Bank donates to Yogya school

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 11/02/2007 4:57 PM

YOGYAKARTA: A newly constructed building on the grounds of quake-affected SMPN 3 Jetis junior high school in Bantul was officially handed over to the Bantul administration Tuesday.

The building was donated by the German Deutsche Bank through the Jakarta-based Sampoerna Foundation.

The Sampoerna Foundation outreach manager, Rizal Algamar, symbolically handed over the building to Bantul Deputy Regent Soemarno in a modest ceremony held at the school.

""We hope the building will help improve the academic achievements of the students at this school,"" Rizal said.

The foundation's public relations officer, Hendri B Satrio, said Deutsche Bank had donated Rp 2 billion to help rebuild the school.

A two-story building comprising seven classrooms and two computer labs as well as a ceremony square on the school's grounds were rebuilt. The school was also supplied with new furniture, outdoor benches, two lavatories and an entrance gate.-- JP