RACER
(Refugee Against Coronavirus)
SCORP CIMSA UI
In December 2019, there are 13,657 refugees in Indonesia, of which a quarter consists of children. These refugees tend to face a problem on fulfilling their basic needs. One of Indonesian human rights activists stated that the government has not yet fulfilled refugees’ basic needs. UNHCR has helped refugees by donating hygienic needs, clean water, food, and others. But now, we are facing a situation called COVID-19 pandemic. The social distancing protocol of COVID-19 results in some delays of refugees’ help. Additionally, public can help refugees by donating money, food, clothes, etc but the public awareness of refugees is still low. Therefore, we create this event with some objectives shown below.
We aim to raise public awareness, including medical student, about health and social condition of refugees, especially in COVID-19 pandemic, so that we can help them more. We also aim to educate public about the existence of external organizations like Non-Governmental Organization and United Nation Agencies. The last objective is to inspire public to help refugees with the help of external organizations.
Webinar about 'Refugees’ Health Conditions in COVID-19 Pandemic'
Refugee Against Coronavirus (RACER) 2020 is a webinar about health and social conditions of refugees in COVID-19 pandemic situation in Indonesia to celebrate International Day of Peace. RACER was held by SCORP CIMSA UI on Sunday, September 27, 2020 via Zoom meeting. In total, there are 192 participants of RACER 2020 that came from various cities and institutions in Indonesia, even from abroad! Our first topic about 'Refugees’ Health Conditions in COVID-19 Pandemic' was brought by Rizka Argadianti Rahmah from Perkumpulan SUAKA. Besides, our second topic about 'Refugees’ social conditions in COVID-19 pandemic was brought by Roberto Lee from Sandya Institute.
Webinar with Roberto Lee through Zoom Meeting
Participants of RACER 2020 show an increase of post-test score by 12.97%. It shows positive impact of RACER 2020 to increase knowledge and awareness of the participants. From the satisfaction questionnaire, we know that most of the participants are very satisfied with RACER 2020 in general. The review score RACER got from our participants is 3.67/5. Besides that, participants also give some suggestions that we can improve, such as the volume of the speakers and the error of pre-test link.
In summary, we hope RACER 2020 can give much more real impacts to the public to solve the problems about refugees, especially in COVID-19 pandemic situation. We are very open about suggestions and critics regarding our event.
