Goa Gong is a UNESCO-recognized conserved tourist area since 2015. Every conserved area must apply procedures how important to maintain the cleanliness of nature and its environment. However, it comes back to one's consciousness to do it in everyday life. Ethics in keeping conserved areas comfortable and clean are important to be applied. Putting noticement on a board or billboard and providing a garbage bins is one of the simple ways that can be done. Placed the noticement and the bins at several points makes easy for every visitor to see them. It has been done in Goa Gong tourism area, Pacitan. Cleanliness is one of the important health indicators applied. This is in line with what is discussed during the Health Problem workshop held by Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta which must be implemented in daily life, one of which is environmental hygiene and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

A clean environment stimulates beautiful nature. In addition to a clean environment, the growth of various types of plants and trees will have a positive impact on nature and the surrounding environment. The green natural beauty will stimulate positive energy for everyone, especially visitors who come as tourists in Gong Cave. Geographical and natural conditions that are hilly and overgrown with various types of plants add to the beauty of this region.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the health protocols implemented by Goa Gong tourism officers is providing gloves for every visitor, in addition of hand washing and body temperature checks. However, keeping the distance among visitors is still not discipline-enforced, although several times officers reminded them. It happens because of the lack of awareness of visitors, even among them talking jokes and singing without wearing a mask. Such conduct deserves attention because it will be a health problem that has a negative impact to many other people.

Self-awareness and sensitivity to natural and environmental situations are issues that may be difficult to do for certain people. Recreation and natural visit give people the opportunity to learn that a clean environment will give positive energy in their daily lives. Nature cannot speak like a human being, but it can show its beauty so that people can realize how important nature and the environment are to life. ***

No denying that almost one year, Covid-19 pandemic is taking place in Indonesia. Even in December 2020, there has been no decrease in the number of Covid-19 patients, even on the contrary the figures show an increase. The opportunity to have exposure to cave Gong tourism village and Klayar beach in Pacitan, East Java during the pandemic, gives the author an experience to observe how people respond to the pandemic.

Cave Gong and Klayar beach are among the UNESCO-recognized tourist spots since 2015, so the number of visitors is high. Since the pandemic broke out, tourist spots are closed so that the economy of businesses around the tourist area has dropped dramatically, including the levy of  location entrances, parking lots, traders, tour guides to toilet tips. One of the agate traders in Goa Gong region told me that usually their income was enough to eat, but during the pandemic their income falling down even zero. Unluckily, there is no other option except waiting for tourists to come again and to buy their merchandise.

Klayar beach offers the beauty of the seashore. Many local people work as beach motorcycle taxis that transport passengers from the beach to the exit gate which is quite far and uphill.  During this pandemic, the number of beach taxi drivers is more compared to the number of tourists who come. It is clear that their income is greatly reduced. A beach motorcycle taxi driver told me that he has not got any passengers a whole day. One thing that deserves to get thumbs up is they do not give up, even they are sure that fortune will always be provided for them. Actually, it is not only those in coastal areas or caves that are affected by the pandemic in economy. Many people are economically affected by the pandemic due to the reduction of employees in the workplace, do not have permanent jobs even farmers because of the decrease of purchasing power among the people.

Through exposure and field observation, the writer has a reflection that empathy and action are needed to support each other economically by buying merchandise or using the services offered. Let's share the bread by not only considering our needs, but supporting each other, in order to achieve balance. "The one who gathered much, did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little." (2 Corinthians 8: 15).***

(Observation of Health Procedures in Goa Gong, Pacitan)

Current health problems in Indonesia cannot be separated from the reality of the Covid 19 pandemic that is still happening. The pandemic hit various fields of community activity, covering government, education, economy, religion, trade including tourism. The government, with a variety of policies, is trying to get every sector keeps on its way, and the people are trying to get up by optimizing their potencies. Since the midyear, the government has been campaigning the new normal as a response to live with a new pattern, including the implementation of health protocols in individuals, at work, and in public places to lift up the people's lives.

Based on the observation made through exposure or study visit as part of the Health Problems in Indonesia program carried out in Goa Gong (Cave Gong) in Pacitan regency, East Java (19/12/2020) it is known that the cave located in Bomo village, Punung district, Pacitan Regency is part of the Global Geopark Network acknowledged by UNESCO in 2015. The Geopark area itself stretches in three regencies, namely Gunungkidul regency (DIY), Wonogiri regency (Central Java), and Pacitan Regency (East Java), and specifically in Pacitan itself, the geopark consists of caves, beaches, and archeological sites.

Considering that the cave is included in a high-risk area exposed to the Covid-19 virus, so tourism in the Gong cave requires a special treatment for the safety and security of visitors from the exposure to the virus. The threat of exposure is due to the presence of a group of visitors and the touch on the fences and rocks in the pathways in the cave so that the tour manager is trying to seriously implement health protocols with several new policies such as the use of gloves, tour guides accompaniment, management of visitor number per group, distance arrangement of per group entry and the duration of visit inside the cave.

In addition to the policies above, the tourism destination manager has also equipped the tourism destination with: 1) warning boards, banners dan posters containing information on the implementation of health protocols in several spots; 2) doing health checks such as gloves for visitors, body temperature,  masks, and regulating the number of visitors per group; 3) providing facilities to maintain cleanliness and health for washing hands and the availability of sufficient water, even almost every kiosk selling souvenirs providing handwashing facilities, trash bins according to the type of garbage and routine cleaning of facilities by the staffs; 4) tourist guide role to remind visitors tirelessly to maintain health protocols besides explaining the spots in the cave and various stories of it.

These findings show the serious readiness of the managers and all parties involved in the tourist area of Goa Gong in implementing health protocols. This should be balanced that visitors also behave healthily during the visit. However, the implementation of the health protocol in the Goa Gong area left a new problem that must be seriously considered by the manager, that is, the waste of gloves. How come? Please consider the presence of five hundred visitors per day with a thousand used-gloves per day.

It is expected that these findings will open people's optimism to be consistent with a new life implementation based on a clean and healthy lifestyle so that better public health can be realized and the existence of Goa Gong as God's gift in the form of a very valuable geological heritage can bring prosperity to the community. ***

Walking through the Goa Gong in the midst of a pandemic is not only admiring the beauty of the stalactites and stalagmites, stone curtains which turned to marble, crystals, and 'sendang' (water spring), but also reviving tourism as a livelihood  for the local residents. Twenty-five minutes I explored the cave while digging up the struggles of a woman who works as a local tour guide when tourism is suspended.

The problem of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia has affected community activities in various fields directly or indirectly. One of the most impactful is the closure of almost tourism destinations which have been a source of income for the people in many regions likewise what happened at Goa Gong tourist attractions in Bomo village, Punung district, Pacitan Regency, East Java. Before the Covid-19 hit, visitor interest was high enough so that tour guides have the opportunity to guide tourists. It is their source of income. However, since March 2020, Goa Gong has been closed for tourist visits, therefore people who previously had economic activity from the tourism spot could not survive.

