Posdaya Baraya is the Strong Partner of the Established Institutions
On 4 December 2012, the delegation of the Executive Boards of the Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah (SKPD) of Solok and Lima Puluh Kota took the opportunity for the Observation Study Tour (OST) to three Posdaya around the Campus IPB. The 130 (one hundred and thirthy) OST delegates were divided into three groups for the concurrent visit to the three Posdaya. Those three Posdaya were, Baraya Posdaya of Darmaga Village, the Posdaya Mandiri Terpadu of Cikarawang Village, and Fajar Harapan Posdaya of Purwasari village.
"There have been 30 (thirty) Posdaya at the Lima Puluh Kota Regency. It is the reasons why are here, we are eager to learn how to motivate and encourage them. We are very impressed with Posdaya founded by IPB as their programs are endemic of the community and beneficial for them. In addition, the Posdaya here are synergetic with other Posdaya programs and other agencies as well. We want to know how to synergize those programs, "said Rahmadina, S.Sos as Head of Community Empowerment and Nagari (BPMPN) at Kabupaten Lima Puluh Kota when the delegates of OST visited Posdaya Baraya of Dramaga village.
Posdaya (Pos Family Empowerment) is the community development program by synergizing various empowerment activities in the village. According to the village leader of Dramaga village, Mr. Yayat Supriyatna, the programs of Baraya Posdaya are from the community themselves, especially in developing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on sweets.
"With the establishment of Posdaya of Dramaga village, the Small and Medium Enterprises of sweets have been growing rapidly. Formerly, the icon of the village was nutmeg sweets, but now the SMEs have developed many varieties of fruit sweets and recently they even innovated their products by producing vegetables sweets, pariah sweets (Cucurbitaceae), "he said.
The synergy between the SMEs and Posdaya or other existing institutions is the strong partneship between them. For example in the development of sweets business, Baraya Posdaya does not produce the sweets itself but it supports those businesses by providing consultation in designing appropriate package and marketing their products.
"For example, Posyandu for health and PAUD for early childhood education, Baraya Posdaya does not establish both the Posyandu and PAUD but it has been the strong partner of the existed Posyandu and PAUD. By sealing the relationships between them, thus there won’t be no competition between Posdaya with those existing institutions, "said Chairman of Baraya Posdaya, Ridwan. (Wied).
