Efforts to Bring Joy Back into Lives of Child Survivors in West Sulawesi

KOMPAS/AGUS SUSANTO

Activities of children survivors of the earthquake in the Covid-19 tent of the Ministry of Social Affairs at Manakarra Stadium, Mamuju, West Sulawesi, on Monday (18/1/2021).

The earthquake that devastated parts of Mamuju and Majene in West Sulawesi caused trauma among the survivors, especially children. Recovery is crucial for their future.

Dika (12), one of the survivors of the Mamuju earthquake, was diligently drawing on paper distributed by the Social Affairs Ministry Psychosocial Support Service team at the Manakarra Stadium evacuation post, on Tuesday (26/1/2021). After 30 minutes, he showed a picture of a swing and a slide, complete with a rainbow and sky backdrop.