Based on an interview with one of the tour guides, there are 26 tour guides consisting of 16 women and 8 men. The women who become tour guides in Goa Gong work to support the stability of their family's economy and they get full support from their family so they can focus and be professional when they are working to guide tourists. They also do their job joyfully and enthusiastically because they can interact with people from various regions even abroad.

 

The government tries to implement solutions that can make balance between economy running for society and minimizing the spread of Covid-19. The implementation of the New Normal by complying health protocols, people can do their previous activities as before with certain limits, such as crowd quota and the availability of facilities to carry out health protocols. The access to tourism destination is starting to be reopened by emphasizing the implementation of health protocols.

In fact, the New Normal policy cannot automatically restore life as before. However, it will help even though slowly to recover the weakened sectors and consequently it takes time. Likewise, Goa Gong tourism has been reopened since September 2020, although still for local visitors. The number of visitors is still low, while the availability of tour guides is still the same as the number before Covid-19. One of the guide women said that during this deserted time she had to find an additional work, she works at home industry for herbal medicine. "I don’t know anything else to do, the important thing is my family is healthy and able to afford food,” she added. This is a manifestation of women's struggle to survive even though they have to deal with the threatening of Covid-19 spread. Long live the working women!

Health problems are still a concern in Indonesia, even it can be said vulnerable, because starting from a trivial matter, human life can be threatened if it is not handled properly, especially in remote areas with limited health services. These various health problems arise from a variety of geographical conditions in Indonesia, including Manggarai regency, east Nusa Tenggara province where I live.

One issue that makes me concerned much is the death rate of mother and baby. In 2018 Manggarai District Health Office Report stated that one of the problems is maternal and infant deaths, as well as malnutrition. Some obstacles to overcome the problem include limited human resources health workers, geographical conditions of the region, culture, distribution of health workers, not optimal implementation of SOP in the first level of health facilitation (FKTP), health budget and limited quality medical devices. Health human resources are limited ranging from quantity, quality, type and distribution of general practitioners, nutritionists, pharmacists, health analysis, etc. This limitation hinders the health services and worse the available health workers are overwhelmed by simultaneously tasks so that the work to handle patients is abandoned or delayed. 

What should we do? Good handling begins from mapping the factors related to the problem, especially in Manggarai. First, improving health human resources through education and technical training in the field of health including evenly distribution of health workers in Manggarai, especially in remote – difficult-to-reach areas with the availability of first services for patients, especially for pregnant women and childbirth.

It is not easy and it needs government intervention because not everyone is ready to be in remote areas. There are government efforts to improve health with Nusantara Sehat program from the Ministry of Health to improve access and quality of health services to health care facilities in disadvantaged areas, borders and islands, as well as in health-troubled areas, by providing professional doctors, nurses, midwives, public health workers, environmental health workers, medical laboratory technology experts, nutritionists and pharmaceutical workers. In 2017 Manggarai received twenty-two health workers from Nusantara Sehat program and they were distributed in 4 health centers: Wae Kajong, Reo, Bea Mese and Iteng, consisting of general practitioners, dentists, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, sanitarian and nutrition workers matched with the needs of first health centre  (kupang.tribunnews.com/2017/09/07/22-tenaga-kesehatan-tim-nusantara-sehat-bertugas-di-kabupaten-manggarai). Next, why is maternal and infant death still vulnerable? Another closely related factor is the family, as the first circle of mothers and infants. The family should strive for their safety  and ensure the availability of the needs of mothers and infants since pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. Unluckily, the condition of the families is very diverse, covering the level of education, self-awareness, how to meet the needs of life plus cultural and geographical factors. Thus, health education is needed for families, not only the prospective mothers who will care for their babies  and their husbands, but also extended families.

The Church can be involved to improve the quality of health. Has the church been paying attention and involved to handle the health problems of citizens and the community? The Church is a place of responsibility in ministry, it is necessary to play a role in health for example through preaching about health based on religious and Biblical teachings, socialization about health because it is also an effort to maintain and care for one's self as a noble and reasoned creature of God. Other alternatives can do monitoring the health of the congregation regularly and do efforts to improve the nutrition of the congregation. So that the church is not only worship but it is more than that as a form of complete love of the Church towards its people.

Health issues become a common responsibility, the government through the field of health, awareness of individuals engaged in health, the behavior of individuals in families and communities and other institutions that pay attention to this social problem. From the findings of maternal and infant mortality problems around me, made me more aware and equipped to realize the importance of health for myself, my family and the surrounding in which I live and continue to participate for a better Manggarai.***

The increasing cases of Covid 19 have become a deep concern for the people of Yogyakarta, especially the residents of RW (housing group) 19. Covid 19 has even arrived in front of the community. Realizing that the handling of Covid 19 cannot fully depend on the health workers, the community must be actively involved in the level of prevention and providing information as the first step. The residents’ awareness and enthusiasm for continuing to seek information related to Covid 19 have been warmly welcomed by Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta through the Health Problems in Indonesia program. Stube HEMAT initiated dialogue and education to the community, as a contribution to community development, especially in the health sector related to the Covid 19 pandemic. This virtual dialogue was attended by the housing group management and members of the Covid Task Force team of kampong Nyutran with the topic of ‘Resilient village against Covid 19’ facilitated by Endro Sambodo as the source person, from the fast reaction team (TRC) of the BPBD DIY (Regional Disaster Management Agency of the Special Region of Yogyakarta) on Sunday (6/12/2020).

In the opening, Ariani Narwastujati, the Executive Director of Stube HEMAT as well as the moderator revealed that this topic was chosen to answer the challenges and problems that occur among people to establish a resilient kampong against Covid 19. The head of the Covid task force RW 19, Didiet Raditya Hadi welcomed this activity and thanked the resource person who has allocated his time in a virtual dialogue that was held for the first time during the pandemic. He hoped that this meeting will be beneficial for the community, especially the residents of RW 19 to know things related to the resilient kampong against Covid 19.

Endro Sambodo in his presentation of the material reminded the importance of a resilient kampong/village against Covid 19 because the pandemic outbreak in the Special Region of Yogyakarta is increasing. It requires the participation of the community from the RT/RW level to immediately empower themselves so that the community is spry to act if an outbreak hits their area. With the alacrity of the local community responding to the outbreak, the handling can be done quickly and precisely so that the chain of transmission can be stopped and prevent more virus exposure. In connection with the resilient kampong against Covid 19, Endro revealed the steps that must be fulfilled, namely: 1) The village management has a community communication system via Whatsapp, SMS, or other communication applications. 2) Regulations must be implemented for the safety of the residents, especially regarding community gatherings, special events, the presence of migrants or travelers, including sanctions agreements that are agreed together. 3) Fast communication for any incident in the area. 4) Appointing residents or asking for a volunteer from the residents to be in charge of the required sectors. 5) Establish the divisions of communication, health, operations, logistics, and security. Another important note is preventing social stigma to protect people exposed to Covid 19, that being exposed to Covid 19 is not a disgrace.

