AcehBesar – FASTANA-TDMRC Universitas Syiah Kuala,continuesthefastanaactionforEcosystembasedEconomicDevelopmentagendawiththePKKGampongKajhuMobilizationteam.ThisactivityisoneofaseriesofOrmawaCapacityBuildingPrograms(P2KORMAWA)heldinGampongKajjhu,BaitussalamaDistrict,AcehBesarRegency.
Inthisfollow-upactivity,FASTANA-TDMRCtogetherwithmothersfromPKKGampongKajhucarriedouttheEmpowermentofCakeProductionmadefromAvicenniaMangroveFlourwhichisanindependentprocessedproductofPPKORMAWAFASTANA-TDMRCmembers.Thisprogramisaprogramthatiscarriedoutasafollow-uptomaterialdeliveryactivitiesthathavebeencarriedoutonthepreviousday(15/10/2022).Attoday’skegiatain,mothersenthusiasticallyapplytheknowledgeofcakeproductionthathasbeenintroducedbytheFASTANAPKKTeam.Thisprogramwasattendedby24pkkmembersGampongKajhu.ThisprogrambeganwiththeintroductionofMangroveFlourprocessedbythePPKORMAWAFASTANA-TDMRCteamwhich is madefrommangrovefruit of theBruguieragymnorrhizatypeorknownasLindurfruit.MangroveFlouristheresultofoneweekofhardworkinprocessinglindurfruit,intoflourthatcanbeusedinfoodprocessing.Inthisempowermentactivity,theP2KFASTANAteamprepared4groups,withcompletematerialsandtools.ThisdividedgroupwillthenprocessmangroveflourproducedbytheFASTANATeam,intodifferentprocessedfoods.TheFASTANAteamitselfhasprepared4recipesforprocessedmangroves,namelyKlepon,BuburSumsum,Pudding,andBakpao.
Thisempowermentprogramwasveryenthusiasticallywelcomedby the participatingmothers,wheretheywereverymotivatedtobecomethebestgroup,this is evidentfromtheprocessedproductsoftheparticipants’motherswhowereverydeliciousandlookedbeautiful,becausethey were servedbeautifullyondecorativeplates.Mrs.Jasmi,S.Pd,astheheadofthePKKMobilizationTeamsaidthat“thisprogramheldisaveryusefulprogram,becausebyimplementingawayofproducingprocessedfoodfrommangroveflour, it willaddinsighttomotherstobecreativeinutilizingresourcesthatarewidelyavailableinGampongKajhu,butarenotwidelyknownbythewidercommunity”.
HasnanHanifastheheadoftheFASTANATeamsaidthat“inmyopinionthisprogramisarealactionthatwehavetakentoimplementthematerialthatFASTANAhasconveyedinthepreviousday,thatmangroveplantscanbeprocessedintoall-purposeflour,whichcan be usedasrawmaterialforvariousfoodproductsthathaveahighsellingvalue,sothatitcanhaveagreateconomicimpactonthecommunityaroundthemangroveecosystem”.