Private firm, NGO to provide shelters

Private firm, NGO to provide shelters

JAKARTA: Australian oil and gas company PT Kojo and the Zero-to-One Foundation has hammered out an agreement to provide temporary accommodation for orphans of the tsunami in Aceh.

Under the agreement, the oil and gas company will provide a camp in Kalimantan as a temporary shelter, while the Zero-to-One Foundation will provide staff members to take care of the orphans.

The camp will be able to accommodate 250 orphans out of some 38,000 needing immediate assistance. -- JP