Endar Hidayati, the chairwoman of RW 19 said, "This dialogue is very good to open up our awareness as managers of kampong Nyutran how to have a Covid 19 resilient kampong. This new knowledge becomes our reference to prepare follow-up steps to be more alert and aware in facing Covid, invisible but actually existing". It is hoped that the experience in this educational dialogue will be an added value for each participant and new knowledge to realize a resilient community facing Covid 19 pandemic. Let us continue to work together in harmony, Bravo RW 19.***

Mental health with the topic 'Psychosocial Problems of Youth' became part of the Health Problems in Indonesia training held by Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta through virtual discussion on Dec 5, 2020. Twenty student participants from various study backgrounds in Yogyakarta and outside Yogyakarta such as Sumba, Lampung, Nias, Flores, Bangka, Maluku, and Cilacap, coloring the discussion which invited Yosef Andre Beo as a resource person. Andre is familiar with Stube HEMAT because he was active in this institution while studying in Yogyakarta. Now, he is completing a Master in Mental Nursing at Brawijaya University Malang.

The series of training on Health Problems in Indonesia held by Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta encouraged me to look back at the reality in my hometown in Nias, especially the reality of health problems. Indeed, the current attention of the people of Indonesia and the world is still caught in the pandemic, but it does not mean ignoring other health problems. It can be seen that a part of the training encouraged the participants to review health problems in their hometowns.

The health problems I have observed in Nias regency cover the quality of healthy latrines, clean water facilities, and dirt-floor houses. Based on the BPS data of North Sumatra province in 2019, the distribution of households to the use of defecation facilities is categorized as follows: self use 42,15%, family 5,12%, public toilets 0,26%, not use 0,22%, and none 52,25% (the highest in North Sumatra province). The data shows that more than 50% of households in Nias regency do not have healthy and proper latrines. On the other hand, household drinking water sources are very diverse, from the pump well 1,53%, protected wells 13,60%, unprotected wells 32,22% (highest in North Sumatra province), protected springs 7,77%, unprotected springs 32,54% (highest in North Sumatra province), surface water 1,72%, and rainwater 7,82%. Meanwhile, the distribution of households that have access to proper drinking water sources is 29,15% (the lowest in North Sumatra province, although it increased between 2014-2018). Regarding households with dirt floors, in Nias Regency, there are 16,30% of households, the largest number in North Sumatra province.

The reality above is commonly found in villages with minimum access to roads, electricity/lighting, information technology, and other public facilities. Besides, residents in these villages are low economic who are only able to build wooden houses and dirt floors, so, consequently, most of their houses do not have proper latrines or clean water. It does not mean that residents do not care about the benefits of having a latrine and hygienic water, but they still prioritize efforts to meet the primary needs of the family, so that the need for proper latrine facilities is still neglected, and they use fields, ditches or rivers behind their houses. Regarding the availability of water, the families who do not have a permanent bathroom usually dig a well or water reservoir covered with tent or tarpaulin with bamboo as poles and usually have no roofs. Sometimes yellowish water is still used for bathing, washing household furniture and clothes.

For me who studies Governance Science, by looking at these health problems, I learn to find alternatives for the problems that occurred in my hometown, for example, the local government 'opened their eyes' and was asked to play a more role by opening access to clean water through PDAMs even though gradually. Meanwhile, related to the availability of latrines and improving the quality of house floors, the village government can take initiatives as a form of a 'sense of crisis' for the basic needs of the community by promoting the construction of household latrines which are included in village development to increase the social solidarity of the community and improve the quality of life. ***

In the activity of potential observation, we learned by doing direct observation of all the potential resources in rural area.  The main reason to choose the countryside is because we thought that all points of human living civilization basically started from this smallest area, called a ‘kampong’ which in its development is more often called as a village. A living civilization will develop well and be maintained if human and natural resources are sufficient and qualified.

As the modern era progresses, the level of social and environmental problems will be more complex. In the tourism sector, it is necessary to enjoy life wisely through ecotourism. Ecotourism is currently one of the options to promote a typical natural environment that is still maintained authenticity to be a tourist destination.

One typical ecotourism that can preserve the environment is rural-based ecotourism. Rural Ecotourism is a tourism concept based on the potential of the rural natural environment and the socio-cultural and economic life of local communities. The principle of rural ecotourism expects that visitors to be creative while enjoying rural life by interacting and integrating directly with rural life.

‘Ekowisata’ in Indonesian is from the word of ecotourism (ecological tourism) that is an environmentally minded tourism having priority to the nature conservation aspects, aspects of economic-socio-cultural empowerment for local communities as well as aspects of learning and education (https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekowisata).

The main purpose of ecotourism is to build sustainable tourism by providing ecological and economic benefits, as well as providing social benefits to people's lives. The needs of tourists can also answer the sustainability of socio-cultural life and providing opportunities for the current and future generations to utilize and develop it "Subadra, 2008".

We chose to learn the potential of rural-based ecotourism in Munaseli village, because this place has a lot of interesting potential. The strength of the appeal of this village lies in the history of the kingdom which is still closely related to the kingdom of "Majapahit" and its customs traditions that are still preserved today and completed with heirlooms and some sacred historical places.

Munaseli includes the deep water area of the SAP (Water Sanctuary) of the Pantar Strait and the surrounding sea. The village is home to BUMDes Manusirikoko which manages the village's business and ecotourism activities, as well as Pokmaswas Tanjung Muna as a coastal and marine monitoring community. They actively monitor and report the high destructive fishing activities that occur in the waters of their villages. Moreover, the people have authentic culinary dishes and interesting cultural history to explore.

It is expected that this rural ecotourism activity will enable young intellectual, especially students, to open their minds to act more creatively as the balance of critical thinking and idealism as the purpose of life by looking all the potentials, especially in the village. A lot of potentials, either natural resources or human resources of East Indonesia especially Alor have not been managed well and wisely. It’s a pity that commonly young people prefer just to be spectators and workers of the development in their own area, and rarely have the intention and willingness to be initiator to expand the potential of the existing resources.***

The topic of health discussions is becoming 'hot news' today because pandemics are still rampant and the number of infected people and deaths is still up and down. This is the major health problem in various countries including Indonesia so that various parties are deployed to overcome the pandemic. Government authorities, government agencies as well as the private sector and the public take their respective roles to inhibit the spread of the virus in an effort to help medical personnel deal with infected patients.

People’s awareness to the situation based on a correct understanding of Covid 19 is important, including students, so that they can take the right attitude when responding to news about the pandemic and implement health procedures while being able to educate those around them. Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta as a human resources development institution, especially for students through the 'Health Problems In Indonesia' program opened an online dialogue between students and medical personnel who treat Covid-19-confirmed patients at one of the hospitals in Jakarta.

