Pemberdayaan Kampung Janda di Kota Banjarbaru Melalui Pendampingan dan Pelatihan Buket Bunga dan Buket Uang Empowering Kampung Janda in Banjarbaru City Through Mentoring and Training in Flower and Money Bouquet

Abstract

The village known as Kampung Janda is actually called Kampung Batuah and is located in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, specifically in Kemuning Village. Most of the residents are women who have lost their husbands, ranging in age from 25 to elderly, even over 60 years old. Most of them earn a living through informal work, opening small businesses along the banks of the Kemuning River, such as coffee shops, yellow rice stalls, grilled fish stalls, grocery stores, and basic food stalls. In addition, some residents work as assistants in cake shops, bakers and pastry chefs, mobile laundry workers, and cleaners. Another approach to boosting revenue and enhancing the quality of life is to teach the community how to create bouquets. In line with the government's plan to reduce poverty and promote welfare by utilizing local resources, this program aims to develop skills, create business opportunities, and support family economic independence. Members of the family welfare empowerment group in RT 03 RW 01 and young women received training and mentoring in creating flower and money bouquets as part of the community empowerment initiative, which also included marketing strategy advice. Twelve groups of twenty-four individuals, ranging in age from eighteen to sixty-one, participated in the training. Each group was guided by a student. Each group created two flower bouquets and money bouquets, which they prepared for marketing by skillfully arranging them with their own ingenuity. The training participants felt encouraged to take advantage of this as an additional income to boost their earnings.