Prabowo offers full scholarships to children of fallen wildfire volunteers
The Social Affairs Ministry will assess each family’s needs, place children in fitting schools and follow them through graduation.
President Prabowo Subianto has pledged full scholarships through the highest levels of education for the children of volunteers and officers who died while fighting forest and land fires and other disasters. He delivered the commitment at the Bogor Presidential Palace in West Java on Friday, during a ceremony to hand over compensation and award honors to the families of the victims. Prabowo said the children would be helped into the best government schools, including SMA Taruna Nusantara and SMA Garuda. Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf said the Ministry of Social Affairs will oversee the process by assessing each family’s needs, choosing the right school, and accompanying the children until their education is complete. At the same event, Prabowo awarded the Bintang Jasa Pratama to 15 volunteers and officers who died, and the Bintang Jasa Nararya to eight health workers injured while on duty.