Officials from the Badung Military have distributed financial aid to thousands of local vendors in Badung and Denpasar.
The Commander of the Badung Military Department 1611, Colonel Inf. I Made Alit Yudana confirmed that a total of 5,000 local vendors in Badung and Denpasar have received cash assistance that was provided by the government on Tuesday (12/10). “We have distributed this cash assistance to 5,000 local vendors where each of them received USD 85 (IDR 1.2 million).” Colonel Yudana said.
Yudana explained that this program was initiated to help local small businesses that haven’t received previous financial assistance from the government. He also ensured that the program was distributed to the right people by handing it out directly. “In accordance with the President’s instruction, this cash assistance has to be distributed directly to the people and should not be transferred through the banks.” Colonel Yudana added.
Yudana also instructed the operators to take the picture of each receiver as part of a report for the central government. “We also asked each of them to count the money before leaving the location to make sure that they receive the correct amount of cash.” Yudana concluded. Some of the local people who received the cash support were feeling grateful as many of them have been financially struggling due to the current crisis in Bali.
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Wayan Bo
Friday 15th of October 2021
It’s peanuts.
Maureen Muntz
Thursday 14th of October 2021
Yes thay need help, and let australian,s come, we are just waiting ,but no qarantine, we just wont do that, olso what about peaple that have medical probleem,s thay wont get travel insurance, just to meany demand,s making thing,s harder for us all, not good
Karen North
Thursday 14th of October 2021
I have given AU$30,000, yes $30,000 to the 9 families that my husband and I support. I hope covid ends soon
Paul Morris
Sunday 17th of October 2021
@Karen North, That’s fantastic what you have done, it is so gratifying to have helped so many people.😇😇😇😇
Randy
Thursday 14th of October 2021
It's about time that the Balinese folks are receiving some kind of monetary aid. Better late than never.
Paul Morris
Friday 15th of October 2021
@Randy I told you over well over 12 months ago that the Balinese people had received nothing from the government in the way of financial support and still 20 months into this pandemic still nothing. We have been sending money each month to our Balinese friends to keep them alive because they both lost their jobs at the start of the pandemic March 2020. There has been lots of talk by politicians but talk doesn’t put food on the table and this whole crisis has been so badly handled it’s disgraceful.