UNS — Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka led the ceremony for International Volunteer Day at the front of Rectorate Building dr. Prakosa UNS, Tuesday morning (14/12/2021). The mayor was accompanied by his Vice-Mayor of Surakarta, Teguh Prakosa, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation Affairs UNS, Prof. Kuncoro Diharjo, and the Dean of Faculty of Law (FH) UNS, Prof. I Gusti Ayu Ketut Rachmi Handayani.
The ceremony led by Gibran Rakabuming Raka was participated by a combination of Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteers throughout the city of Surakarta and TNI/Polri personnel. In his remark, the number one man in Surakarta delivered his deep condolences over the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, and flood in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB).
“Disaster is unwanted incidents. However, from disasters, we are reminded to build concern as a social creature,” Gibran Rakabuming Raka stated.
Reflecting on the disasters, Gibran Rakabuming Raka asked that the International Volunteer Day could be used to strengthen the synergy among SAR volunteers, all stakeholders, and TNI/ Polri personnel in Surakarta. “Hence, today, I want to ask all participants to develop concern and could improve the volunteerism and community awareness,” he added.
Gibran Rakabuming Raka also appreciated that mitigation and disaster response efforts in Surakarta were performed by SAR volunteers together with the stakeholders and TNI/Polri personnel. He specifically thanked SAR volunteers in Surakarta for their involvement in handling the Covid-19 pandemic in his city.
Without the actions from SAR volunteers, the handling, pre-funeral, to the funeral process of COvid-19 patients will not run smoothly.
“I hope that volunteers in Solo are always ready to hold and work together with the government and related stakeholders in disaster mitigations,” he concluded. Humas UNS
Reporter: Y.C.A. Sanjaya
Editor: Dwi Hastuti