BPBD Tulang Bawang Officer and UGM Student were demonstrating Handling of Disaster Victim. Photo by KKN-PPM UGM team of LA-002

Disaster is a series of events that have an impact on material and life losses that must be anticipated. Ready or not, we must be prepared to face disaster. Even though it cannot be avoided, at least the material and life losses due to the disaster can be minimized.

Among the many disasters that hit humans, floods became one of the disasters that became a scourge for residents in the Rawa Pitu District, Tulang Bawang, Lampung. Almost every year this region becomes a flood customer from the overflowing of the Tulang Bawang River and the Pidada River which crushes the area.

Seeing these alarming conditions, the students of the KKN-PPM Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta 2018 unit LA-002 initiated a disaster management socialization event at the Rawa Pitu District Hall on Thursday (02/08). This effort was carried out by collaborating with the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Tulang Bawang Regency to provide an understanding of disaster management. This activity is intended to improve the ability of the community to deal with floods in particular.

Officials of BPBD Tulang Bawang were delivering materials related to disasters to the public of Rawa Pitu. Photo by KKN-PPM UGM team

Dissemination is carried out by delivering general materials about disasters and continuing with efforts to deal with minor fires and first aid to victims of accidents and sinking. Not only that, the activity was accompanied by direct practice of helping victims when a disaster occurred to make it easier for people to understand it.

Subari, one of the village heads said, many people did not know what actions to take when they found a disaster. He hoped that the activity could provide a new understanding for residents to be responsive in facing natural disasters, especially floods.

Villagers in Rawa Pitu District welcomed the socialization. They are enthusiastic to learn it. The smooth running of the activity was attended by five village heads and 20 heads of neighborhood groups in the Rawa Pitu Sub-District.

Noermal, chairman of the Bulang Bawang BNPB stated, flooding was a natural disaster they did not expect. Therefore the community must always be ready to respond when a disaster occurs. Thus, it is expected that material and mental losses can be minimized as well as possible.

(Author: Ismail Yusuf ; Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/08/05/mahasiswa-ugm-dan-bpbd-sosialisasikan-manajemen-hadapi-bencana/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

Students were reading books in Batang Hari Village, Tulang Bawang, Lampung. Photo by Nur Izzatul Ulum

Reading is very important, not only for children, but also for adults. Access to reading materials is an important foundation before reading habits are applied to the community.

In Friday (03/08/2018) KKN-PPM UGM students LA-002 officially annouced the Batang Hari Reading Park which was attended by 53 students from SDN 01 Satap Batang Hari. The decision to make the reading park was based on the findings of 29 KKN-PPM UGM students assigned to serve in Batang Hari Village, Rawa Pitu Sub-District, Tulang Bawang Regency, Lampung.

They conducted a mapping of the problem and found that it was difficult to access searching for reading and reference material. Based on these findings, KKN-PPM UGM students decided to make a reading park.

This reading park was made inside the Posyandu building located next to the Batang Hari Village Hall. Reasons for choosing a posyandu building location because it is more strategic and easier to reach by the community. This Hall is also the only place where Wi-Fi Nusantara can be accessed. The existence of the Reading Park was also intended as a children’s playground when they waited for their mother who was participating in the village hall.

Enthusiasm was felt when the event took place. At the official announcement event, each child took a book and read it in every corner of the Posyandu. This quiet place was suddenly filled with children who read books. The children’s reading room feels full when students take books, the middle room is an adult reading room, and the posyandu terrace is also full of students.

Smiles and laughter were heard from every corner of the room. Not a few who read the book aloud so that the atmosphere became crowded. Some children also fight over books and toys to add to the boisterous atmosphere of the reading garden.

Donation from Kagama

Reading Park in Batang Hari Village was full of students from SDN 01 One-stop Batang Hari. Photo by Nur Izzatul Ulum

This reading park consists of two parts with different rooms. A special room for books and educational games for children and another room for books for adults. The books available include books on agriculture, animal husbandry, psychology, science, law, economics, social, religion, health, magazines and entertainment.

