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early in the morning,” he said happily. packages, so she and her neighbors can
survive the days. “I’ve been told that there
KSBB in education is one of the programs are donors who donate through KSBB pro-
in KSBB which aims to deliver devices or gram for our hamlet,” she said.
gadgets for students who don’t have one,
which is required for their distance-learn- The subdistrict of Kebon Kacang where Lin-
ing process (PJJ). Total devices collected da lives is one of the targetted areas for
from the collaborators was 1,208. this KSBB porgram. There were approxi-
mately 800 groceries being distributed to
Rahmadi is not the only one who got to en- the residents, which were collected from
joy the advantages from this KSBB pro- the donors who joined KSBB.
gram. Many of Jakarta residents living in
Kebon Kacang, Tanah Abang, Central Ja- One of the collaborators in KSBB, Yendra
karta were also grateful for the help, espe- Fahmi, has distributed many social assis-
cially in times when the city imposed Large tances for residents during the pandemic
Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) measure. time. He is a local businessman who chose
to share to others through KBSB. According
Linda, a settler from Garut, West Java, could to him, the program facilitates him to help
not do much when the pandemic hit Jakar- people in Jakarta who get affected by CO-
ta. Her grocery store in Tanah Abang mar- VID-19. Besides, he can choose the recipi-
ket was closed and she could only rely on ents or the targets for his assistances. He
her savings and daily wage—which is not distributed as much as 15,000 food staples
much, to live the day. Luckily, the hamlet for the affected residents in numbers of
(RW) office always distributed social as- subdistricts in Tanah Abang, Gambir, and
sistance in the form of groceries and food Kebon Kacang. has/nis
