BANDUNG-Hundreds of Disaster Preparedness (Tagana) directly deployed to the Ministry of Social Affairs shortly after the earthquake shook West Java on Friday (16/12) to comb and evacuate victims as a result of the natural disaster.
Minister of Social Affairs, Khofifah Indar Parawansa said Tagana is deployed from Tasik, Tasik, Ciamis, Pangandaran, Garut, Pangandaran and Banjar.
"In total there are more than 234 personnel deployed to comb and evacuate victims," ??said Khofifah, through a release received www.Jabarprov.go.id, Sunday (17/12).
According to Khofifah, in addition to Tagana, the Ministry of Social Affairs also deployed the Psychosocial Support Services Team to provide trauma healing to the refugees, mainly vulnerable groups, elderly, pregnant women, children with disabilities.
"To eliminate trauma among children due to the earthquake, we plunged the Psychosocial Team to provide trauma healing," he said. (Parno)