These books are books that already exist in smart house. Besides that, KAGAMA or the Gadjah Mada Alumni Family in Lampung also participated. They donated books and funds to make the reading park.

In addition to books, for children there are also several educational games that are provided, among others, puzzles, congklak, chess, ball, lego and so on. An educational game is intended so that children who are not bored in reading parks and reading gardens will be a fun place for children to learn and play.

There is a Smart House

 Currently there are actually available smart house buildings provided by the Tulang Bawang Regency Government that come from the assistance of the Ministry of Transmigration and Disadvantaged Villages. This building has adequate facilities.

There were two workspaces, two bathrooms, one stage hallway, one hall, two large bookshelves and several tables and chairs for children. Unfortunately when reviewed, the building did not get enough maintenance and there seemed to be no attempt to activate the place.

There are Nine Sets of Books from Central Government’s Donation in 2011 for Every Village in Rawa Pitu Sub-district. However, Those Books were Still in the Boxes.

 In addition there were also nine sets of aid books from the center in 2011 for each village in the Rawa Pitu District. However, the books are still in the box.

The new reading park will be open to the public every day for residents who want to add insight. In addition to the children’s learning container, this place can also be used as a more comfortable waiting room for children, mothers and seniors while waiting for the queue of examinations at the posyandu.

The management of the reading park will later be handed over to the village operators so that the reading park becomes a more useful place for a longer period of time.

(Author: Nur Izzatul Ulum; Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/08/05/mahasiswa-ugm-bangun-taman-baca/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

UGM Student giving a class on media literacy to Junior High Shool student in Sumber Agung. Photo by KKN-PPM UGM team

Nowadays, internet has been an unseparable things from the youths in this era. From the cities to villages, internet has become a common thing to know for them. This internet phenomenon is also happening for the neighborhood of Rawa Pitu, Tulang Bawang, Lampung.

Even though this area is categorized as a remote are, this area has been covered by a high speed internet. This internet access is provided by telecommunication services provide and “Internet Masuk Desa” program by Ministry of Communication and Informatics of Indonesia.

Like a double-edged knife, the existence of internet within the society definitely has positive and negative potentials. Moreover, most of the internet users in Rawa Pitu are students and young adults. Unfortunately, most of the internet is used only for entertainment purposes like YouTube, Facebook, and online gaming. They were not using the internet for the sake of education yet. The lack of guidance for the students to use internet is feared to the student to misuse the internet advantages they have.

Beginning from that condition, KKN-PPM team Unit LA-002 Lampung initiated media literacy education. The event was called “The Benefits of Internet for Education”. This event was targeting students in Rawa Pitu to make them to be wiser to use the internet. This event was involveing 2 Junior High, 1 Senior High, and 1 Vacational School in Rawa Pitu, specifically for 9^th grade of Junior High and 10^th-12^th grade of Senior High/Vocational school.

Need the help from the school

 Besides to suggest the students to be wiser to use the internet, other target of this media literacy is the schools. Schools hopefully can direct the student intensively in accessing the internet. Schools involvement was very important because time and power limitations for the UGM students to get involve, so the help from schools are needed for further approaches.

Media literacy education is done by taking turns from one school to another in three weeks. The first event was done in SMP Negeri 1 Sumber Agung in July 18^th 2018. Anda SMK Negeri 1 Sumber Agung, July 19^th 2018. The second event was done in SMP Negeri 1 Panggung Mulyo in July 25^th 2018. The next event was done in SMA Negeri 1 Rawa Pitu (July 30^th 2018) and it was ended in MA Batang Hari on July 31^st 2018.

The term “Book is the window of the world” now has turned into “Internet is the window of the world”.

Media literacy education class was given by showing videos of important persons in the history of telecommunication developments, introduction to internet facility, and motivational stories related to the people who were successfully benefits from the inter. Telecommunication technology development from ancient human to the discovery of computer was the biggest discovery in human history.

The invention of LAN networking which later evolved into the internet made the society easy to support their daily lives. The internet makes it easy for students to find study materials, study online, find competitions information, buy transportation tickets and more. Through this materials, students in Rawa Pitu are expected to be able to understand the history of the development of telecommunications technology and the good use of the internet.

