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View all search resultsCommunity empowerment with Damandiri Foundation
Since 1996, the Damandiri Foundation has been helping the government in striving to fight against and break the poverty chain in Indonesia
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Since 1996, the Damandiri Foundation has been helping the government in striving to fight against and break the poverty chain in Indonesia. Next year, Damandiri will celebrate its 20th anniversary of doing what it does best, developing human resources through the eradication of poverty in Indonesia and empowering communities, families and individuals toward sustained self-reliance.
The Jakarta Post interviewed Damandiri Foundation chairman Haryono Suyono to get a better insight into the foundation's programs. He stated that Damandiri is still actively working with many universities toward their community service programs and promoting simplicity in their innovations. For the latter, Haryono gave the example of many tools that are developed without considering conditions in rural areas which, in the end, become unusable.
Haryono also said that many of their programs' names needed to be slightly modified so the community could easily understand them. For example, they introduced the Pelaju principal, short for petik, olah, jual (pick, sport, sell) to promote the processing of raw materials instead of selling them as they are.
In order to celebrate Damandiri's 20th anniversary, Haryono promised roadmaps for communities that could be used for empowerment without needing to wait for government funding or help. These roadmaps are the results of years of data collection and mapping.
Haryono, former coordinating minister for people's welfare, former population minister and former National Family Planning Board (BKBN) chairman, had a few words to share with Indonesian government officials. He suggested that they needed to try hard to entertain participation, to trust communities and local people while also trying to always use local resources.
As for local communities, he said they should not hesitate to try and participate, but be ready to train themselves so they could provide good labor and work efficiently at the same time.