The sharing activity held on Saturday (10/31/2020) through Meet and Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta invited Imelda Dewi Susanti, S,Kep. Ners, who is experienced as a nurse in her home region, West Kalimantan, and as a participant in the Nusantara Sehat program. While still studying in Jogja, Imelda actively participated in Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta activities including being one of the participants of sumba exploring program by doing empowerment for the community in Sumba. Imelda said that she joined as a Covid-19 nurse after completing the Nusantara Sehat program where she was placed at the inland of Poso district. Her call to be a Covid-19 patient nurse came when she saw the patient who was positively confirmed of Covid-19 and her friend who was also infected with the virus. At the same time there was ‘Nusantara Sehat Darurat Covid-19’ program, so she decided to join despite she doubted whether her family supported her, but the call and dedication of a nurse encouraged her to register and finally she was accepted with the placement in Jakarta.

This sharing revealed the dynamics and struggles faced when she is working to treat Covid-19 patients. Imelda said that fundamentally her task is not much different from nurses who treat patients, but the difference is the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), SOP Covid-19 and self-health management demand to be in superfine condition. She recounted when she treated Covid-19 patients with comorbid diseases, it needed extra attention, in which medical measures were taken to treat his illness and vitamin intake to improve immunity. Unluckily, the patient's family can not accompany, so it is the nurse who takes care the patient, so that the nurse not only treats, delivers medication and monitors, but also accompanies, listens to their story as a therapy to relieve the anxiety. Fear and anxious will affect the physical condition and other organs of the patient’s body. The Covid-19-confirmed patient is treated indoors and monitored intensively with certain health procedure, while patients without symptoms and have self-isolation are treated differently, they can do outdoor activities such as exercising, sunbathing in the morning, and having vitamins to improve their immunity.

Indeed, Covid-19 has no antivirus yet, however it is not necessary to respond excessively, just doing health procedures properly, including maintaining a healthy and clean lifestyle, positive and optimistic thinking. This dialogue touched every heart and enlightened students' insights how to behave in the midst of the pandemic, not by panicking to respond to the news without clear source, but being wise to digest the information received, starting from ownself and inviting people around to follow health protocols.***

Indonesia is vulnerable in handling health problems due to various situations such as limited health facilities, competent medical personnel, poor understanding of health and low discipline of healthy living among society, while the potential people who may be infected with the disease exceeds the ability to overcome it. Nowadays with the case of Covid-19 becomes a red signal for all of us, so that people should be more aware of the importance of health for themselves and others and it makes us learn that humans can not live alone and it is proven that the infection occurs globally as a pandemic.

Health challenges in Indonesia must be responded not only by those working in health but everyone is responsible for it, including students, so that Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta designed the Health Problems program in Indonesia to help students understand health problems in Indonesia with adequate information related to these health problems and having insight and knowledge how to solve them. The training was held online on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 so that students from various regions in Indonesia could participate, with the theme ‘Reality of Health Problems in Indonesia’ with Sukendri Siswanto, S.Pd.M.Kes, head of the Primary Health Division of CD Bethesda as the speaker. It is recorded that there are several student participants from Sumatra, Java, NTT, Maluku and Sulawesi.

Sukendri began the discussion by raising the question, why does the health of people at the past look better than the present? While the condition of the community, knowledge and health facilities today is more complete than the condition at the past.  Well, there are various factors that affect health, a health expert named H.L Blum mentioned that the health status of the public or individual is influenced by four main factors namely Environment, Behavior, Health Services and Genetics (Offspring). These four factors become a challenge in Indonesia especially geographically with thousands of islands so that the distribution of health facilities is not evenly distributed for each sub-district, such as health center services and general practitioners. Another challenge is the need to increase public awareness to behave in a healthy life, such as the availability of clean water, toilet facilities and household sanitation. Other topics include the importance of adequate nutrition and nutrition, including exclusive breast milk for infants, as well as complementary breast milk foods to support their growth.

The discussion opened students' mind to the reality of health problems in Indonesia, even though it is only on the surface, students will do further steps by having groups according to their home region and mapping  health problems that occur in their respective regions. From the findings, students will be accompanied to analyze health problems, as well as to bring up ideas or actions that can be done as the response to the problems.***

The prevention of Covid 19 inevitably requires the determination of one heart of all people in the society to fight it along with all the consequences in the New Normal system, the new living order. Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta as a student assistance institution in Yogyakarta has program focusing on Health Problems in Indonesia and had a discussion with BPBD (Regional Disaster Management Agency) of Yogyakarta Special Teritory Province (DIY) which is responsible as the Operation Support Post of The Task Force Handling Covid-19 in the Special Region of Yogyakarta at Pendopo Wisma Pojok Indah, Condongcatur on October 24, 2020. Twenty students from various regions in Indonesia attended the discussion. In the opening session,  Rev. Bambang Sumbodo, board-in-charge of Stube HEMAT, revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic had a negative impact, however, the positive impact is that humans are forced back into nature because nature awaits us, humans and nature have a close relationship like human relationship with God, and human with human. It triggers individual and shared awareness of how to behave cleanly and healthy because health becomes everyone's need both spiritually and physically.

The material on Adaptation of New Habits as a pandemic response was presented by Endro Sambogo from BPBD DIY Quick Reaction Team. He explained how to live in a new normal during pandemic conditions. Slowly the activity of the community is starting to move but it can not be the same as the situation before the pandemic, this means that the community must have a new life behavior now, a new environment and a new mindset. New order with new habits and behaviors are based on adaptation to get used to this clean and healthy living behavior that’s called new normal, by washing hands with soap, wearing a mask when we are going out, having a safe distance and not being in the crowds. To realize the new normal scenario, the government has now partnered with relevant parties including community leaders and experts to formulate protocols or standard of operational procedure to ensure people can re-engage, but remain safe from COVID-19. This protocol is not only in economics, but also in education and religion life, depending on the epidemological aspects of each region, so that the additional number of positive cases can be suppressed.

Endro explained the 'mourning' activity (visiting when someone dies), that in fact the dangerous or risky conditions were not the bodies but from the interaction of family members and mourners, as well as the crowds in the cemetery. The susceptible condition also occurs when people exposed to the virus have congenital diseases, such as hypertension, heart, asthma, lung and some other diseases. Currently, awareness needs to be increased due to the presence of a symptomless person (OTG), i.e. a person who has been exposed to the virus but does not show symptoms of pain because he/she has strong immunity and feels fine. OTG will infect others who have weak immune, so inevitably everyone should wear masks, wash their hands, keep their distance and avoid crowds. It should be done in a disciplined way.

Such opportunity to have dialogue with the person who is directly involved to handle Covid 19 in the DIY stirred participants to express their curiosity about people who were exposed to the virus but showed no symptoms of pain. There are also people who have excessive anxiety of being exposed to the virus so that the person over acts.  Endro revealed that Covid 19 is a flu virus that easily infects humans and the virus also continues to mutate so that Covid 19 has no anti-virus. When a person is exposed to this virus but the condition of immunity is strong, the person will not hurt, but he/she can transmit to others. So, we must be conscious to implement clean and healthy behaviors in order to protect others. Related to over actions, it happens because people's understanding is not complete about this pandemic, that actually this virus does not fatally cause death, but the congenital diseases that exacerbate the condition, so that there are complications. Worse, the influential media builds a scary 'image' of this Covid 19 case.