This media literacy education is the first step for students to introduce the benefits of the internet in the lives of students. The term “book is a window to the world” has now been replaced with “the internet is the window of the world”. The committee hopes that the media literacy education will make Rawa Pitu students able to use the internet as a world window, especially for the purpose of education in supporting their learning activities.

Happiness of the Students of SMAN 1 Rawa Pitu, during the class of media literacy education. Photo by: KKN-PPM UGM Unit LA-002

(Author: Ismail Yusuf; Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/08/05/membuka-wawasan-pelajar-rawa-pitu-lewat-pendidikan-literasi-media/ ; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

The latest condition of Embung construction in Humusu Wini Village, Timor Tengah Utara Municipal (NTT). Photo by Reynaldo D.R. Sondi

Embung is a basin designed to contain waters. The function of Embung is similar to the function of a reservoir or a dam. Things that disseminates Embung and dam are just the capacity of containment and coverage area of the Embung. Embung has much smaller capacity than a dam.

In terms of the small amount of storage capacity. The usage of water that is contained by the Embung is not as large as dam. Water contained in an Embung is usually allocated for rice fields irrigation. In the other hand, Embung also can be used for public open-space.

One example is Embung Tambak Boyo in Yogyakarta. This embung is usually used by the community to exercise in the afternoon. Source of water in the Embung comes from the rivers or rainfall. Embung can be built in a location that has no rivers around.

In the era of President Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla, embung is one of priority program of the government. Recently the government is intensifying the construction of embung to boost the national food production.

The village of Humusu Wini, Insana Utara Subdistrict, Timor Tengah Utara Municipal, is not having an embung. Even though the construction of Embung has been planned since 2010, the development of the contruction is relatively stagnant. Embung in Humusu Wini is located in Tubu. Recently, the condition of this embung is just in digging phase. Since the beginning of 2018, there is no further development in the embung.

Food Security

One of the priority of the government is “Building Indonesia from the Borders by Strengthening Subdistricts and Villages in the Framework of Unitary State”. That priority is stated in National Mid-term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2015-2019 Chapter VI about National Development Agenda. If we switch for a while to Priority Job Plant (RKP) of the government in 2018, food security was the priority of the government. Seeing those facts, it can be inferred the lines between those two sectors.

Let’s take a look for a while to the agriculture condition in Humusu Wini. Almost there is no full time in these border village. Usually, the farmers just work on the rice fields in the rainy seasons, while the rice fields is empty in dry seasons.

In dry seasons, most of the farmers switch their profession into fishermen or Asam farmer.

 It has been a common scenery to see  a yellow and dry rice fields along the road in the village. Moreover, Humusu Wini includes in one of the village that has a difficulty to get access to water, and rarely rain. This village on has 10mm/year of rainfall (BPS, 2016). In dry seasons, most of the farmers switch their profession into fishermen or Asam farmer.

Keep in mind that Asam tree can grow well in dry seasons, most of the farmers make this choice as the last option to earn a living. Of course, it is not so good for the economy and food security in Humusu Wini.

According to Center of Statistics Board (BPS) in Timor Tengah Utara (TTU) Municipal, in 2015, rice productivity in TTU is 2708 tons/hectare. Insana Utara subdistrict has a rice field as wide as 580 hectare (BPS, 2016). It means that 1570.64 tons of rice can be produced each year. However, it is still relatively low.

If there is embung support in the villages in Insana Utara Subdistrict, of course this amount can increase. Because the water from the embung can be flowed into the fields, so that the fields can be irrigated all the time. Thus there will be no more sight of empty rice fields during the dry season.

Later with the embung, of course residents and the local government can design an irrigation channel that can irrigate all fields in Humusu Wini Village. If that is realized, it will certainly help the farmers of the village. The presence of embung that will store rain water will certainly create irrigation channels that drain water into the fields so farmers can work on the land throughout the year.

