MAKASSAR, RAKYATSULBAR.COM – The 110 Medical Assistance Team (TBM) of the Faculty of Medicine at the Indonesian Muslim University (UMI) in Makassar held a community service event in Pujananting Subdistrict, Barru Regency, South Sulawesi.
The outreach event, organized in collaboration with the UMI PMI Volunteer Corps, was named the 2023 Humanitarian Expedition.
The event, which took place on January 17–18, 2023, was warmly welcomed and met with enthusiasm by the local community.
The initiative took place at two locations: the Bulo-bulo village health post and a resident’s home in the hamlet of Pasengareng. The target population included residents from six hamlets surrounding the event sites.
The activities conducted by TBM 110 FK UMI consisted of mass circumcisions and health screenings.
Despite having to travel through remote villages via routes that were extremely rugged and challenging, they successfully circumcised 36 children and provided health checkups to approximately 40 residents in that remote area.
““The community is very grateful for humanitarian activities like this, because it takes about 4–5 hours to reach these hamlets from the main road in Pangkep,” he explained.