At the end of the session, Endro reminded participants as young people and students who have learned more about the Covid 19 pandemic, should apply new habits, clean and healthy living behaviors, while providing proper education about Covid 19 to people nearby, such as at the boarding house, at the campus, and for their families, so that the spread of Covid 19 can be suppressed and the community can do activities comfortably. ***

The development of information and communication technology brought great impacts on life, both positive and negative. This is also felt by the people of Debululik village, South Lamaknen District, Belu regency, NTT Province, a village at the border between Indonesia and Timor Leste. Before internet and computer reached this area, the people used typewriters if they wanted to type letters, and when the typewriter was broken, they must go to town to write letters. It took a long time because the trip from village to town was about two hours, and this meant takes over time for doing other activities. If parents wanted to inform their children in town, they wrote and sent the letter at the post office because there was no internet and communication network. So, there was a time lag for the message to be conveyed from parents to their children. If students who study in town ran out of money for daily food or something urgent, their news took several days to reach their parents, because the process of sending letters through post office took time. The junior and senior high school children usually study in Atambua, while the university students mostly study in Yogyakarta, and some others in Kefamenanu, Kupang, Bali, Jakarta and Malang.

The recent situation is different from the past, if parents want to type or exchange news with their children living outside the town, they can contact them directly from their home because of the avaliability of communication network, even they both can communicate more quickly through Whatsapp and Facebook. For those who do not have internet or want to type letters but have no laptop or computer, they can come to village office because those appliances are available for free.

The people now also use cyberspace as means of making money. They do business from home and take advantage of social media to sell electricity pre-paid, airplane tickets and other online sales. When the communication network and internet were not available, people had to bring their crops or harvests to the market or wait for the middleman come to their villages.

During pandemic, some parents asked the children who study in town to return to their village for safety and for other reasons, so some junior and high school students returned home, although some others chose to stay because they are in the last semester or because of communication network reason. My village has highest number of students in South Lamaknen district because the people there are concern to send their children to study. Even though they returned to their village they could join the learning during the pandemic because it was done online.

The internet also brought negative impact when some children cheated their parents by reason of school needs and other reasons, but they bought internet data package not for study. Worse, many youth spent their spare time to play online games, instead helping their parents to cultivate the fields or to do other works. Next, the virtual world greatly influences youths in fashion style so that they competes each other wearing the latest clothes style, eventhough with the counterfeit trade mark clothes.

It should be realized that internet has both positive benefits and negative impacts on social life. It all depends on how it is used. This is what I learn when I return to my hometown after finishing my college in Yogyakarta. I can use technology development in a good way and help people, especially children in my village, to be smart in using the internet, especially for learning.***

Talking about technology, the students must be familiar with it, especially in this era they are required to master technology, both for their campus assignments and other works based on smartphones, laptops, projectors and other devices. The pandemic of Covid-19 that occurred globally, changed the lifestyle of everyone, including my study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Lectures that are usually conducted face-to-face, writing on board, group discussion and presentation, and using projector, immediately turned into virtual education to anticipate the spread of Covid-19 infections. It looked easy having lectures from boarding house, by turning on the smartphone and joining the lectures, but it is not easy in reality, sometimes it did not produced good result. There were many problems faced by students due to the change of learning process by using advanced technology in delivering materials and online interactions using Google Meet, Zoom, YouTube and others.

It seemed that the method is easy to follow but it is not, as few students complained about the changes because they have to adjust themselves to this new online learning, to face various problems from unstable connection even no connection at all, no smartphones or laptops so they had to go to internet cafe for attending online lectures, and they often complained the limited allocation of their money to buy internet data packages because the application for online lecture drained their internet data. As one consideration, if one online lecture costs 1 Gb of internet data package, and there are three courses a day, how much money is needed to buy internet data package for one month? Some of them are lucky because of wifi in campus, but what about those who cannot afford it?

This is my new challenge. I came from Lampung to Yogyakarta to continue my study. I live in a boarding house and have to be wise in managing allowance by limiting expenses or  have to do whatever can be done together with friends. However, never claim as a student if you have no solution, my friends and I gathered in boarding house during online lecture, shared one cellphone or laptop, and turned on tethering with friends, for example, one day we used Eri's cellphone, the next day Yuli's, and the latter another friend’s, or used wifi in campus. My friends and I enjoyed this, at least we can save the internet data. In addition, there are other difficulties coming when the presentation time comes because the students are not familiar with the application used.

These experiences made me realize that learning technology is not only during lectures or pandemic. By considering that technology will continue to develop,  I have to improve my abilities so that I can adapt to the work demands based on high technology. One alternative is I took part in Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta with its Cyber Awareness program that equipped me with new motivation to learn many things both technology and other useful skills that I can share when I return to my hometown. ***

The rapid development of technology today is accompanied by the unlimited open-accessed information. Until 2007, the flow of information on various topics from websites in cyberspace was freely accessed by everyone and it is like a double-edged knife, having both positive and negative impacts in life. Finally the government issued Law no. 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions, as a control over people's freedom to access the internet. The law itself contains elements of values and norms that apply in society.

This regulation got the pros and cons from various elements of society because in some cases the Law has trapped both perpetrators and victims in prisons, regardless of the various interpretations of it. Then, the government revised it through Law no. 19 of 2016 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions. Until 2020 the cases of defamation are more dominant, apart from other cases, such as leaks of data from social media users, to the practice of buying and selling personal data. This law does not apply automatically to someone who violates it, but it based on the complaint of the injured party for the actions of another person and the judgement is determined on the court.

This is a warning for everyone to be wise when exploring cyberspace, especially young students in advanced technology era and cannot be apart from virtual world interactions. They must be aware where they are and know the consequences what they are doing. This is the starting point for Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta through Cyber Awarenes program, discussing the ITE Law, data security, digital footprint and basic thinking concepts of living in digital era, at Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta (19/9/2020). Thirteen students from various campuses and regions attended the workshop. Putri Nirmala V. Laoli as the host started it by describing the topics discussed earlier, including new challenges and opportunities in cyber era, creating and managing content on social media and how to get benefits. The main discussion was delivered by Dema Tobing, M.Kom, an information technology practitioner, as IT teacher, programmer and gamer, who explained the logic of living in cyberspace. In connection with the ITE Law, he emphasized on Electronic Information and Transactions, simply when someone sends a message with a friend, he has made an electronic transaction. This concerns a warning about the dangers of misuse and distributing of information in cyberspace.

