Merauke, Papua – Five workers of the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border Security Job Force just recently donated clothes to the homeowners of Komdo Town in Naukenjerai Sub-district, Merauke District, Papua Province, as a gesture of genuine take care of locals.
Led by Sergeant-2 Agus Rinto Sitinjak, the soldiers checked out the homes of locals to distribute clothing, Leader of the 125/ Si’ mbisa Infantry Battalion’s RI-PNG Border Security Job Force Commander Lt Col Anjuanda Pardosi remarked.
” By visiting their homes, an emotional connection in between the task force personnel and villagers would remain strong until the end of the soldiers’ task at the Kondo security post,” Pardosi kept in mind in a statement that ANTARA received here, Saturday.
Pardosi stated that the border security task force’s members were delighted to demonstrate their care for the locals of Kondo Town.
Regional neighborhood leader, Marin Bernandus Bomak Mahuse, welcomed the caring gesture by the army personnel. Mahuse thanked them and prayed for their success in achieving their tasks.
ANTARA noted that Indonesian soldiers, stationed in the provinces of Papua and West Papua, were not simply tasked with securing peace and stability there however were likewise expected to become involved in community services.
In 2015, soldiers from this 125/ Simbisa Infantry Battalion had also conducted a community service by instilling the routine of reading and piquing the curiosity through a mobile library service.
Run by 3 army personnel, led by Second Sergeant J. H. Manullang, the mobile library serves the trainees of Sota Village, Merauke District, Papua Province, according to the job force’s leader, Lt Col Anjuanda Pardosi.
The mobile library serves trainees living in the Indonesia-PNG border area amid the ongoing international pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has actually disrupted finding out activities at schools.
The mobile library service is imagined to stir regional students to develop the practice of reading because it will expand their state of mind and expand their knowledge of a number of elements of life.
” Books work as a window to the world,” he stressed.
Through books offered by the mobile library service, the routine of reading can be cultivated among the regional students, Pardosi affirmed, including that apart from rousing their interest, the totally free library service is likewise part of the task force’s territorial operational program.
The locals of Sota Town revealed thankfulness and lauded the mobile library service being used by the border security task force.
” We thank the job force personnel for their take care of our kids,” specified Alfons Katop, a homeowner of Sota Town in Sota Sub-district, Merauke District, whose administrative location is part of the Indonesia-PNG border area.
The literacy-related social work, used by the Indonesian soldiers since numerous years, have contributed significantly to the undertakings of the local and central governments to increase the quality of human capital in Papua and West Papua.
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