Community Development Programs Research Articles

An overview of Sherawali Jain community in Azimganj and Jiaganj cities in post-independence era

This research provides a historical perspective on Sherawali Jain community in Azimganj and Jiaganj in post-independent era. Based on a comprehensive analysis of primary and secondary sources, the study reveals that contribution to the local economy in those cities. The study also highlights about Jain culture, other community development program, including the education, religious devotion and their cuisine. Also a brief account of the migration of Sherawali Jain. The study also highlights problems faced by Sherawali Jains after independence.

IMPLEMENTASI PROGRAM CSR PT. INDO MURO KENCANA DI KABUPATEN MURUNG RAYA, PROVINSI KALIMANTAN TENGAH

PT. Indo Muro Kencana is one of the companies in Murung Raya Regency that does business in gold and silver mining. PT. Indo Muro Kencana has been conducting CSR programs since it started operating in villages around the company's area, currently focusing more on community development and empowerment (PPM) program activities. There is a village position that increases every year, but there is also a village position that is still the same every year, even though the village has received a CSR program from PT. IMK. Opening the phenomenon of social responsibility that has been implemented by PT. Indo Muro Kencana in these assisted villages later became the principle of implementing this research. The objectives of this study are: analyzing the implementation, analyze the suitability of the preparation, and analyzing the impact of the implementation of PT. Indo Muro Kencana. The research sites include Mangkulisoi Village, Tanah Siang District, Tumbang Bantian Village, Sungai Babuat District, Dirung Lingkin Village, Tanah Siang Selatan District, and Mangkahui Village, Murung District. The data were analyzed using the Interaktive Model analysis method: data collection, reduction, data presentation, and conclusion making. Implementation of CSR PT. IMK through the PPM program is very positively felt by village communities around the mining area, as can be seen through the calculation of the results of the questionnaire distributed to the communities who were respondents in this study, 3.77% stated that the implementation of PT. IMK's CSR program was very good. IMK through the PPM program and 45.59% stated that it was good, 44.53% said it was quite good, 3.64% said it was not good and only 2.47% said it was very bad. Furthermore, public perception of the implementation of the PPM program by CSR PT. IMK can be seen through the calculation of the IPS (Social Acceptance Index) of rural communities as beneficiaries of PPM CSR PT. IMK obtained a score of 59.63% in a moderate position and a Community Behavior Index towards the implementation of PT's CSR PPM program. IMK is at a score of 66.64% moderate position. This shows that the community is quite beneficial and quite accepting of the implementation of PT. IMK through this PPM program.

Analisis Efektivitas dan Efisiensi Anggaran Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility is an obligation carried out by companies regulated in article 74 paragraph (1) of Law no. 40 of 2007 concerning Limited Liability Companies. The social responsibility carried out by PT Satria Jaya Sentosa is realized through community development and empowerment programs. The purpose of this study was to determine the forms of social responsibility programs managed by PT Satria Jaya Sentosa and to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the CSR program budget at PT Satria Jaya Sentosa. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Data collection was carried out using observation, interview, and documentation techniques. The results of the study show that there are three fields programs that are the main focus of CSR at PT Satria Jaya Sentosa are in the fields of education, health, and economic independence. The effectiveness of the CSR program budget at PT Satria Jaya Sentosa can be concluded that the budget is less effective with an effectiveness level of 70%. While the efficiency of the CSR program budget at PT Satria Jaya Sentosa, it can be concluded that the results are very efficient with an efficiency level of 8%.

Social program and digital marketing strategy in community development projects in MSME “Sodagar Snack” at Kuningan, East Java

Digitalization has become essential in developing businesses, including Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Community Development program was held in Kuningan, Groupst Java whose focus was on MSMEs, "Sodagar Snack." This activity aims to increase awareness of the importance of digitalization in MSME business, introduce marketing applications, facilitate capital, and sustainably encourage the digitalization of MSME bisnis. Implementing this service involves interaction with MSMEs, "Sodagar Snack," socialization, training, and developing entrepreneurship and Dukcapil programs. The results found during this service activity are that MSMEs "Sodagar Snack" still have minimal knowledge and awareness of essential business activities. The expected outcomes of community service activities are MSME actors gaining additional knowledge about the potential for business digitalization, expanding business networks for collaboration with local MSMEs, and helping improve the economy of MSMEs in Kuningan, East Java.

