Abstract:Some housewives in Batam City do not work, relying solely on income from their husbands. During this time, housewives use their free time to socialize and have a good time with their neighbors without producing anything…
useful, so it's time to take advantage of these habits in order to produce something to support their family's economy. In order for income housewives to have new knowledge and abilities, crafting activities are carried out by using patchwork. This training is carried out to use patchwork to have more selling value such as hijab accessories. This training was carried out twice, which was given the understanding of housewives about the use of patchwork and then given the practice of learning by doing. In the implementation of the service carried out by practicing directly how to make a brooch with several models of patchwork. Aside from the guidance of making brooches from patchwork, researchers also provide assistance in managing financial management, so that in the future it can be used as a home business that can help support the family's economy. From the results of the evaluation at the service of the mothers, thousands of households have been able to make patchwork brooches with several variations and models
Abstract:Pematang Johar, sebuah desa yang berkembang pesat di Kecamatan Labuhan Deli, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, Sumatera Utara, menghadapi tekanan lingkungan yang meningkat akibat alih fungsi lahan, berkurangnya ruang terbuka hijau,…
, dan genangan air yang berulang pada musim hujan. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan memperkenalkan revitalisasi infrastruktur hijau sebagai solusi inovatif untuk memperkuat ketahanan lingkungan di tingkat lingkungan permukiman. Metode yang digunakan meliputi tahap persiapan, koordinasi dengan aparat desa, sosialisasi partisipatif, demonstrasi praktis pembuatan lubang resapan biopori, sumur resapan, dan taman hujan, serta evaluasi melalui instrumen pretest-posttest. Kegiatan diikuti oleh 42 peserta yang terdiri dari perangkat desa, anggota karang taruna, dan ibu rumah tangga. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan peningkatan skor pemahaman rata-rata peserta secara signifikan, dari 40% sebelum kegiatan menjadi 84% setelah kegiatan, serta peserta menunjukkan minat yang tinggi untuk menerapkan teknik tersebut secara mandiri. Kegiatan ini menyimpulkan bahwa intervensi infrastruktur hijau yang murah dan partisipatif dapat ditransfer secara efektif kepada masyarakat serta berkontribusi menurunkan risiko banjir sekaligus memulihkan fungsi ekologis di skala lingkungan permukiman.
Pematang Johar, a rapidly developing village in Labuhan Deli Subdistrict, Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra, faces increasing environmental pressure from land-use conversion, reduced green open space, and recurrent waterlogging during the rainy season. This community service activity aimed to introduce green infrastructure revitalization as an innovative approach to strengthen local environmental resilience. The method consisted of preparation, coordination with village authorities, participatory outreach (sosialisasi), practical demonstration of biopore infiltration holes, recharge wells, and rain gardens, and evaluation through pretest-posttest instruments. The activity involved 42 participants consisting of village officials, youth organization members, and housewives. Results showed a substantial increase in participants' average understanding score, from 40% before the activity to 84% afterward, and participants expressed strong interest in applying the techniques independently. The activity concludes that low-cost, participatory green infrastructure interventions can be effectively transferred to communities and contribute to reducing flood risk while restoring ecological function at the neighborhood scale.
Abstract:Women, especially housewives, hold a number of central functions in the family and are important economic resources. Empowerment of women is very important because it can create conditions, atmosphere, climate, which allows…
ows the potential to develop. The main priority of empowerment is the creation of independence. Self-empowerment efforts have also been realized by groups of housewives who are PKM partners, consisting of three people joined in the "SMA HKBP" and three people from the "SMA HKBP" located in, Dolok Sanggul. The objectives of this PKM activity are: 1) help empower groups of housewives who desire to become entrepreneurs; 2) help PKM partners in creating skills and comfort in community life through entrepreneurship; 3) improve thinking, reading and writing skills or other skills such as internet use. The targets of this program are: 1) the formation of a new business in the field of handicrafts from rope or thread curry (macrame); 2) availability of production support tools to produce creative macramé products; 3) there is an increase in knowledge and skills in producing various types of creative macarame products and are in demand by consumers. The outputs of this program are: Entrepreneurship Module, Basic Financial Accounting Module, and Use of Technology, Information and Communication Module. The implementation method is carried out to achieve the purpose of community service through PKM activities through discussion methods, technical guidance/training, workshops, and mentoring. Through PKM activities, empowering partner groups to become entrepreneurs is expected to help empower groups of housewives who are PKM partners so that they can improve the welfare of families and surrounding communities in a concrete manner .