In the long term, rice cultivation of two to three in a year can be realized. With the increase in rice production, of course this can support the food security of Humusu Wini Village, and support the village economy from the agricultural sector.

(Author: Reynaldo Daniel Ruma Sondi ; Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/08/06/embung-kunci-pertanian-berkelanjutan-humusu-wini/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

Moms in Teluk Beringin Village, Kuansing Municipal, Riau was following instructions to make an instant turmeric drinks. Photo: KKN-PPM UGM Unit RI-004

Village of Teluk Beringin, Gunung Toar Subdistrict, Kuansing Municipal, Riau has a broad area of rubber plantation. Various plants also grow around the rubber plantation, one of the plants is Turmeric Plant.

Turmeric plant can be found easily in the plantation between the rubber plants an also grows in the residents’ households. Turmeric has a lot of benefits, one of them is that it can be used as a anti-inflammation potion, reducing nausea, and relieving diarrhea.

Turmeric plants in Teluk Beringin Village is not fully developed to be beneficial. Residents only made the use of turmeric plants in terms of daily usage such as additional seasonings for cooking. Turmeric plants can also grow without any special attention.

Seeing this condition, KKN-PPM UGM team with PKK tried to process turmeric as an instant drink to benefit the plants around the households as an innovation product that can be done by the moms. The residents responded this innovation enthusiastically. The following the training of making an instant turmeric powder into beneficial drink. Expectation of this activity was to make the residents aware to process turmeric plant into a valuable product

Student of UGM was holding the turmeric powder produced by the village. Photo: KKN-PPM UGM team RI-004

Making Processes:

Peel turmeric then clean it, then add ½ cup of water and put it in a blender, after smooth blending and strain using a filtering tool to take the turmeric juice.

The next step is to put it in a skillet to cook, mix ½ kilogram of sugar, ¼ teaspoon of salt, stir until boiling and brown in color. After turning brownish, add 1/2 kilogram of the remaining sugar while stirring constantly until it crystallizes.

Next, after the crystals are smoothed using a blender to get instant turmeric powder. In order to produce turmeric powder, a ratio of 1: 2 is needed, 1 kilogram of instant turmeric requires 2 kilograms of sugar.

(Author: Dela Khoirul Ainia; Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/08/07/manfaatkan-kunyit-menjadi-minuman-instan/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

 

VALORAnews – A total of 29 students of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) held Community Empowerment Learning (KKN) Lectures on Community Empowerment (PPM) in Tarantang and Harau Nagari, Harau District. The prospective intellectuals will serve in the two nagari locations of the Harau Valley tourist attraction for 50 days.

The group of students from various clusters was received by the Limapuluh Kota Regent, H Irfendi Arbi in the Harau District Head office in daming a number of OPD heads on Monday (6/25/2018). Irfendi was happy and welcomed the presence of the student.

He hopes that the students can contribute and provide input for improving the economy of the community and tourism development of Limapuluh Kota Regency, especially the Harau Valley. He hopes that the KKN will be successful and smooth.

“We are sure that the KKN students from UGM will make a real contribution to the Tarantang and Harau Nagari, especially the tourism sector. We hope that the presence of the students will make Limapuluh Kota’s flagship tourism promotion more intense,” said Irfendi.

Irfendi hopes that students from the favorite university can understand all the potential and problems that exist in the community, including economic and social issues, to offer the best alternative solutions.

“We also hope that this student activity will also make changes in mindset and people’s behavior in a better way,” said Irfendi.

Separately, KKN PPM UGM Coordinator  of Student Unit (Kornit) in Tarantang, Afifah accompanied by one of the Akhila students admitted to being flattered by the Limapuluh Kota Regent’s welcome. Especially with the statement of the regent to guarantee the cooperation of the Limapuluh Kota Regency Government for the success of this UGM student KKN program.

“We were truly impressed by the greeting from the Regent Irfendi Arbi. We did not expect to be welcomed directly by him,” said Afifah who was accompanied by the Head of Jorong Tarantang, Petri Melki and Chairperson of Bamus Nagari Tarantang, Yanuar Khatib.

