The Implementation of Community Empowerment Learning (KKN-PPM) involved 90 students from various study programs.

 

The implementation of this year’s KKN is expected to help support the development and continue the implementation of the strategic programs of the Bangka Regent. In addition to carrying out activities that are able to encourage independence and prosperity in a sustainable manner.

KKN-PPM UGM is one of the places to hold students together with the community, as a form of community service and empowerment in accordance with the context of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education.

 

Universitas Gadjah Mada, UI, IPB, UNS, Unsri, STTP are a number of universities that have agreed on cooperation in the fields of research, training and community service in the form of an MoU.

In the past few years the Regional Government of Bangka has collaborated with local universities such as UBB, STKIP Muhammadiyah, Pertiba, Stikes and other universities.

 

KKN-PPM UGM is a form of synergy between the Regional Government of Bangka and various elements of development, from the community / community organizations / community leaders, Government, Private and Higher Education with the quadruple helix concept, namely government, businessmen, community and universities with good cooperation research, training and community service.

 

In his remarks, Bangka Regent Tarmizi Saat said, the KKN-PPM UGM implementation this time was different because the Bangka Regency Government wanted the UGM KKN PPM work program to be harmonized with the regional vision, mission and programs.

 

For the smooth implementation of KKN – PPM UGM in 2018, the Regent expects all OPD heads and Sub-District Heads in Bangka Regency to actively participate in helping and providing a sense of comfort and security to all students participating in the KKN – PPM UMG.

 

In particular, the District Head of Mendo Barat, Merawang and Sungailiat were asked to monitor and facilitate the implementation of Community Service.

 

“I hope this implementation of KKN – PPM UGM in 2018 can provide good and sustainable benefits for the village and urban village communities,” said Tarmizi.

 

It is hoped that the implementation of this KKN can run optimally, be useful and memorable for the community and students, both through coordination and consultation with the surrounding community as well as village and local village government officials.

 

While Representative of the Directorate of Community Service KKN – PPM UGM Fiscal Year 2018 Ir Adriana, MP explained, since 1951 UGM has sent students outside Java to conduct Community Service Programs. Then the change from KKN to KKN PPM UGM is a change from development to empowerment.

 

“KKN PPM activities are packaged to deal with serious problems that occur in the community that are thematic through a multi-disciplinary approach consisting of 4 clusters in collaboration with the community,” Adriana said.

 

The organization of this Community Service Program starts June 23 to August 10, 2018 with locations and themes that are tailored to the potentials of each KKN location. Among other things, Community Empowerment in welcoming KEK will be placed in the Jelitik Village. In Kemuja Village through the theme of Community Empowerment through Plantation Crop Cultivation, Horticulture and Home Industry. While the improvement of community welfare through optimizing the results of rice fields and consumption of mushroom cultivation was placed in the Village of Kimak, Merawang District. (rail / trh)

 

(Source: http://babelpos.co/2018/06/90-mahasiswa-ugm-berdayakan-masyarakat-bangka/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

MERAWANG – Student Community Service-Community Empowerment Learning (KKN-PPM) of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta and farmers in the Village of Kimak planted rice in the rice fields of Kimak Village, Merawang District, Bangka Regency, Sunday morning (07/29/2018).

 

Head of Agriculture Office of Bangka Regency, Ir. Kemas Arfani Rahman who represented the Bangka Regent Tarmizi during his speech said that indeed changing the cultural behavior of farming rice fields in Bangka was quite difficult, different from other regions. However, the Bangka Regency Government has always been trying since 2016, where rice fields covering an area of ​​2200 hectares have been printed, where the results have been seen in 2017. If previously the availability of rice in Bangka was only 7 percent, it has now risen to 23 percent.

 

’’One example is in the Matras area where ex-mining land can be used as a rice farming area with a yield of 1 hectare that can reach 4 tons which has been harvested eight times, ’said Kemas.

For this reason, it is expected that the rice field farming area in the vast 300 hectares of Kimak Village is managed with enthusiasm.

 

To stimulate the community to cultivate their land, the Agriculture Service is also ready to facilitate so that farmers in Matras can open new land in Kimak to be used as agriculture. So there is no need for a transmigration program to process agriculture in Kimak.

