The Community Development Society (CDS) of CIMSA UGM conducts community-oriented projects, which are termed as community developments. These projects have an aim to not only develop the welfare of communities, but to also provide a room for members and local communities to thrive and discover their capabilities and locally available potential resources to resolve the problems the communities are currently facing through contributive actions.
Community Development Society (CDS) of CIMSA UGM consists of medical students with the responsibility and the hearts to serve—medical students with the will and determination to help communities be better. To improve the community’s quality of life, we empower communities to work together with us to analyze and solve their problems. We are also open to involvements and collaborations from other members of society, institutions, or corporations to establish partnerships with CDS CIMSA UGM. In this period, CIMSA UGM’s community development projects focused on several communities in Yogyakarta, such as teenagers and young adults from Kecamatan Gondomanan; caretakers, teenagers, and children in Yayasan HAMBA; 8th grade junior high school students of SMPN 4 Ngaglik; and also cadres, mothers, and toddlers of four posyandu in Kecamatan Gondokusuman.
HIBERNASI (Hidup Bersih dan Sehat Bersama CIMSA) is one of the many community developments held by CIMSA UGM. HIBERNASI focuses on promoting a healthy and clean lifestyle to improve communal health. In March 2021, we held our latest intervention in Yayasan HAMBA, the target community for HIBERNASI. In this intervention, CIMSA UGM picked self-hygiene as well as herbal medicine as its main topic. To deliver the discussion on herbal medicine, we partnered with Perkumpulan Disiplin Herbal Medik Indonesia (PDHMI).
Nutritional deficiencies can significantly stunt growth, resulting in short stature, delayed development, and poor weight gain. Nutritional stunting is a common problem of the pediatric population, especially in developing countries including Indonesia. Hence, CIMSA UGM initiated KUMBANG x KENYANG (Kakak Tumbuh Kembang untuk Keseimbangan Gizi Anak Tersayang). In this community development, we educate the mothers and toddlers of four posyandu in Kecamatan Gondokusuman through a series of fun activities, such as cooking demo, socialization, anthropometry measurement, etc.
The healthcare sector is currently increasing its focus on spreading awareness about preventive and promotive care in place of curative endeavors. CDS CIMSA UGM empower medical students to raise comprehensive sexuality education awareness to 8th grade junior high school students of SMPN 4 Ngaglik through a variety of fun yet educational activities. This community development is called SECATEEN (Sexual Education for Teen).
CDS CIMSA UGM also has ATTENTION (Avoiding Tuberculosis with Prevention and Education), another community development that focuses on preventive and promotive care with pulmonary tuberculosis as its main topic. ATTENTION aims to produce tuberculosis-aware cadres that consists of teenagers and young adults from Kecamatan Gondomanan. We chose Kecamatan Gondomanan because of its high pulmonary tuberculosis cases compared to other areas in DI Yogyakarta.
We continue to establish further sustainable projects and community developments in our current communities, and are not withdrawing any possibility to involve more local communities and partnerships.
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