Have you ever thought about ‘digital footprint’? Digital footprint is a trace of data when someone uses the internet, whether from sites you visited, emails you sent or other information ‘inputted’ to various online sites. Everyone, from public figures to common people, as long as they have been connected to the internet, must have digital footprints in two types, active and passive. Active traces are data or information that we upload as photos, videos, status updates that are published in cyberspace through social media accounts or blogs. While passive traces are data that we ‘leave’ without realizing it when surfing in cyberspace, accessing certain sites, even just liking posts on social media, the server stores the internet service provider (ISP) address used by visitors. So, other parties can see a person's activity in cyberspace which is marked by the appearance of advertisements on his smartphone. If you frequently visit online news sites, children's and adult films, sports, culinary, beauty and so on, the advertisements that appear are related to the topic of the site, which is the result of the system itself with its algorithm direct advertising that suitable with the visitors.

From these experiences and findings, everyone, especially young people and students, need to be aware when accessing cyberspace, to be careful about inputting personal data on social media, because our digital footprint depends on our literacy skills in our digital world, in order to be able to sort and utilize information technology properly and productively.

Digital media has developed along with technological advances and it is increasingly accessed by society. Especially during the pandemic that the direct social interaction has drastically decreased due to interaction restrictions to restrain the spread of the virus. The use of digital media has increased drastically because various activities are diverted from home, such as studying from home, working from home, as well as all transactions use electronic devices. However, the use of digital technology in Indonesia cannot be utilized in all area due to various conditions, such as, communication networks that have not reached every area, limited knowledge and ability of a person to operate digital devices, further the ownership of digital devices is not evenly in society although the population of the mobile phone is more than the population itself.

These facts were revealed in Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta Workshop as part of Cyber Awareness program on September 12, 2020 concerning Digital Media, Content and Communication, which discussed strategies to utilize digital media, process content so that it has the power to influence and move people. Dr. Leonard C. Epafras, M.Th, a researcher and a theology lecturer at Duta Wacana Christian University Yogyakarta and Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies of Gadjah Mada University, in his presentation revealed that community interaction will shift to digital media along with the technological developments, of which generation Z and the younger millennial generation have a higher percentage compared to the boomer and younger generation X in the use of digital media such as websites, social media, digital video, images, audio and other applications. However, the digital gap still exists in several regions in Indonesia due to limited infrastructure and signal coverage (mostly concentrated on Java island), availability of equipment, labor market polarization which some human jobs will be taken over by machines. This gap affects the development of economic, social and cultural values, even it gives impact on information and communication technology, and worse the social environment is determined by the digital system with its complex algorithms that will possibly influence the development of modernization itself.

Considering that generation Z and young millennials dominate the use of digital media, the use of cellphone is more than PCs, people tend to watch videos and moving images and they utilize social media such as Youtube, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, creating digital content that has 'power' to influence and move people must have consideration as follows: (1) identifying who and where the person or group of people as the target of a content; (2) the presentations should be designed as an audio-visual and include the elements of the story, even dramatization to strengthen the story; (3) avoiding long duration content; (4) use personal and institutional elements to show connectedness. However, sometimes quality content is contradictory with viral logic as content that goes viral tends to be controversial, unusual, trivial but funny and unique.

Indeed, it is not easy to process content that has ‘power’ to influence and move people and the key is continue to learn, evaluate and innovate. As our consideration, content is not only viral but it has positive contribution, brings goodness and inspires others and even society. Since now, let’s young people and students, start processing quality content, and break the challenges.

The ability to utilize high-tech devices and cyber world is the key of person’s development and existence, as well as community and society, so that capacity building needs to be carried out to have impact on the quality of human life. However, the facts shows that technology-mastery gaps still occurs due to various backgrounds, such as education, age, economy and culture. Unluckily, technology itself continues to develop and change the people’s lifestyle. Those who are not ready will be left behind and even vanished. The outbreak of the pandemic Covid 19 has also accelerated the changes of people’s lifestyle in the world, from the way of life, interactions between people at home and society, the education sector, economic activity, religious activities and other sectors that 'force' them to 'do an exodus' from direct interaction to technology-based one, through internet for interaction, communication and transaction. Churches also face the same situation in which mass activities are suspended to limit the spread of the virus. Churches are also required to modify their services to be online for Sunday services, Sunday schools and other activities.

 

This situation becomes the concern of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta as human resource development institution. Through Cyber Awareness program, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta facilitated students to improve their ability to use technology and to ‘touch’ the limited or even technology-blind community groups by involving competent practitioners in their fields, so that the gap in technology mastery can be bridged and even further being able to carry out other creative improvisations. In this session Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta collaborated with Multimedia team of Javanese Church (GKJ) of Mergangsan to provide assistance and multimedia training at Javanese Church (GKJ) of Paliyan in Gunungkidul Regency (5/9/2020).

Trustha Rembaka, the coordinator of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta, introduced Stube HEMAT and its activities for students and its cooperation with churches in Yogyakarta. Next, the Multimedia team of GKJ Mergangsan explored GKJ Paliyan experiences doing online worship, especially in preparing video recordings for worship and other activities. The video making process relies on church youth using their devices to record videos and audios and to edit them. The results were not satisfied them because the visual appearance was still monotonous and the audio was disturbed by echoes. Richard Panggabean, a member of the Multimedia team explained the stages of video making that consists of pre-production, production and post-production. Sunday services pre-production covers the liturgy, sermon content and songs, personnel involved, supporting equipment and venue. The production stage relates to the process of recording videos and sounds of musical instruments, singers and controlling the environment during recording. Post-production is related to the recording process and uploading videos and then evaluation.

The shooting process of Sunday worship video became a laboratory for the church assembly, the music team and the youth of GKJ Paliyan. The church assembly practiced public communication techniques by pronouncing the liturgy text clearly and focusing  the eyes on the camera, the music team played the songs with appropriate rhythm and tone, the pastor delivered a concise but impressive sermon messages and the multimedia team recorded video with interesting angles and recorded audio through audio mixer to minimize echoes. The recording from the worship call to the blessing prayer, went well for about 30 minutes.

This learning experience gave strong impression to both the participants and the facilitators. The church council expressed their gratitude for the opportunity to learn multimedia, especially making videos for church services. To be honest, they told that they feel tense because it was their first time to be recorded on video, even to be uploaded on YouTube. At last, Daniel D. Nugraha, from the Multimedia Team of GKJ Mergangsan expressed his feelings to see the enthusiasm of the youth, the church assembly and the pastor of GKJ Paliyan during the process of recordings for the church services eventhough with limited recording devices.

This mentoring activity presented a sense of togetherness, mutual concern and became additional energy to be more enthusiastic even in limitations. There is a belief that there will be a solution someday. Stay enthusiastic in learning, sharing and doing service for the glory of God.

Have you ever imagined the process of making a film or video? Of course it takes time and detail preparation, especially if you look at the 'credit' section which lists the names of the people involved in making it, how to gather these people and to work together to make video. One part of making a video is the recording where scene by scene will be performed and recorded using camera with its various types and technology that develop based on its era.

