KEGIATAN KETERAMPILAN DAUR ULANG SAMPAH KAIN DI KAMPUNG KB MEKAR SEJAHTERA KELURAHAN AIR HITAM, KOTA SAMARINDA

Abstract

This community empowerment activity aims to increase awareness of the KB village community regarding the waste problem through cloth waste recycling skills. This empowerment uses a qualitative study with the interview method. The target of empowerment is the entire community in the Mekar Sejahtera KB village, Air Hitam, Samarinda. The results of the introduction of the problem in the KB village were that the PIK-R in the KB village was not implemented, the case of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in 2019 was 1 case, there was a problem regarding waste and there were residents who did not use vaccines for their children. The problem-solving method in empowerment activities uses the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) method with several community leaders and residents of the KB village. Community empowerment activities carried out are the skills of recycling cloth waste by utilizing used materials. The result of this empowerment activity is an increase in knowledge and skills regarding the importance of managing waste by recycling cloth waste to create product creativity in involving the community.