The FMIPA UI Community Service Team in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) and Cilincing District held a socialization and simulation of potential disasters in Cilincing District using a child-friendly approach on August 21-22, 2019 in the Cilincing District Hall.
This event is a series of events in the 2019 AKSI UI for the Nation community service program. The socialization and simulation were attended by 35 high school and vocational school students from Cilincing district, North Jakarta.
The 2019 UI Community Service Program aims to develop young disaster-resilient cadres. In its second year, the program’s theme is disaster risk reduction through a child-friendly approach. Child-friendly refers to approaches that are easy for children to understand, such as using books. pop up disasters and through the integration of subjects studied in schools.
Present as a resource person was Dr. Zulfikri Anas, M.Ed., a staff member of the learning division of the Center for Curriculum and Textbooks at the Ministry of Education and Culture. He explained that integrating subjects to reduce disaster risk is crucial for students to think critically when a disaster occurs.
“The hope for the future is that children will be frequently encouraged to think about the real world, through everyday life problems in the learning process, and then develop these,” he said.
On the second day, activities focused on simulating potential disasters in Cilincing, such as floods and fires, as well as potential earthquakes. megathrust in southern Java. The event began with disaster preparedness, self-evacuation practices, and concluded with the establishment of a disaster management system in each school. The enthusiasm of each participant was evident, including Fikri, a participant from SMK Negeri 36 Jakarta.
“I’m very happy to be a part of this event and I’m grateful to the organizers for giving me a better understanding of the potential for disasters in our area,” said Fikri.
“The enthusiasm didn’t just come from the students, but also from the accompanying teachers who have faithfully accompanied their students from day one. Ms. Ninik Kirwanti, M.Pd., a supervising teacher at SMA Negeri 115 Jakarta, was thrilled to be invited to participate and expressed her hope that this activity could become a sustainable program.
“It would be better for UI’s next program to hold activities directly in schools or in areas prone to disasters,” he suggested.
Muhammad Rizqy Septyandy, a lecturer at the University of Indonesia’s geology study program and one of the speakers on the second day of the activity, reminded that Jakarta residents, especially school students, are not all ready to face disasters, especially fires and earthquakes.
“Jakarta is the nation’s capital, yet its residents are still unprepared for disasters. Therefore, within the next five years, God willing, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia, is ready to make schools throughout Jakarta a model for disaster risk reduction,” he added.
