Donations to help the poor

Donations to help the poor

From Pos Kota

Born and bred in Jakarta, I am always deeply moved by the
plight of Jakarta residents when their residences are flooded or
when they are evicted from their homes.

In fact, the Jakarta city administration can set up a special
institution to collect donation/charity from private employees,
civil servants, businessmen, large-scale vendors and government
officials in this capital city.

Take, for example, that there are some 3,000,000 private
employees and civil servants in Jakarta. If each of them donates
Rp 1,000 a month, about Rp 3 billion will be collected monthly.
Then, let's suppose that there are about 2,000,000 businessmen,
large-scale vendors and government officials in Jakarta. If each
of them sets aside Rp 10,000 a month, some 20 billion will be
collected monthly.

The Jakarta city administration, through this institution, can
spend this money on helping the poor.

MUHAMMAD HUSNI

Jakarta