Government, Nestle Partner to Help Waste Scavengers Get Through Coronavirus Pandemic

Nestle Indonesia distributed over 110,000 of the company’s own food and beverage products.

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They also supplied the waste scavenging community with 1,400 packages of basic goods (sembako).

The aid packages were distributed to waste scavengers in the Greater Jakarta Area, Central Java, and East Java.

In East Java, the distribution of aid focused on Malang, Pasaruan, Madiun, Nganjuk, Demak, and Kediri.

Covid-19’s chain reaction

Indonesia has taken a hit from the coronavirus pandemic not only through its impact on the national economy. Indonesia’s Finance Minister said on June 27 that the pandemic has caused a domino effect on politics, the economy, social, and financial sectors.

The spread of the Covid-19 virus in Indonesia has been especially hard in the country’s most populous island as well as its economic powerhouse, Java.

The Java island contributes the biggest to Indonesia’s gross domestic product with DKI Jakarta taking the top spot.

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