Donation for labor programs

Donation for labor programs

JAKARTA (JP): The municipality will start a campaign to
advertise a special philanthropic fund called Dompet PHK (Wallet
PHK) to raise money for its employment programs, Governor
Sutiyoso said yesterday.

Sutiyoso said the funds raised in the campaign would help the
city cope with the unemployment crisis which has become
increasingly worse in Jakarta over the last four months due to
the country's economic woes.

A Rp 22 million (US$2,750) donation from the Golkar faction
would be among the first donations to the employment fund, he
said.

The money raised will be used to finance the employment of
blue collar workers in the city's development projects.

These projects include the clean river project and the
greening campaign.

"Hopefully we can raise more money from businesspeople and
other interested parties," Sutiyoso said Sunday.

He said that despite a Rp 5 billion allocation from the
National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) -- which is used
to pay workers -- the municipality still needed more money to
continue the programs.

"I hope to start the donation campaign soon, maybe within the
next two weeks," he added. (edt)