 

’’It is more intensive in managing agriculture and we also have the technology to install Biological Organic Fertilizers (POH) which can be used for better rice growth,’ ‘explained Kemas.

Meanwhile, the Village Chief (Kades) of Kimak, Mustafa, in his remarks expressed his gratitude for the appointment of Kimak Village as the second place of KKN. The rice fields in Kimak Village are quite extensive and the village will disburse Rp. 40 million in village funds in the field of empowerment.

 

“So far the Government has given great attention to agriculture and we always cooperate with the BPD in synergy for the benefit of the community,” explained Mustafa.

On that occasion, Fia, the coordinator of the KKN PPM UGM in the village of Kimak, also said that rice cultivation is one of the efforts to improve community welfare that is included in the KKN theme, namely improving community welfare through optimizing the yield of rice fields and mushroom cultivation and developing ODF-free.

 

The seeds planted are local rice seeds that are resistant to the dry season. It is expected that after the KKN implementation, the village officials will continue planting rice in the village of Kimak.

Present at the rice planting activity were representatives of the Food Service, Agus, Representative of Bappeda, Harjono, Public Relations and Protocol Section of Bangka Regional Secretariat, PPL, community leaders, and farmers of the Kimak Village.

(Source: http://babelpos.co/2018/07/mahasiswa-kkn-ugm-dan-petani-kimak-tanam-padi/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

 

Optimizing village funds is one solution to problems in the countryside.

 

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LOMBOK BARAT – A total of 20 UGM students conducted a Community Service Program (KKN) in Bagik Polak Village, Labuapi District, West Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). As an agenda of KKN activities, the students held a workshop held at the Main Hall of the Office of West Lombok Regent on Monday (23/7) yesterday.

 

The workshop which discussed the Optimization of Utilization of Village Fund Budget (ADD) and Village Funds (DD) was attended by representatives from the Director General of Village Development of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Secretary General of the Ministry of Trade PDTT and Chair of LPPM UGM Yogyakarta.

 

UGM Research and Community Service Institution (LPPM) as an informal facilitator also presented speakers from the Indonesian Women’s Coalition Dian Aryani and UGM Faculty of Social Sciences Lecturer Arie Sudjito. The workshop was hosted by a moderator from the student, Afal Ranggajati.

The Chairman of UGM LPPM Irfan Dwidya stated, since 2013 UGM has changed the pattern of Community Service Program to be a more touching activity for the development of rural communities. “Since 2013 we have changed policies and students under the guidance of lecturers,” he said.

 

In this KKN activity they have village mapping activities, mapping the problems faced in the village. In this mapping, said Irfan, the direction of its development can be known which is directed through the RPJMDes. For this reason, he said, optimizing the use of ADD and DD has become one of the topics for problem solving.

 

In the same place, West Lombok Regent Fauzan Khalid hoped that all students could take advantage of this workshop to gain knowledge. “Everything is intended in order to make programs related to the development in the village,” Fauzan said.

 

On that occasion Fauzan detailed the number of villages / kelurahan, area size and other potential. Also not to forget, two students from Lombok were introduced who participated in the Community Service Program.

 

(Source: https://republika.co.id/berita/pendidikan/dunia-kampus/18/07/26/pcgmts368-mahasiswa-ugm-bahas-optimalisasi-dana-desa-di-lokasi-kkn; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

University students hopefully can stimulate villagers to take a turn from a spectator into exhibition

 

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, By Prof Dr Haryono Suyono, former minister of people’s welfare and poverty alleviation RI.

 

About 6,000 students from The Universitas Gajah Mada (UGM) in the seventh semester, on June 23, 2018, went to villages throughout Indonesia. They were released by PDTT Village Minister Eko Prio Sandjojo accompanied Bay Rector of Universitas Gajah Mada Prof. Dr. Panut Mulyono, complete with Vice Rectors, hundreds of honorary invitations including Secretary General Anwar Sanusi, Director General Taufik Majid, Expert Team Haryono Suyono, Jimmy Gani, Avialiani, Dana Avrizal, Bibid Samad, Abdullah Kamil, Wawan, and Para Mita from the Ministry of Village. Yes, this is because UGM is a university that is very thick as a bearer of the Pancasila nation’s ideology that has been strong and has been a driving force for KKN in the village for a long time.

