Housewife Empowerment Training Skills through Processing Waste Products to be Economic Value

Askardiya Mirza Gayatri,Deden Ibnu Aqil,Sri Hapsari

doi:10.15294/pls.v1i2.17125

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to improve the skills of housewives Sawangan, Depok, in the use of waste cloth into brooches, necklaces, earrings, towels, and other accessories through community empowerment. Empowerment is a community effort to increase the capacity to prepare themselves through the provision of knowledge and skills. Stages empowerment counseling begins with awareness of the importance of taking wastewater to protect the environment and entrepreneurship motivation, followed by waste processing training, mentoring makes products to become independent, as well as promotional strategies. Through counseling and training, is expected to explore the potential that there is in the group of mothers in the household, so that it can generate income to the household economy, either as principal or as an additional revenue, as well as a provision for opening an independent business in the creative industries. If it is implemented properly and sustained, will indirectly assist in economic growth in both the domestic and regional levels in the District Sawangan.

Highlights

Badan Pusat Statistik (2013) mentions the percentage of the Indonesian population, men by 50.25% and female 49.75%
It has an impact on economic growth imbalances in income distribution where one of the factors that affect the economic growth of a society is population growth
This study provides an overview of the activities in the community development process waste rag into economically valuable products

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Badan Pusat Statistik (2013) mentions the percentage of the Indonesian population, men by 50.25% and female 49.75%. The solution to overcoming this problem, one of them with empowerment through skills training, especially for mothers of households to become independent and develop themselves by exploring the potential in them. The problems faced by the partners are as follows: (1) Leisure time housewife mother has not been used for productive activities, and the lack of awareness in creative thinking so unthinkable to have an extra income. The purpose of empowerment for mothers household is as follows: a) to provide knowledge and education on the importance of free time with activities that prod until, as well as the provision of skills training so that creativity and potential in untapped partners, indirectly can change the way of thinking and find ways to get money or extra income.

METHODS

AND DISCUSSION The phase of empowerment

CONCLUSION