Village of Jelatik (Unit KKN BBL 10) is one of the locations of KKN Periode Gasal 2017, with the theme, “Facing the Village of Jelitik Sungailiat District Bangka Regency as a Special Economic Zone (KEK) of Bangka Regency”. The potential in this region is quite promising as a special economic area, especially in the field of tourism. The potential of nature as a tourist spot in the form of a clean beach area with a promising natural scenery that is currently being worked on by the government and investors. This condition is expected by the local government of Bangka able to be generated through skilled hands and intellectual creativity, that is through KKN-PPM UGM activities.
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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.
UGM’s KKN program gives many new experiences for each participant because it will live in a new place in a certain period of time. This experience is felt by Charles Beafort, one of the many international students who joined SCS-CEL program for two weeks from the 23 of November until the 7 of December (TAHUN BERAPA). “SCS-CEL was a very nice experience. It allowed me to discuss with Indonesian people, farmers, and student from the other faculty and exchange about our cultures as they were as interested in mine as I was in their” said Charles.
Ngentak hamlet is located on the south side of Yogyakarta, which is not far off from some new beaches that has recently been a prominent international tourist destination. Ngentak hamlet is a part of Poncosari village, in Srandakan sub-district, Bantul district, Yogyakarta. The village of itself has a total area of 1. 186, 122 ha. The administrative boundary of Poncosari village is adjacent to Trimurti village to the north, Gadingsari Village in Sadden Subdistrict to the east, and Progo (VILLAGE? SUBDISTRICT?) to the west.
Agriculture plays an immense role in Indonesia’s national development agenda. This is mainly due to Indonesia’s ever-increasing population number which correlates positively with the increasing need of food supply. Unfortunately this vital sector has yet been given enough attention and care by the government. According to Balai Pusat Statistik (BPS) data, the number of Indonesian population who works in agriculture sector decreases every year. In one year span since 2013, a total of 39.22 million farmers decreased to 38.97 million. The numbers drop once more in 2015, to only 37.75 million farmers. This continuous downturn is a reflection of Indonesia agriculture sector’s inability to support and provide a decent livelihood for its farmers.
Sand dune, or locally known as Gumuk Pasir, is a hill of loose sand built by wind or water flow processes which might occur in different sizes and shapes. Apart from being a very unique coastal area natural phenomenon, sand dune is also a newly emerging tourism destination in southern region of Yogyakarta.
For those who wants to enjoy a desert-esque landscape while still enjoying a relaxed sea breeze, this is absolutely the place to be.
For Mathilde Mallet and Maxie Elisa Netzhammer, two German students enrolling in SCS-CEL UGM program who belongs to sub-unit two and three from Grogol X village Bantul unit, the Parangtritis Beach sand dune comes calling. As quoted from Maxie’s SCS-CEL story, their unit assignment was to initiate the sand dune conservation program, in which they also have to consider a restructuration process to improve this tourism magnet. Working together with 28 other Indonesian students, their unit dove in to the SCS-CEL program at the 6 th of November 2015.
As one of 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) key points promoted by the United Nations, ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages is a very essential step in achieving the totality of goals. According to Badan Statistik Yogyakarta, in 2015 alone, 39.6% of Yogyakarta total population (3,457,491 people) had health related complain every one month. 48.2% of those complainants, had an average of 5 working days disturbed. In other words, almost 659,938 people had to postpone their work every 5 days due to health issues. This numbers puts the importance of health and hygiene promotion to perspective because it correlates positively with a society’s welfare.