 

The release of students this year was also attended by regents, deputy regents or representatives of regional governments who accepted the students. On that occasion, the rector of Panut Mulyono stated that the commitment of the Universitas Gajah Mada to send students to the villages brought innovation and provided opportunities for the absorption of local aspirations and wisdom as the provision of students in the future. The release carried out in the open field also listened to the messages of the Minister of the Village who enthusiastically assured the attention of the Jokowi government to the development of villages and rural communities by providing hundreds of millions of rupiah in direct funds to the villages.

 

The Village Minister asked students, inviting the community and village officials to work together to use village funds to support development by working systematically, seriously and hard at building villages and their communities. Mainly encouraging the role of village communities to actively participate in development. Because, the success of village development and its people can improve welfare and bring Indonesia to become the number 4 country in the world by 2050.

 

Like the KKN of various other universities, the KKN organized by UGM initially began activities by identifying problems faced by the village communities visited. This is of course a foundation for developing various solutions offered to the community in the village. At the same time, because UGM was included in a university with extensive experience in Community Service Study, students supported by hundreds of accompanying lecturers brought and offered various innovations in the results of the study to be implemented so as to raise the level of the village community.

 

The presence of PDTT Village Minister Eko Prio Sandjojo, who after his speech immediately blended in with thousands of students, making the atmosphere even more intense. This is because the minister invites guests to mingle with students who patiently orderly stand up in the increasingly warm weather. The students scrambled to shake hands with the material and honorable guests who blended while brandishing their cellphones each taking a very happy moment. The hot air became cool because of the festive atmosphere but remained orderly because the students did not expect the Minister to be accompanied by the chancellor, vice chancellor and guests to mingle with the students outside the prescribed scenario.

 

The atmosphere increased the enthusiasm and trust that the government was keen to give trust to village officials by providing very large funds to build facilities and infrastructure for socio-economic activities in the village. At the same time implementing the four priorities for health, education and village community development in developing an independent economy so that each family can become a healthy, prosperous and independent family, and progress rapidly to catch up so far. And that, it seems reflected as the hope of students who will jump into villages and transmigration areas outside Java.

 

It is appropriate to provide supplies to students who will stay in the village for more than one month. The students are also expected to stimulate the village community to change from a passive role as a development audience to become active actors in developing villages and communities in their villages. The active role of the community has accelerated development, such as the experience of cultural change, many of which have become new cultures, have a small number of children, but have a high quality in which the community takes an extraordinarily high role.

 

Furthermore, the presence of the Village Minister was used to formalize “VonTrip” an innovation in building tourism at the rural level. Vontrip is a platform for volunteer tourism activities based on community learning and empowerment activities (PPM) by the UGM academic community. This platform was first launched in bulk and planned as an educational and community service activity through tourism and facilitating the distribution of sponsors’ assistance to help the community or regional government display local excellence.

 

In the past, during the development of Posdaya in the villages, tourism village development had been carried out where local uniqueness was used as an attraction to bring local and international tourists. The arrival of tourists in the village was entertained with simple “tononan” and strange and interesting competition activities for “kioa people”.

 

For example, a race to plant rice should be carried out by going backwards but the conditions of the paddy are neat, must be completed in an orderly and orderly manner because the rice must thrive and produce abundant crops. Errors in sticking rice stalks cause rice not to grow optimally.

Another competition is how to move a buffalo or cow working on the land, it is not easy, because the control for the buffalo that is pulled too hard will result in the buffalo or cow being angry and unwilling to move. A habit carried out by villagers everyday but for young people in the city can be a very interesting spectacle and farming practice.

 

Also described, if students get to the village, they will see the development of superior programs in villages such as Bumdes, namely the development of Village-Owned Enterprises. An effort to equate economic development at the village level that will attract the attention of students to participate in developing attractive future investments.

 

The development will give birth to online trading activities which for students are a new business area as a modern business development without production sites that are widespread in the village so that it does not need to be owned in a certain area. Smart students will see this as a new opportunity in the future to have a modern agricultural production network and the results of local wisdom that can be packaged in the modern business of the future.

