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Jakarta, April 23, 2022 – In the midst of rising food prices ahead of Eid day, the Universitas Indonesia Alumni Association (ILUNI UI) distributed food donations to ease the burden on affected communities. This year, ILUNI UI distributed more than 2,700 food packages to UI outsourced employees in groups 1 and 2, as well as Depok residents scattered in the East Beji area, Depok City Hall, and at Beji 2 Depok Elementary School.
The symbolic handover was carried out by ILUNI UI Chairman Andre Rahadian to therectorGraduate Career Development and Alumni Relations (DPKHA) UI Ir. Ahmad Syafiq, MSc, PhD, at Balairung, UI Depok Campus, Saturday (23/4).
In his speech, Andre said, this program is ILUNI UI’s commitment to contribute to the alma mater and society.
“We are committed to continuing to make a real contribution to the alma mater and the community, one of which is through the basic food donation program that has been running for the past few years,” said Andre.
Andre believes that caring for others becomes even more important when prices rise and the economy has not fully recovered. He also thanked the alumni and all parties who supported the distribution of food donations that will help people in need.
“We are grateful for the concern of UI alumni so that more than 2,700 food packages have been collected. We also see the same concern from the many students who participate in distributing basic necessities for employees and the community around the UI campus, “he said.
Meanwhile, Syafiq expressed his appreciation for the contributions of UI alumni, ILUNI UI, ILUNI Faculty, and BEM UI who have contributed through the food donation assistance program. Moreover, according to him, ILUNI UI has consistently carried out this activity every Ramadan. He hopes this activity can continue and be enlarged.
“We want to help ease the burden on more people, especially UI employees who are highly valued. But it is also important to give to the surrounding community. This shows that UI cares about the environment and the condition of the surrounding community where UI is domiciled,” he said.
Alumni collaboration with Student Organizations at UI (Universitas Indoensia)
Chairman of the Almamater Center ILUNI UI M. Try Sutrisno Gaus said, this activity could be carried out well with the support of various parties. The food donation program ran for two weeks and managed to collect donations for more than 2,700 packages from UI alumni and the general public. The donation packages contained rice, oil, flour, sugar, sardines, corned beef, egg noodles, soy sauce, bottled chili sauce, butter, tea, cooking spices, recyclable bags, and salt. Information dissemination was carried out through social media and UI alumni networks. In addition, ILUNI UI also received donations from ILUNI Faculties, namely ILUNI FHum, ILUNI FEB, and ILUNI Psychology, which will be distributed to employees of each faculty. ILUNI UI also received food donations from Universitas Indonesia Hospital, KitaBisa, Dentons HPRP, and SSEK.
“This program always gets support from UI alumni and the community who want to share, as evidenced by the number of food packages that always reach thousands of packages,” explained Gaus.
In addition, in running the program, Gaus also explained the involvement of various parties in the ILUNI UI Berbagi program. In addition to support from UI, ILUNI UI also collaborates with 15 student organizations from 15 faculties from UI, consisting BEM UI, BEM FMNS UI, BEM FPharm UI, BEM FPsi UI, BEM FM UI UI, BEM IKM FM UI , BEM Fasilkom UI, BEM Vocational UI, BEM FHum UI, BEM FD UI, BEM FIK UI, BEM FH UI, Salam UI, SWM UI, and UIAC.
“This program certainly runs well from year to year thanks to the support from the campus and students who have helped us to distribute donations to the beneficiaries,” he explained.
Adding Gaus, ILUNI UI Berbagi Chief Executive Astrini Pradyasti explained that the distribution of food packages will be done gradually and separately. “For UI employees, the distribution will be done at Balairung. For the community around UI, the distribution will be carried out to several predetermined gathering points,” said Astrini.
Astrini emphasized that contributions can run smoothly through good coordination between various parties. Technology also helped her, who is currently in South Korea, to get involved in this activity.
“Contributions can always be made even in the midst of a pandemic and even remotely. We hope that more parties will be involved in humanitarian activities to help others,” he concluded. (*)