The times leading to global era and based on technology require everyone to be proactive to adapt the advances. Related with the digital technology, a person must have a variety of skills, especially in using high technology communication in order to access various media, both information and social media. Moreover, the current trend of video-based social media is attracting people's attention and they are competing to upload videos both for documentation and monetizing potential.

Actually the recording activity is not new because it is often done by adults to children, from formal events to trivial or fun events. In fact, everyone has already a recording device that is ‘embedded’ in their gadget, but not everyone understands how to maximize the existing functions to produce quality products. From this point, Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta took the initiative to hold student training to answer their needs for producing videos by maximizing the recording tools and shooting techniques through their gadgets in Workshop #3 on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the secretariat of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta which was attended by nine students.

In the workshop as a Cyber Awareness program activity, Stube collaborated with the Multimedia team of Javanese Christian Church (GKJ) of Mergangsan who are experienced in making short videos and facilitating online and streaming church services. Richard Panggabean, from the Multimedia team, revealed that the technique of taking pictures is important in making videos because each scene has its own meaning. He explained the basic technique of taking pictures based on angle and distance (shoot), based on the angle there are (1) Frog angle and low angle (from below) mean to magnify; (2) Eyes angle is carried out parallel to the object; (3) High angle and bird angle are shots from above, which give the impression of a small or wide reach; (4) Over shoulder, usually for recording conversations between objects. Then, based on the distance (shoot) consists of Close Up, Medium and Long, which have their respective characteristics. Close up shoot is used to emphasize the expression or details of an object, Medium shoot is used to describe the object, while Long shoot is used to display the environment around the object.

The presentation of the basic technique of recording provided enlightenment for the participants, not merely recording, but also having a plan and message delivery of the video. The technology of recording equipment continues to develop, but the main thing is the human resources to produce good videos by continuously upgrading skills. So, let’s take advantage of the technology advances, and improve your video recording skills to produce beneficial works.

Feeling grateful for the 75 years of Indonesia's independence and towards 27 years of work and services of Stube HEMAT in Indonesia, Strengthen alumni networks for developed Indonesia and competitiveness in the global world.

By Irene Zalukhu

Information technology develops along with the times, however not all people can adjust to technological advances. Cyber world is the sophistication of electronic media in technology networks that simplify anything and bring a big influence in life. Driven by technological advances, especially the internet, there is a wider public space (read: social media). However, even though technology has become more advanced, there are people who 'stutter' with technology and even do not know how to take advantage of technological advances.

Based on such situation, Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta, which concerns with the development of human resources, especially students, opens a learning space to be technology 'literate' through One Day Workshop: Cyber Awareness with a theme 'Cyber Literacy': opportunities and challenges, on Friday, August 14, 2020 at Javanese Christian Church (GKJ) of Mergangsan, Yogyakarta in collaboration with Multimedia team of the church. Ten students from various campuses attended the training which invited practitioners who were competent in their fields. In the opening, Pdt. Em. Bambang Sumbodo, M.Min, the board in charge of Stube HEMAT revealed from Colossians 1:16 "because in Him everything was created, that is in heaven and that is on earth, visible and invisible, both thrones and kingdoms, both government, as well as the authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him”.  Likewise, any advanced technology should be dedicated to glorify God's name in life. Furthermore, Ariani Narwastujati, the executive director, introduce Stube HEMAT through a short video "Stube HEMAT towards the age of 27 years of service in Indonesia" along with 75th anniversary of Indonesia's independence. The video showed the dynamics of the development of Stube HEMAT which is currently spread over 8 places throughout Indonesia which are operated by alumni who as members of the Stube HEMAT multiplicators.

Related with the materials, Daniel Duta Nugraha and Multimedia team of GKJ Mergangsan revealed how the condition of the church and congregation at the beginning of the pandemic in which the church services was diverted to their homes to anticipate the spread of Corona virus. Like or dislike, the church must optimize technology to serve church services by online. Of course, they faced difficulties and technological limitations, however having willingness and dedication to give energy, thoughts, time and funds, they have managed to overcome and find creativity in designing worship videos, live streaming and other devotional videos. The pandemic also hit the congregation's economy, so the church took initiative by promoting the business owned by the church members by creating an online 'market place' through WhatsApp group that sells food and other products under a name ‘Gandeng Gendong’ which is managed by Drs. Bambang P. Hediono, MBA, member of church council and supported by the Mass Communication Commission (KOKOMAS).

The next speaker was Yohanes Andri Wardhana, an information technology practitioner, delivering the topic of Optimizing Cyber for Personal Development: Expanding networks, promoting products and services and adding alternatives income. He facilitated participants to map the cyber world and see the opportunities and challenges that will occur in the future. He also discussed important things from the cyber world, from the introduction, technological advances and what the current young generation must do to prepare themselves for job opportunities in the cyber world.

This activity opened up participants’ insight about technological progress and its demands, as expressed by one of the participants, David, "From this workshop I got new provision on how to see future needs, so that I know what skills to add to be competitive. In addition, I hoped that there will be other practical activities done by Stube".

The key to be 'literacy' in cyber world is in our hands, it depends on our reaction, moving for progress or staying still then we will be overtaken by the rapid of technology development. Students, let us develop and equip ourselves with technology-based skills, as well as respond to social problems of technological mastery gaps among people in our society through transfering knowledge of technology to others. ***

Communication becomes human’s need to have interaction with others and it is increasingly needed in every aspect of life and work, and the communcation itself develops into various ways and forms, even beyond space and time. Good communication skills will help someone express ideas, anxiety and thoughts, so Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta facilitated students with online Communication Skills training which helped students to have communication skills in expressing their ideas and convey them through video. Twenty-three students from various regions and study programs took part in the training and produced twenty-one videos in three categories:

Social Issues

1. 4S - Sumba Syantik Susah Sinyal (The beautiful Sumba but rare signal), by Apronia, https://youtu.be/r-d2VrnDGIQ
2. Nebeng Teman (Asking friend for internet tethering, by Elin, https://youtu.be/jfHHYsPPcJg
3. Pilih Nikah atau Kuliah (Get Married or Study?), by Linda, https://youtu.be/NkA5CutSQNw
4. Permasalahan di Gunungkidul (Problems in Gunungkidul Regency), by Adnan, https://youtu.be/3OdG5Xl_pQw
5. Antara Rindu dan Corona (Longing versus Corona), by Jemri, https://youtu.be/0cGwh8IUJZg