 

In various districts students will begin to see inter-village cultivation in the form of Prukades, a superior product between villages with a modern processing system where rice fields are removed because rice fields are cultivated with modern systems and planted with corporate agricultural systems that produce products for export and large walks. There campus innovation is very challenging to advance modern agriculture in Indonesia.

(Source: https://republika.co.id/berita/kolom/wacana/18/07/25/pcev7b396-kkn-gajah-mada-bangun-desa-dengan-inovasi-modern; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

Biak (Antaranews Papua) – A total of 30 students from the University of Gajah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta conducted a real work class (KKN) and a 40-day community service program in Biak Numfor District, Papua.

 

The Acting Regent of Biak, Herry Ario Naap after receiving UGM students at Biak on Monday, said KKN was part of the University’s Tri Dharma program that students must do.

 

“I hope that 30 UGM students who do KKN must be able to understand the culture of the local community, so this is important so that it can support the success of students,” he said.

 

Herry Naap hopes that the UGM student KKN can map all the problems that exist at the location and can provide solutions to all problems faced by the community in accordance with the fields of knowledge obtained during their studies.

 

The UGM Community Service Program, according to Herry Naap, is one of the structured KKN programs and one location will receive KKN students each year.

 

The UGM Community Service Program, he added, has had a standard “grand design” to be developed in each region. That way, despite changing students every year, the development program continues to succeed and have an impact on society.

 

“Students as potential leaders must understand all the potentials and problems that exist in the community, I hope that while doing KKN in Biak Numfor it can provide a real contribution to the district government, local communities where KKN is,” he said

 

KKN UGM student representative, Muhammad Ibnu Adhi Cahaya acknowledged the implementation of Community Service Program to implement a service program in the Biak Numfor Regency community.

 

“Students participating in KKN will help the government in developing MSMEs, tourism, fisheries, infrastructure, community services,” he said.

 

Three locations of KKN 30 UGM Yogyakarta students, including Binyeri and Samber villages, Yendidori district and Padaido / Aimando villages.

 

Binyeri Village, located about 23 kilometers west of Biak City. The village which has a population of 426 people with 98 families is a fishing village that supplies the most fish to the Biak Market.

(Source: https://papua.antaranews.com/berita/468229/30-mahasiswa-ugm-yogyakarta-kkn-di-biak; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

HarianNusa.com, Mataram – West Lombok Regent H. Fauzan Khalid with Chairperson of West Lombok DPRD Imam Kafali received a visit from Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta students. The students accompanied by Bagek Polak Village Chief Amir Amarain Putra were accepted in the regent’s office on Monday (07/02/2018).

 

It is planned that 29 UGM students from various departments will carry out the KKN program in Bageq Polak Village, Labuapi Sub-District. For this reason, the arrival of dozens of students is to ask for direction before carrying out KKN activities.

 

Abdi as the student group leader said that Bagek Polak village has good natural resources and the livelihoods of its citizens are quite good.

 

“This village besides having good relations with UGM, it also has good natural resource potential as well as good livelihoods for its citizens,” said Abdi.

 

Meanwhile, Head of Bagek Polak Village Head Amir Amarain Putra strongly supports the work plan which is a priority program of UGM KKN students, moreover according to him his village has a harmonious relationship with UGM.

 

“I am very supportive of this program of student friends, plus we with UGM already have a good relationship,” he said. (f3)

(Source: https://hariannusa.com/2018/07/02/puluhan-mahasiswa-ugm-kkn-lombok-barat/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita has continued to increase in the last 15 years. Per capita GDP in 2000 was only Rp. 6.78 million, while in 2015 it increased to Rp. 45.18 million. This proves that the income of the Indonesian people is increasing. However, this increase did not seem to be balanced with good financial management. It is proven by data from BPS which shows that from 2003 marginal propensity to save (MPS) tended to fall.

 

MPS is the desire of the community to save because of an increase in income. On the other hand, marginal propensity to consume (MPS) tends to increase.

 

Then, if the ratio to saving to GDP compared to other countries is also low. Indonesia only has a ratio of saving GDP of 31%. This number is still inferior compared to neighboring countries, namely the Philippines, which has a ratio of 46%. Meanwhile, other neighboring countries, namely Singapore, have a ratio of 49%, which is the same as the ratio held by China.

