Jakarta, Sept. 29 -- Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar stated that painting could become a standard psychological recovery therapy for disaster victims and a core part of disaster management curricula, alongside physical building repairs.

"Painting can become the standard for the psychological recovery of children in disaster-affected areas. This could become a model and a mandatory budget item for the government to provide space for artistic expression as a therapy in disaster handling," Iskandar said here on Tuesday.

He said painting could serve as a natural outlet for expression, especially for children who are victims of natural disasters.

He noted that paintings produced through this recovery progra...