The Miniature of Siparti 3-S: KSM Sibermas in the Urban Poverty Project in Kelurahan Tlogomas, Kecamatan Lowokwaru, Malang, Indonesia

Abstract

The miniature presented here is the synthesis of how the Siparti 3-S as an approach and practice in dealing with the community empowerment under the UPP (Urban Poverty Project) in Indonesia. The notion of Siparti 3-S as an approach was applied specifically to build and operate a KSM in a kelurahan area in the year of 2000 – 2001 of UPP1 second phase. The practice of how Siparti 3-S applied through the KSM Sibermas project was inspired and motivated by the previous successful of the author’s project in executing a training program for the retrenched tertiary graduates who had lost their jobs due to the financial crisis during 1998, under the project was known as P3T – Proyek Penanggulangan Pengangguran Pekerja Terampil (Skilled Workers Unemployment Project). Utilization of waste materials to produce sound economic and environmental-friendly products was the theme of project run by KSM Sibermas . Based on the field experience of the author and members of KSM Sibermas in accomplishing the project, found that the Siparti 3-S was effective in building synergistically the three main resources, namely: human (the training participants), nature & environment (waste materials & garbage dump), and social-culture (the mindset and the behavior toward handling waste materials).