a cooperation agreement between
the foundation and public hospitals under the supervision of the
Jakarta office of the Ministry of Health. The hospitals -- Koja,
Pasar Rebo, Tarakan, Budi Asih and Haji Jakarta hospitals -- were
chosen as they had the best facilities for the needs of people
seeking treatment.

The hospitals will take on the role of selecting cases that
are funded by the Allianz Care Foundation.

Agreement

The cooperation agreement between the care foundation and the
hospitals was signed by Sulastomo, chairman of the Allianz Care
Foundation, and Aslan Lasman, head of the city office of the
Ministry of Health.

Among the guests at the signing ceremony were H. Djaelani,
deputy governor of welfare affairs; Manfred Wittau, president of
Allianz Utama, and Heinrich Seeman, the German ambassador to
Indonesia.

"As a company which has been operating in Indonesia since
1981, we would like to help lighten the burden of the poor people
in Jakarta who can't afford to pay medical expenses," Manfred
said.

Herris said that instructions for the implementation of the
cooperation agreement would soon be worked out to enable the
start of the services.

In the long run the foundation was planning to extend its
activities in the areas of education and the environment for
people living below the poverty line, he said. (hhr)