Penagan Village, part of West Mendo district in the Bangka Belitung Islands province was chosen to be one of SCS-CEL UGM unit location in early 2017. In this village there is a group of 30 students; consisting of 26 students from medical cluster, 3 students from agro cluster, and 1 student coming from social-humanities cluster. They are “BBL Unit 12” which a main unit program called “Mangrove Crab Cultivation in Penagan Village”.
Due to the success of its previous program that took place around 2 years ago, BBL Unit 12 decided to re-implement the theme. One problem that has just surfaced recently is the damaged and corrupted mangrove crabs ponds, due to the location of the cultivation of that is too close to the river and its water level is easily influenced by the sea tides. Therefore the SCS-CEL unit plans to move the location of the mangrove crab pond to a much safer and secure location from the potential flood.
The mangrove crab cultivation program, which has been done for the past two years, have a positive impact for the community because it had felt the harvesting of ponds. However, due to an uprising flood intensity, the shrimp ponds have been damaged. Realizing the positive impacts of mangrove crab cultivation program for the people of Penagan Village and acknowledging problems that have happened, SCS-CEL BBL unit 12 decided to offer newly developed solution. To do that, the SCS-CEL unit in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries of Bangka Regency -represented by Mrs. Tri Rahmawati- held socialization activities in order to promote the importance and benefits of the mangrove crab cultivation program.
After the socialization program, the next was to establish a group of coordinators to manage the mangrove crab cultivation, which was then named “Civilizer Abadi 2”. To ensure the sustainability of mangrove crab cultivation, the coordinators also required an institution that can be a joint container. To solve the problem, BBL Unit 12 decided to help the forming of BUMDES (village-owned business entity) with an emphasis on fishery. It is expected that this business unit as a manager of mangrove pond will later be useful for all Penagan villagers.
In addition to the main theme of mangrove crab cultivation, this SCS-CEL unit also undergone several non-thematic programs. The programs were divided into several fields, such as; health, agriculture, environment, and education programs. Those programs were a respond to a problem of poor waste management in Penagan Village. In order to maintain the village health level, a process of good waste management is needed. To increase public awareness to dispose of garbage in place. Supported by garbage dumping until the garbage has good economic value.