Forestry firms help victims

Forestry firms help victims

JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Forest-based Companies (APHI)
on Tuesday sent a special team to West Sumatra to deliver Rp 550
million worth of aid to the victims of recent floods and
landslides in the province.

The association said the team, headed by association chairman
Adiwarsita Adinegoro, would distribute food, medicines and other
basic needs and donate cash to the suffering families through
local natural disaster relief centers.

It added that the distribution of the aid, which was donated
by APHI members out of solidarity for the natural disaster
victims, would be coordinated by Irman Agusman in cooperation
with local officials.