 

Responding to the lack of a saving ratio of Indonesia’s GDP, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) campaigned for the “Let’s Save Money” movement. The slogan carried by the Ayo Saving movement is “Let’s Save for a Prosperous Future”. This movement aims to improve the culture of saving Indonesian people in various financial services products and support the financing of national development.

 

Next, to support the movement “Let’s Save” UGM KKN-PPM Team Batang Hari unit, Rawa Pitu, Lampung socialized the importance of saving from an early age. This activity was held at SD Batang 1 Hari on 4 August 2018. The socialization of the importance of saving from an early age began with the screening of animated videos on the benefits of saving money.

 

The animated video tells the desire of a child to save because of his desire to vacation in Disneyland. The saving process starts from an early age, that is, from elementary school to adulthood. After accumulating a lot, the child plans to use his savings for a vacation. However, one day the child saw a friend who was not in school because of lack of funds. As a result, his savings were given to his friend so he could continue to school.

 

From this video, it can be concluded that saving does not have to be for yourself, but to help each other human beings.

The activity continued with listening to the stories of the children about their saving experience. From the reasons for buying school equipment such as bags, shoes or books to reasons to help parents. This activity also teaches children to dare to express their opinions in public. They become aware of the atmosphere when speaking in front of talking when sitting in the line.

 

Then, children are invited to color the pictures that can be bought from the savings. The pictures include shoes and balls, cars and airplanes. At the end of the event, piggy banks were distributed to each child to practice saving culture. This socialization is the initial stage to teach children to avoid consumptive culture. Children are expected to be good at managing their finances from an early age.

 

Author and photo:

KKN-PPM UGM Team in Batang Hari unit, Rawa Pitu, Lampung

 

(Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/08/05/mahasiswa-ugm-sosialisasi-gerakan-ayo-menabung/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

“Tabik pun!” That’s the opening word that is commonly spoken by Lampung people when holding official meetings. Lampung is a fairly developed province in western Indonesia which is famous for its Way Kambas National Park. Located about 3 hours from Way Kambas National Park, there are settlements where the majority of the residents are farmers. This settlement is Rawa Pitu, one of the Districts which is a transmigration area in Lampung.

 

The absence of health workers in the field of dental and oral health is a problem that must be faced by the community of Rawa Pitu Subdistrict, Tulang Bawang Regency, Lampung Province. Therefore the community must travel far enough to get dental and oral care.

 

The absence of health workers in the field of dental and oral health, especially dentists, in Rawa Pitu has an impact on the low level of knowledge and awareness of the public about dental and oral health. This is evidenced by the number of people who suffer from pulpitis and cavities according to the data from the Rawa Pitu Health Center.

 

Departing from these conditions, dentistry students from UGM held socializations on dental and oral health for the Rawa Pitu community. Counseling was delivered in the form of knowledge about the general condition of the oral cavity, steps to brush teeth properly and correctly, and oral cavity diseases that need attention. In addition to conducting counseling, students also provide opportunities for residents to consult on dental and oral problems suffered.

 

This counseling is held at every POSYANDU Batang Hari Village from July 1 to 11 2018. Counseling is given relating to the condition of the teeth and mouth in infants under five, pregnant women, and the elderly. These three groups have different oral cycles compared to the average person so they need special attention.

 

Dental and oral health counseling was also given in Prolanis monthly routine on Thursday, August 2, 2018 which was attended by elderly people suffering from hypertension and diabetes mellitus as well as Rawa Pitu. This activity begins with an examination of blood pressure, blood sugar levels, and body weight of the elderly. After that, continued with counseling on dental and oral health in patients with hypertension and sweetness. This activity was ended with joint elderly exercise and drug distribution

Not only POSYANDU and Prolanis, counseling was also held in elementary schools. On Tuesday, July 17 2018 at SD Negeri 1 Sumber Agung and Friday, August 3, 2018 at SD Negeri 1 Atap Batang Hari. Counseling conducted in the Elementary School was covered with educational songs so that students were interested in participating in the counseling series. In this activity the students were invited to practice brushing teeth together in the school field. Not to forget, in this activity a free dental check-up was conducted and free milk distribution for students who dared to examine their teeth.

This counseling is the initial stage in increasing the knowledge and awareness of the Rawa Pitu community on the importance of maintaining dental and oral health. The hope is that citizens can make efforts to prevent dental and oral diseases so that they can avoid severe dental and oral diseases.

(Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/08/05/mahasiswa-ugm-kampanyekan-kesehatan-gigi-untuk-warga-desa/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

A sea breeze blows through the skin of Eli Akim, one of the fishermen in Binyeri village, Biak Numfor district, Papua. Middle-aged men almost every night do molo-molo, one of the names of the Biak community to catch fish using arrows.

 

When sea water began to install dozens of small boats with engines, or Jhonson in the Biak language began leaving the land of Samber and Binyeri. The fishermen are ready to lower their nets and fishing eyes to bring home tens of kilograms of fresh fish. There are no tiger trawlers or fish explosive bombs in their boats, there are only a few rice and side dishes that they bring to eat when hungry arrives. The fishermen there still use traditional techniques in catching fish, therefore the ecosystem around the Biak sea is still maintained so the number of fish is still abundant and abundant.

 

Samber and Binyeri villages are now known as the villages of fishermen. Every day this village supplies tens of kilograms of fresh fish to meet the needs of fish in the markets of the city of Biak. There were ten groups of fishermen scattered in the two villages and one group of fishermen usually contained ten people. Samber and Binyeri villages were basically one village and were divided into two villages in 2013.

 

Thirty KKN-PPM UGM students were deployed to Samber and Binyeri villages. And one of their main programs is to teach the processing of natural resources. With marine products that are quite abundant, it is unfortunate if seafood is only sold to the market. Moreover, the price of fish is fairly volatile in the market, so other methods are needed to increase the selling price of marine products obtained. UGM KKN students together with the Biak City Fisheries Service tried to develop this sector in an effort to process fish into shredded meat.

 

Basically, in the village of Samber and Binyeri there has been one abon processing entrepreneur group, the Abon Aski Byak group. However, this group has not been able to run optimally because of managerial problems. They had vacuumed for two months and did not yet have a standard operational procedure (SOP) in product processing.

KKN students together with the local Fisheries Service tried to fix the matter by holding several socialization related to management systems and entrepreneurship and making SOPs.

 

SOPs made include production and sanitation (cleanliness). Cleanliness is the most important factor in this case to create high quality products. A good product is a product that can maintain quality from the production process to marketing. In addition to the production process and SOP, UGM KKN students also helped in marketing the abon through traditional markets to modern markets.

 

The existence of this activity is expected to improve the quality and creativity of the community to produce other products from marine products, so that the people of Samber and Binyeri are ready and able to compete in the market. Jou Suba!

(Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/07/28/tim-kkn-ugm-benahi-pengolahan-hasil-laut-di-biak-numfor/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

The Festival Anak Dawuhan (FAD) is an annual event held in Dawuhan Village, Sirampog District, Brebes Regency, Central Java, to celebrate National Children’s Day which is commemorated on July 23. This year, FAD took the theme “I and My Dreams” took place in the Semangkung field. FAD is held in collaboration with the UGM 2018 Community Service Program, the Dawuhan Children Forum (FORADA), and the Dawuhan Youth Organization. The implementation of FAD is a form of concern for children as the successor of the nation in the future.

 

FAD 2018 is divided into five main events, namely socialization of motivation to elementary school children, outbound competitions for grade 4 – 6 elementary school, coloring and drawing competitions for grade 1 – 3 elementary school students, volleyball competitions for junior high school students, and the creation stage as the closing of the FAD 2018 series of events.

 

Participants who participated in the FAD 2018 core event on Sunday (7/22/2018) were no less crowded than the previous year. FAD 2018 managed to attract the attention of more than 400 children in the village of Dawuhan.

Outbound participants totaling approximately 400 children were divided into 10 teams. Five game posts were prepared as the arena for each team’s match. The first game post was a ping-pong relay, each group was given 1 ping-pong ball and 10 pieces of bamboo that had been cleaved. In this game, all team members must arrange the movement of ping-pong balls through a split bamboo relay.

 

After reaching the finish line, the task of the participants is to put a ping pong ball into a plastic cup. The participant’s hand is not allowed to touch the ping pong ball. Don’t let the ping pong ball fall, if it falls it is declared a failure or must repeat again from the beginning. The team that reaches the finish is declared the winner first. Teamwork is needed in this game.