Business management strategies for MSMEs Melati Cake's

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are essential in employing the community to improve the economy and productivity. Kuningan Village is a village whose residents run many MSME businesses. Partners still need help improving their business development, especially in operational, digital marketing, and financial aspects. Universitas Prasetiya Mulya has supported groups in the Community Development program to assist partners in developing their businesses. The group has re-branded logo packaging and provided education on digital marketing to reach potential customers on a larger scale. Second, improvements have been made to cash flow recording so that all financial flows are more controlled. Third, equipment purchases, business licensing realization, and SOP implementation have been done. With group assistance, partners have succeeded in increasing sales profits, increasing awareness of potential customers, increasing productivity, and making partners adaptable to technological developments.

Program Policy Implementation Community Development and Empowerment (Pro Bebaya) in Samarinda City

Background: Before the existence of Pro Bebaya, in Samarinda City itself it was felt that these two activities were very slow due to limited funds and also limited numbers (roads and drainage for development activities and the number of people fostered in community empowerment activities) that could be carried out in 1 year. Aim: This study aims to determine the implementation of community development and empowerment program (Pro Bebaya) policy in Sungai Dama Village, Samarinda Ilir District, Samarinda City, along with its supporting and inhibiting factors. Method: The research is qualitative. Sampling technique with purposive sampling technique and accidental sampling technique. Data collection techniques, namely in-depth interviews, participatory observation, and documentation studies. As for data analysis techniques, namely Miles and Huberman's interactive model data analysis techniques. Findings: The results of the study are 1) Implementation of Pro Bebaya Policy in Sungai Dama Village, Samarinda Ilir District, Samarinda City in terms of 4 indicators, namely Input, Process, Output, and Outcome. Input related to the budget and available human resources. The process relates to the procedure for implementing activities starting from planning, budgeting, to evaluation. Output with respect to the activities carried out, and Outcomes with respect to the direct impact of the implementation of activities. 2) Supporting factors for the implementation of Pro Bebaya in Sungai Dama Village, Samarinda Ilir District, Samarinda City, namely full support from the Mayor of Samarinda, because Pro Bebaya is one of the 9 Priority Programs of the Mayor of Samarinda.

DISABLED BUT DETERMINED: CHALLENGES FACED BY ENTREPRENEURS IN SELANGOR, MALAYSIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The year 2020 was a challenging year for the world and Malaysia particularly, as the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic became a health crisis that resulted in extreme measures to curb the spread of the virus. This study examined the challenges faced by disabled entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty of 51 disabled entrepreneurs who have successfully participated in the Selangor Youth Community Leadership Entrepreneurship Acceleration and Development (SAY LEAD) program with different types of disabilities, ages, marital statuses, educational levels, and types of business were recruited using purposive sampling. The inclusion criteria included being registered as a person with disability with the Malaysia Department of Social Welfare, was born in Selangor or currently living in Selangor for at least five years, aged from 18 to 40 years old, and applied for SAY LEAD program. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews enabling the interviewee to share personal experiences and perceptions on challenges in managing their business during the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of participants were male (80%, n=16), aged between 31 and 35 years old (35%, n=7), single (65%, n=13), and physically disabled (60%, n=12). The transcripts of the interviews were subjected to thematic analysis. The emerging themes were that disabled entrepreneurs were restricted in their physical movement during Movement Control Order (MCO), have financial problems, and have health risks that needed them to reconcile between business and family commitments. The study suggests that the use of technology in doing business, attending online seminars and classes during the pandemic, and getting financial support from the government are the coping strategies to overcome the challenges faced by disabled entrepreneurs.

Training and Assistance in Construction of Solar Cell Technology to Develop Community’s Knowledge about Renewable Energy in Ujan Mas Village, Muara Enim, South Sumatra

The community development program is a prominent activity to identify and overcome local issues within community. The training and assistance program for solar cell technology application is useful to improve knowledge of community in Ujan Mas village, Muara Enim Regency, South Sumatra. The objective of this activity is to transfer knowledge of solar cell technology starting from construction to application process. The tehnique used in this community service program is the locality development approach. This activity conducted for two days (3-4 September 2022). This activity resulted in enhancing the community’s knowledge of implementing solar cell technology with a 92% understanding rate, and also reducing electrical bill of community. In addition, this activity is one of a way to support the Indonesian government program to build an eletrical independent village or city. For future community development activities, we suggest to give a training program for other green energies such as biogas which used domestic and agricultural wastes to produce eletricity.

A practical study of the main transformations from social welfare to social development in Lesotho: Success factors, challenges and prospects

Lesotho recently experienced a paradigm shift from social welfare to social development. The study was aimed at assessing achievements and challenges that resulted from the transition. A sequential mixed-methods approach was used. In the quantitative strand, a sample of 150 social workers and 300 beneficiaries was randomly selected, out of which a sample of four social workers’ focus groups were purposively formed. Data were collected through questionnaires, structured interviews and focus group discussions. The community development programme serves as a means to incorporate a social development approach. The article recommends integration of the social development approach in specialised programmes.