It was said, in this KKN activity the group of students would carry out a number of tourism promotion activities in the Harau Valley. The forms of activities include making the Nagari Tarantang and Harau websites, and making a video of the beauty of the Harau Valley by using drones.

“One of our plans is to create a nagari website and a video about the natural beauty of the Harau Valley to promote Limapuluh Kota’s flagship tourism objects to the world. We support Harau Mendunia which is the slogan of the Harau Valley,” said Afifah.

 

(Source: http://www.valora.co.id/berita/10610/29-mahasiwa-kkn-ugm-akan-videokan-pesona-lembah-harau.html; AI Mangindo Kayo; Translator: M. Brilian P.)

Member of PKK and Dharma Wanita of Bumiayu after Literary class on Saturday (4/8/2018). Photo: Team of KKN-PPM UGM

Batu – Students of KKN-PPM UGM Unit JI-040 in Bumiayu Village, Bumiayu Subdistrict, Batu City, East Jawa in Cooperation with Sinergi Group and Tourism Guide of Bumiayu Village is implementing the program of “Trial Desa Wisata Bumiayu” on last Saturday (4/8).

This activity in held in correlation with the bigger picture of KKN-PPM UGM Team Unit JI-040, which is “Mapping and Development of Agrotourism Complex Potential to Support Tourism Sector”. From that big theme, Students of KKN-PPM tried to make a tourism package which was tested first through this activity.

Tourists underwent a half-day tourism package with some activities such as writing Javanese letter in Gardu Pandang, Water Lettuce-Picking tour, and “Ulek Sambel” competition in Tlogorejo village, Flower-Picking tour ini Beru village, and lastly ended with Arranging Flowers competition di Omah Budaya Slamet. This event is packed with gamification to make it more attractive and tourists can actively participate in every activities.

“We would like to sell experience, that s why this event has to be packed in a way that the tourists are not only enjoy the natural scenery of Bumiayu Village, but also the tourism experience here will be remembered,” says Arif Bawono Surya, Project Manager of Sinergi Group. The same experience was also felt by the tourists. “In general, the event is good. I expect more in javanese letters lessons. I feel that I want to learn more.” Says Hevi Kurnia, one of the tourist.

This activity becomes the lesson learned for the youth who is involved in Tourism Youth. Awaludin Bashir, a member of Tourism Youth of Bumiayu village says, “this activity can be used for our practice to get used to.”

This activity which was held from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM was attended by 30 people from PKK and Dharma Wanita Bumiayu. This visitation in terms of Family Gathering is one of trial activities of Bumiayu Tourism Village. 22 students from KKN-PPM UGM and 10 member of Tourism Youth has prepared well this activity.

(Author: Nivita Saldyni Adiibah; Source: https://muda.kompas.id/2018/08/09/uji-coba-paket-wisata-desa-bumiaji-kota-batu/; translator: Harun Ardiansyah)

Sragen – Head of Bappeda and R&D of Sragen Regency, Tugiyono, SH, accepted the students of Universitas Gajah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta in the Hall of Sragen Regent’s Office House, Monday (6/12/2017). It was attended by several SKPD Heads, Sepat Village Heads and Masaran Sub-District Heads, Gabugan Village Heads and Tanon Sub-District Heads.

Students totaling 55 people from various departments will conduct a Community Empowerment Learning Learning (KKN – PPM) Real Lecture guided by Dr. Drh. Hendri Tri Sakti Saragih, MT in Sragen Regency for 2 months to be placed in Sepat Village, Masaran and Gabugan Village, Tanon.

Dr. Drh. Hendri, said “KKN-PPM this time aims as learning and service for himself and for the community, how students conduct lectures outside the classroom to shape the taste of students and to help the community in developing their business”.

On the occasion, Tugiyono said, “Sragen has formed BUMDes as the implementation of the mandate of the Law on Villages and there have been many business units so that students can encourage them to develop these businesses, including village stalls in terms of management systems in managing these MSMEs” .