The second game post is dribbling a balloon using the stomach. Each team member was asked to pair up. After all pairing together, they must bring the balloon to the finish line using the stomach and keeping it from erupting and falling. Just like the provisions of the previous game post, participants who can bring the balloon to the finish line first become the winner. This game trains children’s agility.

 

Chained Hula Hoops

The third game is a chained hula hoops. Each group forms a large circle and holds hands. Hula hoop must be moved from the first participant to the last participant in a clockwise direction with the hand still holding. This game aims to stimulate a child’s gross motor skills.

 

Concentration Training

 

The next game post presents a game that trains children’s concentration. The opposite word is the name of this game post. In this game, each child in the group must do the opposite of what the guide said. When the guide says left, the participant must make a leap to the right as well as other reverse words such as up and down, and back and forth.

 

Participants who make a wrong move must get out of line. In addition, the game continues with adding instructions that when the guide says “one” then the participant must kick the right foot and when the guide says “two” then the participant must kick the left foot. The winner of this game is a group that can retain the most team members.

In this last post, it is guaranteed that all participants will not come out dry. Therefore, this post is called a waterproof post. Participants must bring water until the finish line uses a bottle that has been perforated. The team that managed to bring the most water was the winner.

 

Enthusiastic participants

 

On the other hand, coloring and drawing competitions at FAD 2018 did not lose the attention of the participants. The number of participants who participated in the coloring and drawing competition was unexpected. Participants in the coloring and drawing contest were grade 1 – 3 students at Dawuhan 01 Elementary School, Dawuhan 02 Elementary School, Dawuhan 03 Elementary School, and Shiratal Mustaqim Islamic Elementary School.

 

At 8 o’clock, participants gathered at Semangkung Square to attend the opening of FAD 2018. Participants were seen carrying study tables, colored pencils, stationery, and picture books. Coloring and drawing competition for FAD 2018 carries the theme of ideals. Participants are given the opportunity to color and draw various kinds of professions and the ideals they want to achieve. The door prize distribution added to the excitement of the event.

 

Volleyball Competition

 

FAD 2018 also presents a volleyball competition between junior high school students. The volleyball competition is held from 09.00 to 15.00. Despite playing in the hot sun, it did not dampen the spirit of the volleyball contestants to win the championship. Volleyball participants were very enthusiastic, this can be seen from the number of teams that registered and the enthusiasm of the supporters of each school that clashed with each other.

 

The volleyball competition was attended by 7 male teams and 5 women’s teams from 4 schools, namely Sirampog Junior High School (1 male team), Sirampog 4 Junior High School (1 male team), Sirampog 3 Muhammadiyah Middle School (2 female teams and 2 male teams), MTs Ma’arif NU 5 Sirampog (3 male teams and 3 women’s teams).

 

The men’s final match brought together volleyball teams from SMPN 3 Sirampog with Muhammadiyah 3 Middle School (team A). The match that took place during the two sets was won by the Sirampog Junior High School 3 team with a final score of 25-8 and 25-19. The struggle for third place brought together the MTs Ma’arif NU 5 team with SMP Muhammadiyah 3 (team B).

 

This match went on fiercely until the match lasted for 3 sets, which was won by the MTs Ma’arif NU 5 team with a final score of 25-8, 19-25, and 15-13. The women’s final match which presents A and B teams from Muhammadiyah 3 Middle School is also no less exciting. This match was won by team A with a final score of 27-25.

The previous celebrations was not only filled with various competitions, but also a cultural event featuring the Kaligiri Children’s Forum (Foragi). Foragi performed the Yamko Rambe Yamko and Ronggeng dances. Not to forget, the committee distributed door prizes to active participants and could answer questions raised by the MC.

 

In order to welcome National Children’s Day which fell on July 23, the participants also supported the campaign “Children Must Be Free from Violence and Bullying”. The hand stamp on the white cloth was used as a symbol of the participants’ support for the campaign.

 

The FAD event series was closed by throwing coloring powder simultaneously. According to Rara (11), a FAD participant, the activities held at FAD 2018 are new and exciting things for the children of Dawuhan village.

 

(Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/07/30/kemeriahan-perayaan-hari-anak-nasional-di-desa-dawuhan/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)