Analisis Hubungan Modal Sosial dengan Partisipasi Masyarakat dalam Pengembangan Desa Wisata Embung Setumpeng, Kabupaten Karanganyar

Embung Setumpeng tourism village that located in Mojogedang Regency, Karanganyar Districts is one of community development program that managed by pokdarwis independently. Tourism village development require participation and support from social capital as their main strength. This research goals are to getting know about social capital level, participation level, and the relation between social capital with society participation in developing Embung Setumpeng Tourism Village. This research used quantitative method and the location was selected purposively in Embung Setumpeng Tourism Village, Mojogedang Regency, Karanganyar Districts. Sampling method that used on this research was saturated sampling which all population became the sample. Rank Spearman was used to analyze the data by program IBM SPSS Statistics 25. This research result that high social capital level found on norms, partnership, reciprocity, responsibility, and tolerance. High participation level found on implementation, monitoring and evaluation, also result utilization. Rank Spearman analysis by trust level 95% (α=0,05) found there’s significant relation between trust, norms, relationship, partnership, responsibility, and tolerance with participation level on developing Embung Setumpeng Tourism Village.

The Ecosystem of Shared Value Model for the Community Development Program in Saguling Hydroelectric Power Station area (West Java)

Purpose: This study aims to integrate CSR programs and stakeholders in the Saguling Reservoir area (West Java) by proposing recommendations in the form of an ecosystem of shared value model that can be implemented by all stakeholders in related ecosystems to restore the function of the Citarum River and increase regional competitiveness, to increase the standard of living of the people in the area. Theoretical framework: The theoretical framework used is The Ecosystem of Shared Value as a New Model of CSR, Pentahelix Collaboration, and Nature-Based Solution Approach. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a qualitative research approach with an action research design. There are two types of data used in this study, namely Primary Data (Group Discussion, Observation, and Depth Interview) and Secondary Data (Literature and Document Review). This study also uses the data analysis technique of the Miles and Huberman model which consists of three stages that must be carried out, namely data reduction, data display, and data verification. Findings: The results show that the CSR approach in the Saguling Hydropower area is quite good, but the shared value generated is still low, especially for the Saguling Reservoir and the hydropower itself, because the current community development programs are only aimed at the community. The community development program in the Saguling Reservoir has been running for a long time, but these programs have not been integrated, so an ecosystem of shared value model is needed that can integrate several of these programs. The mapping of community development programs along the Citarum river basin (West Java) from upstream to downstream (Citarum River ring 1 area) must be carried out through intense collaboration and coordination with stakeholders. Research, Practical & Social implications: The practical implication is that this ecosystem of shared value model can help stakeholders carry out a common agenda, namely "Restoring the Functions of the Citarum River". In addition, the application of the model, which is also accompanied by the ongoing collaboration between stakeholders, can transform the Saguling Reservoir area into a tourist village area as a form of support for the development agenda in West Java and Indonesia. Originality/value: The research carried out is very significant in the study of corporate social responsibility, especially in the implementation of the ecosystem of shared value model, the output of which is a change towards a tourism village area. This research is also research oriented to social change.

Pendampingan Strategi Pemasaran Pada Young Entrepreneurs Start-Up Di Gresik Pada Era New Normal

The New Normal era provides a great opportunity for companies to increase their turnover, but under different conditions the company faces marketing constraints (Ahmad, A.and, Nurhidaya, 2020). Facing the New Normal era, new economic drivers are needed, namely MSMEs and entrepreneurs, or what is now widely known as start-up. Entrepreneurship needs to be encouraged to increase national economic growth. This is because this sector is able to absorb as much as 97 percent of the total national workforce. In addition, the New Normal Era is a new challenge for MSMEs, including Young Entrepreneurs Start-up. They have become MSMEs which are now starting to be taken into account and dominated by Millennials, including in Gresik. This service aims to provide marketing strategy assistance using e-marketing by utilizing the currently trending TikTok Shop. The method used is Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), namely approaches and techniques for involving the community in thought processes that take place during planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of community development programs. At the time of implementation, the activity was followed by 12 Young Entrepreneurs Start-up in Gresik. E-marketing assistance activities use the "TikTok Shop" application which is currently a trending social media among millennials through Google Playstore via Playstore with the search key "TikTok". As a result of the implementation of this service, there was an increase in the ability of Young Entrepreneurs Start-up to utilize social media TikTok for e-marketing as well as in terms of business development and product promotion at low cost and affordable and up to date.

PENGELOLAAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PADA UMKM “KAMPUNG KULINER PUJASERA ENERGI”

The community development program is one of the activity agendas that must be owned by large companies, as well as state-owned enterprises, including Pertamina. In this article, the team implementing community service activities synergizes with industry to make a real scientific contribution among community groups. The MSME 'Culinary Pujasera Energi Village' located in Tambakharjo Village (Semarang) is the target for public service. In practice, MSMEs, which were formed in 2019, has now become a means of actualizing and developing home industries (namely culinary businesses) which have shown an increase in the economy for MSME players. Carrying out cooperation with various stakeholders, MSMEs continue to experience business development in the culinary field in line with increased capacity building for active MSMEs actors.

Roles of Local Leaders in Community Development in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Nigeria

The study examined the role of local leaders in community development decision making in Dutse Local Government area of Jigawa State, Nigeria. A multistage (4) stage sampling procedure was employed in selecting 120 respondents for the study. Mean age and household size are 53 years and 10 persons. Majority (97.5%) were males, married (95.8%) with secondary education (57.6%). Only about 1/3 (33.3%) had tertiary education while 8.3% had primary education. Significant proportion (91.7%) claimed to have travelled within and outside the study area. The type of leadership existing and acting were; traditional and household leaderships (x ̅=1.011), religious and cooperative leaderships (x ̅=1.383). Areas of roles and influences of the leaders mostly were in; support for art and culture, mobilization, control of market activities, advice on religious matters and chieftaincy matters (x ̅=1.047). Participation in community activities were in the areas of; conflict resolution, chieftaincy affairs, religious matters, support for community development projects, mouth piece of the people, mobilization, political/LGA advice, cultural matter and council matters (x ̅=1.071). Major constraints to participation were; cultural belief and heterophili (x ̅=1.250), mindset of the people and poor socialization (x ̅=1.199) and exclusion from government development projects (x ̅=1.009) respectively. The Pearson Correlation analysis showed positive relationship between participation and degree of Cosmo-politeness, age, educational level respectively. It was recommended that local leaders should be engaged more in community development activities because they serve a catalytic function to the people. Community intervention or development programmes must be geared towards the socio-cultural structure of the people. Respondents should also be encouraged to visit other place in order to foster understanding of cultural differences and diversity, socialization and modernization emanating from ....

EVALUASI PROGRAM JEJAK SERIBU PRENEUR DALAM KEGIATAN PENGOLAHAN MAKANAN OLEH-OLEH DI KELURAHAN PULAU TIDUNG

Jejak SeribuPreneur is a community development program implemented in the Village of Tidung Island, Thousand Islands, DKI Jakarta. Jejak Seribu Preneur program aims to develop the business of members of the target group by making various improvements, including financial capital improvement, physical capital improvement and human resources capital improvement. One of the stages of community development activities is the evaluation stage, where the function of the evaluation stage to see the success of the program, in this case the Jejak Seribu Preneur program. This study uses evaluation model according to Pietrzak, et al., where according to him there are three stages of evaluation, namely input evaluation, process evaluation and results evaluation. This study uses qualitative approach with descriptive research type, where researchers will describe what it is related to the findings of the study based on observations, interviews, documentation and literature. This research aims to find out the planning, implementation and results of the Jejak Seribu Preneur program in Tidung Island Village. The result of this research is the success of the Jejak Seribu Preneur program in developing the business of members of the target group, this can be seen from the differences, namely the increase in revenue, the increase in science and knowledge, and the expanding sales market.

Peningkatan Kompetensi Komunitas Orang Muda Katolik (OMK) di Kelurahan Vim Jayapura dalam Budidaya Jamur Tiram Putih

Orang Muda Katolik (OMK) is a community of youth Catholic people Paroki Church Kotaraja, Jayapura that focus on empowering young people in leadership, creativity and social work. This program was conducted to introduce simple method on the oyster mushroom cultivation to the member of OMK community. We use Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and Participatory Planning in this program. The results showed that participants were very interested in oyster mushroom and enthusiastic in discussion, and willing to learn more about the mushroom cultivation. At the end of the program, they were able to harvest oyster mushroom. These community development program was successfully done with the support by communities.Keywords: OMK; oyster mushroom; cultivation

Energizing Higher Education Sustainability through Rural-Community Development Activation

