Banda Aceh - Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) Aceh volunteers dispatched 1000 tons of rice for Syrian refugees. The release of the truck carrying the rice begins with Tablig Akbar.
Monitoring AFP, the release of five trucks symbolically conducted in front of the Great Mosque Baiturrahman Banda Aceh, Aceh, Sunday (15/4/2018) at around 18:20 pm. The convoy of trucks carrying each of these two containers then goes with the police escort voorijder.
From Banda Aceh, rice is transported to the Port of Belawan, North Sumatra. All, there are 20 trucks that depart. Once at the harbor, the container is then put into a ship to go to the Turkish port. After that, it was only channeled to refugees in Syria.
We are grateful that the release of a 1000 tonne humanitarian vessel for the Syrian refugees can be departed from Banda Aceh. Hopefully the delivery of 1000 tons of rice, from Aceh to Syria will inspire other regions, ACT President Ahyudin told reporters after the release.
Present at the discharge include Acehnese ulama, national scholars including Sheikh Ali Jaber, Banda Aceh Mayor Aminullah Usman and a number of related parties. Residents also watched as the motorcade went.
Before the truck departs, the activity begins with a grand tablig held in the yard of Baiturrahman Mosque Banda Aceh. People enthusiastically hear lectures delivered in turn by some scholars.
According to Ahyudin, Syrian aid rice is targeted to arrive in Turkey on 15 May. After that, it took about five hours for help to be brought into Syria and distributed.
Ahead of Ramadan the rice will arrive in Turkey, and it takes 5 hours to get into Syria. We have coordinated with partners there, explained Ahyudin.
We certainly hope and pray hopefully what happens in Syria can end, we also do not want this problem continues Syria, he said.