“For this 2 months the students must get rid of their individual egos, that is by adjusting to the environment and society to a positive culture to participate in developing MSMEs and the potential that exists in the area,” continued Tugiyono (Humas).

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Source: http://www.sragen.go.id/berita-623-55-mahasiswa-ugm-kkn-di-sragen.html

student community service lecture as an obligation for every UGM student or who is doing double degree program to follow it. This program gives a lot of positive value to the students because it directly plunges into the community to be able to help solve problems owned by the community. This is also to be able to apply the field of science that has been studied in college to be able to help solve real problems in society.

In addition, things that can be obtained by participant student community service in community plunge is to learn with the community. This is what Benmecherne Firdaous students are studying in a semester on the faculty of economics and business. According to Benmecherne during his stay in Jogja no role to know people outside the city of Yogyakarta for example Kulonprogo let alone to stay in some time with the community.

“This experience gives me the opertunity to learn to the village community with what they live in everyday life, “said Benmcherne. Because of the life values that Kulonprogo villagers have never encountered before during their stay in Yogyakarta due to the time they spent for their college activities and living in a dormitory. So the more interaction with the community is used to learn about the pattern of life with the local community although often the language is still a barrier to communicate.

Because not only students who provide assistance to the community with the knowledge they have but also vice versa where students can learn with the community. For example about the value of mutual cooperation, the value of togetherness, and the value of tolerance that became the view of village life in daily life. This learning experience is perceived by Benmecherne to follow the student community service-community empowerment learning program.

At first glance, Keerom is like a jungle with a potent store of potential that has not been revealed and may indeed be. Keerom is not as famous as Timika with thousands of tons of gold. Keerom is also not famous for the beauty of its natural panorama such as Raja Ampat or Biak. Because Keerom has its own charm as a district directly adjacent to the State of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and this shows that this district is located in eastern Indonesia.

Keerom Regency is one of the districts within the province of Papua with an area of 9,365 km2 located between 1400 15’0-1410 0’0 South Latitude and 20 37 ‘0-40 0’0 East Longitude. Later East Keerom borders on Papua New Guinea, the southern part with Pegunungan Bintang regency, the north with Jayapura city, and for western Keerom Jayapura District. As for the population, according to a report issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics Keerom district number 53,694 people with male population 29,145 and 24,549 women.

In the year 2015, the student community service-community empowerment learning PPA 02 UGM team amounted to 21 people consisting of various disciplines (Engineering, Medical, Fisipol, Geography, Pharmacy, mathematics and natural science, Agriculture and Livestock) perform dedication in Keerom Regency for two months. This devotion as a form of Tri Dharma college which one of them to serve the community. This program of community service is also an opportunity for students to be able to know the territory of Indonesia which is in other region.

Student Community Service UGM Team in its development, focusing its activities in Arso Regency; areas where the district government carries out administrative activities even though administratively it is not the capital of the district, because Waris is the capital. This is done after the first observation and ask for consideration from the Keerom government itself to be able to run the focus of devotion in the area of Arso. After the agreement between team of student community service-community empowerment learning of UGM and the new government, what programs need to be implemented in the society needed.

Then the group of student community service-community empowerment learning UGM plunged in the community and found that health became one of the main issues that are still very need to be addressed. This happens because of many factors that exist ranging from the knowledge that is still minimal, lack of self-awareness, and the unequal health facilities. One of them is the awareness to brush teeth in the community and children who are still less once, because people keep their teeth healthy so doing it by eating betel nuts. This betel nut eating activity has become a hereditary tradition that is run by the community to be able to maintain dental health and some other benefits. Plus eating betel nuts have many functions in the culture of the people of Papua, among others related to social and social values.

So the team of student community service-community empowerment learning will give understanding to the school children to brush their teeth and not to eliminate the culture that has become part of daily life. Because people are less aware of the impact of dental health that can damage the periodontal tissues mechanically in the form of powder or lime powder. This socialization needs to be done to provide early insight to the children about dental health is very important to be maintained early by doing a regular tooth brush. Because dental health has a very important role in human health as a tool to be able to cut food, smoothing food.