Ministry of Social Affairs Details Aid Distribution for Disaster-Affected Communities Across Sumatra
The Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) has been gradually distributing social assistance to residents affected by disasters in the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.
Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf (Gus Ipul) explained that his ministry has to date distributed aid worth Rp 2,564,805,321,880 across the three regions. The assistance comprises regular social aid, emergency social aid, and adaptive social aid.
“This is the assistance that has already been distributed. First, regular aid has been channelled to more than 1.7 million beneficiary families (KPM), with a total budget of Rp 1.8 trillion,” Gus Ipul said in a written statement on Tuesday (24/2/2026).
“This covers three provinces — Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. Then there is emergency social assistance for the crisis period, followed by adaptive social assistance,” he added.
He made the remarks at a Disaster Recovery Task Force meeting held at the Ministry of Home Affairs offices on Monday (23/2).
Gus Ipul elaborated that regular social assistance provided to 1,763,038 beneficiary families across the three provinces consists of the Family Hope Programme (PKH) and food assistance (Non-Cash Food Aid).
The total budget disbursed to date has reached Rp 1,832,738,125,000. To address disaster response and post-disaster recovery, the ministry has also allocated Rp 99,194,346,880 in emergency social assistance.
The emergency aid has been used to replenish logistics buffer stocks, operate public kitchens across various regions, and provide staple food and other basic necessities to support the survival of disaster victims during the emergency period.
Gus Ipul added that the ministry has also distributed adaptive social assistance, designed to help victims and their families recover from the devastation caused by the disasters.
The ministry has so far distributed adaptive social assistance worth more than Rp 632.7 billion.
“The adaptive social assistance currently being processed for distribution totals more than Rp 637 billion,” Gus Ipul said.
Several types of adaptive social assistance have been distributed by the ministry. The first is bereavement compensation for heirs.
The ministry has provided bereavement payments to the heirs of 990 deceased victims, with each recipient receiving Rp 15 million.
To ensure affected residents can live decently and have their nutritional needs met, the ministry has also provided living allowances of Rp 450,000 per person for three months to 175,211 disaster-affected individuals.
The government, through the ministry, has also provided household contents compensation of Rp 3 million per household head. This can be used by disaster victims to purchase furniture or equipment to support their lives in temporary or permanent housing.
A total of 47,688 households that have been assessed and validated have also received socio-economic stimulus grants of Rp 5 million per family. The stimulus is intended to help affected residents restart their household economies.
Gus Ipul further explained that the assistance is still being processed and distributed in stages. The ministry is currently preparing to channel aid to 37 districts and municipalities that have been validated by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
“As of today, we can report that 37 out of 53 districts and municipalities have been validated by the Ministry of Home Affairs and are ready for distribution. All of these have been verified and validated,” Gus Ipul said.
The meeting was attended by Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) head Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) head Suharyanto, Deputy Forestry Minister Rohmat Marzuki, Aceh Deputy Governor Fadhlullah, as well as representatives from Danantara and other ministries and agencies forming part of the Disaster Recovery Task Force.