Higher education institutions play important roles in the community. Unfortunately, measuring the accomplishment of HEIs in developing communities is challenging. Most HEI contributions to the community are merely a formality and moral obligation. This study’s identified gap is the absence of integration of community development activities into HEIs, which would boost their impact on environmental sustainability. This study intends to investigate how institutions that support entrepreneurial-oriented community development affect students’ learning and impact society. This study employs an action research approach to develop long-term actionable knowledge. This approach employed a case study from the Rural Community Development Program, a community empowerment program based on institutionalized entrepreneurship practices (formal courses in the curriculum) from ABC University (a pseudonym). The RCDP allows the HEI to interact with society through a dual simultaneous cycle which allow knowledge transfer, social value transfer, and business development with its partners. This model allows more than 100 groups of students at ABC University to be more focused in developing community. On the theoretical side, the RCDP contributes by encouraging the role of social entrepreneurship courses which provides a more significant impact through practice-based lectures while also significantly impacting rural communities’ business knowledge in developing their micro enterprises.

The Quality of Life and Perceived Human-Wildlife Conflicts among Forest Communities around the Mountain Gorilla’s Virunga Landscape in Africa

This article examines the relationships between human perceptions of conflict with wildlife and satisfaction with the quality of life in the Virunga landscape in Africa where mountain gorillas live. In addition, it explores how determinants of quality of life may indirectly influence the perceptions of conflict between people and wildlife. Using the bottom-up spillover theory of life satisfaction, it is hypothesized that quality of life is determined by access to critical livelihood resources, such as food, healthcare, and income. Furthermore, socio-psychological conditions, such as emotional and psychological strength, may mediate the relationship between access to resources and quality of life. This study revealed that life satisfaction positively predicts perceptions of conflict between humans and wildlife. The findings also indicated that health and psychological conditions were the strongest predictors of life satisfaction compared to food and financial security. However, the findings revealed variations by country. For example, food security predicts life satisfaction in Rwanda but not in Uganda. Health security predicts emotional wellbeing in Rwanda but not in Uganda. These results indicate that the nature of the relationship between wellbeing indicators and perceived Human-Wildlife conflict is likely country-specific. Therefore, efforts to strengthen the quality of life to indirectly advance wildlife conservation goals may need to be different in Uganda and Rwanda. The findings also suggest that investing in improving the quality of life of forest communities may incentivize increased perceptions of Human-Wildlife conflict. This is likely a result of pervasive consequences of increased funding for community development programs to incentivize conservation, which risks associating conflict with funding. Additional implications for practice and research are discussed in the paper.

Spirituality and Sustainable Development: A Systematic Word Frequency Analysis and an Agenda for Research in Pacific Island Countries

While different in emphasis, spirituality and sustainable development are intertwined concepts that cannot be meaningfully discussed in isolation from each other. This is especially pertinent in Pacific Island countries that are characterised by both high degrees of vulnerability to climate change and high degrees of religious engagement. There is a paucity of research that examines the relationship between spirituality and sustainable development in contemporary human development discourse. To address this gap in the literature, this research employs an inductive and exploratory methodological approach to the study of major development organisations in Australia. It investigates what significance contemporary NGOs ascribe to matters of spirituality in the design and implementation of their community aid and development programming in the Pacific and beyond. To achieve its goal, the study conducts a systematic term frequency analysis in the annual reports of government-funded and independently funded NGOs, both faith-based and secular. It extends previous research by focusing expressly on the intersectionality of sustainable development and spirituality as a fertile space for interdisciplinary inquiry. The findings link development policy and practice more closely to the needs and worldviews of Pacific peoples. A better understanding of the spirituality–sustainability nexus will enable more effective, sustainable, equitable, ethical, and culturally acceptable development programming. Crucially, integrated approaches promise to make ongoing community development programmes and adaptation responses to climate-driven environmental change more effective and sustainable. Finally, it is an important aim of this study to conceptualise various opportunities for future research, thus laying the foundation for an important emergent research agenda.

Community and Stakeholder Participation in the Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility Programs, Its Impact on Rural Communities

Empowerment is a pathway to participation, and participation determines the impact of community development programs socially and economically. In general, this study aims to identify the relationship between the level of community and stakeholder participation in implementing the Geothermal Agency's Corporate Social Responsibility Program through Microfinance Institutions and its impact on the socioeconomic conditions of the community. XYZ District-Based Microfinance Program partnering with LKMS. The subjects of this study were the people of XY Village, including local government and local communities, and company staff. The method applied in this research consists of quantitative and qualitative studies. With nine informants, fifty-five respondents were taken as samples representing the XY Village community. The results of this study indicate that each stakeholder has a different type and level of participation. The higher the story of the involvement of microfinance board members in each stage of program implementation, the higher the social and economic impact will be.