Prinka Haprani Helps Earthquake-Hit Children Recover from Trauma
Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Pinka Haprani joined hundreds of earthquake-affected children in Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, for a psychosocial support activity.
- Children from preschool through junior high school played, sang, drew, read and listened to stories in replacement classroom tents.
- The event involved Taruna Merah Putih volunteers, university student volunteers and local officials.
In tents replacing classrooms at SD Inpres Robo and SMPN Satap Robo, children affected by the earthquake in Manggarai spent the day playing, singing and listening to stories.
The trauma-healing activity took place in Wae Ri’i subdistrict on Tuesday, with hundreds of children from preschool through junior high school taking part. Games and other activities aimed to help them regain their cheerfulness after the earthquake.
Pinka Haprani, chairwoman of the central executive board of Taruna Merah Putih, joined the children alongside the group’s secretary-general, Rio Dondokambey, and treasurer, Stephanie Octavia. Manggarai Regent Heribertus Nabit also attended.
The activity formed part of psychosocial assistance for child earthquake victims. More than a dozen university student volunteers from campuses in Ruteng helped children draw, read, tell stories and play together.
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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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