International Community Service Assistance In Financial Management And Strengthening Business Management In Kwt Cengkehan Bantul

Abstract

This international community service activity was carried out at KWT Cengkehan, Wukirsari Village, Imogiri, Bantul. This activity was carried out with the aim of providing training and mentoring in financial management and business management for members of KWT Cengkehan. The object of this community service is KWT Cengkehan with 40 members with an average age of over 50 years. The problems faced are the lack of financial knowledge and marketing digitalization. Training and mentoring activities are carried out using several stages including, partner needs analysis, the implementation stage of training and mentoring both with theoretical and clinical (practice) class methods as well as the program sustainability stage and program evaluation monitoring. The results of the activity showed that the high level of participation from community service program partners had a positive impact on program implementation, as seen from the training and mentoring programs that had been implemented well and were attended by all participants. In addition, this program produces outputs that are expected to be beneficial to the community, although in terms of understanding the material related to information technology, it requires a lot of time and patience. Likewise, in the application of business financial management, participants still tend to lack confidence and discipline in recording their businesses. However, from the results of the mentoring, significant progress has emerged regarding financial literacy and inclusion of partner members.