Pandemic Covid-19

1. Efek Karantina (Quarantine Effects), by Natra https://youtu.be/6i-IFlCbmwg
2. Ose Pahlawan Karena Seng Pulang Kampung (You are a hero because of staying at home), by Marcho & Lambert, https://youtu.be/OoUudEZKLUM
3. Puao Terkini Covid 19 (Latest News of Covid-19 from Puao), by Sindy, https://youtu.be/WvrRGPTb8Ic
4. Jaga jarak Bukan Berarti Menjauh (Physical Distancing Doesn't Mean Staying Away), by Satry, https://youtu.be/tcfrLKAMmeQ
5. Dicium Aspal Baru Tahu rasa (Kissing asphalt road and you will learn), by Aldo, https://youtu.be/7Gg8uSVM-nI
6. Mahasiswa Sumba Waspada Covid (Sumba students are alert on Covid), by Trisno, https://youtu.be/ngjE93tHHbc
7. Dampak Covid-19 dalam industri Pariwisata (The impacts of Covid-19 to tourism industry), by Ine, https://youtu.be/bCmSVN_UFRo
8. Salah Kaprah Pemahaman Istilah seputar Covid 19 (Misunderstanding of terms around Covid-19), by Nia Oy, https://youtu.be/oqq6rlPR2eM
9. Covid-19 bukanlah penghalang (Covid-19 is not the barrier), by Alen, https://youtu.be/hSPzUYJOu_Y
10. Corona in Sumba, by Deriatus Awa, https://youtu.be/ul8sngloxQo
11. Haruskah Mudik Saat Pandemik (Should I return home during Covid 19 pandemic?), by Irene, https://youtu.be/fL6nrXjmt_A

Free Topics

1. Top 3 lagu di rumah saja (The top 3 songs for staying at home), by Wanti https://youtu.be/rwPDVJ1kb6E
2. Perubahan karena Covid (The changes due to covid), by Wulan, https://youtu.be/M8B8-82_3Ng
3. Tips Mengatasi Stress di rumah (Tips for overcoming stress at home), by Gilang & Lusi, https://youtu.be/ltJH9EnJTYc
4. Desa Pluneng melewati cobaan Covid 19 (Pluneng village passes through Covid-19), by Aistia, https://youtu.be/adoZLDEcvuI
5. Ketaatan di tengah Covid 19 (The obedience during Covid 19), by Rivaldo, https://youtu.be/Wj3nOp2R05c

The process of training and mentoring to sharpen the communication skills, including the video recording process impressed the participants, as revealed by Ellyn or Aprilian Sari Tamu Ina, "I am very happy to join this training because it is beneficial and brings a lot of new things about communication skills, learning together and getting to know new friends. The most memorable thing I had during the video process was the challenge of repetition for video shooting because of a small error, however it's very funny. I benefit the training  and I feel to be more confident in public speaking and not to be afraid anymore”

If you wonder about those videos, just click on the links above. (TRU).

My first encounter with Stube-HEMAT in Bengkulu happened spontaneously, when my colleague invited me to attend a discussion on "51 Years of Bengkulu: Its Development and Progress in the Economics" organized by Multiplication program of Stube-HEMAT in Bengkulu. It caught my attention as an economics student. The discussion revealed various economic problems occurred in Bengkulu and one point that I presented there was the economy condition of indigenous people in Bengkulu are not prosperous than the migrants because they tend to get money quickly by selling their land to the migrants, slowly but sure they lose their land. This was the beginning of my involvement with Multipicatioin program of Stube HEMAT in Bengkulu

I am Linda Titiwijayanti, from Argamakmur district, North Bengkulu regency and now studying Economics, in Accounting study program at Bengkulu State University. Besides studying economics and farming, I love books and pens, preferring to listen, to discuss and to express ideas through writing rather than giving speeches on the street. Through writing, we can still be democratic and express aspirations, right?

I am currently active as a writing contributor in Simple-B.online, managed by Yohanes Dian Alpasa, S.Si and Yedija Manullang, who had joined Stube-HEMAT earlier than me. The latest activity that I participated in was Communication Skills program held by Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta, which was done for eight days of mentoring in small groups with two other participants from Gunungkidul and Klaten facilitated by Trustha Rembaka and Putri Laoli. I learned good communication techniques from how to talk, eye contact, dramatization and also strategies to build confidence and promotion. At the end of the training, each participant made a video as a result of the training. During the training I realized that speaking in front of camera is more difficult than speaking directly in front of audience, because I am more confident if no camera, but from the training material and practice I was able to overcome my fear of camera.

My video campaigned to decrease the high number of early marriages in Bengkulu which is on the 10th rank in Indonesia based on the data of the National Statistic Bureau 2018. By getting married early, they put aside education which is very important to improve the quality of Indonesian Human Resources. I faced difficulties in the process of making the video, such as finding the right time, because I also had to do homework, help my parents in vegetable fields, while I had to practice the scripts several times. Even, I have to anticipate my free time and energy for the recording process, that was only at dusk. At the end, I was so satisfied with the results. Please watch the link https://youtu.be/NkA5CutSQNw

From the video, I got good responses from friends who watched it. They were entertained and the important poin was they educated. It was an impressive thing for me being able to convey a positive message both through video and writing. Wait for my next video. Thank you Stube HEMAT. May the spirit of work flow to all of us! (Linda Titiwijayanti).

The online training gave unique challenges. Having communication with long distance participants who have different time zones and cultural backgrounds, it is required that they must tell the same thing repeatedly, because the network is faltered, on and off.  Telling repeatedly is crucial to make sure whether the intended message is clear and understandable. Moreover how to bring together ideas to be produced in one video, really drained the creative ideas they have. In average, the participants were still beginner and had no experience in producing videos.

Wilton Paskalis. The main thing in Communication Skills is public speaking and this is a benchmark that must be achieved by someone in this training. I found unique and various speaking character of the participants that showed the uniqueness that illustrated their origin from various regions in Indonesia, so the self-adaptation must be done by the facilitator as well as the participants. Then they should complement each other and built connectedness so that the training ran well. I felt happy when I found good communication tips and even the values of responsibility, cooperation, discipline, professional and patience. I know these all were not a coincidence but part of the life cycle.

Thomas Yulianto. I felt grateful for being able as a blessing to the participants of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta on Communication Skills training, so that those who were formerly afraid of speaking up can ‘defeat’ their fears, even have confidence to communicate. Each participant had personal experience and I learned good things from their experiences with various backgrounds from Aceh to Kupang. It must be admitted that there were participants who were less enthusiastic about following the training stages for various reasons and they were difficult to contact because of unstable communication networks, campus activities and others. I learned a lot of things, including patience to accompany them with their characters, and still productive in the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic. In essence, wherever to learn, whenever to learn and learn to everyone, then we will succeed and become a person who has positive impact.

Erik Poae. The first thing I thought about when accompanying Communication Skills training participants was the challenge to be more confident than the participants. Indeed, I have participated in the same topic training a few years ago but I was as a participant and it was not online training. Equipped with the former experiences I am more determined to be the trainer. Each stage took 6-8 days, interacting with students from various regions in Indonesia with a variety of characters. This process also shaped me to be a good trainer on how to adapt to all the conditions that exist. Sometimes the feeling of insecurity arose because I thought that they are more intelligent than I am. During the process, I felt happy because it was proven that the materials I learned was new to them. This made me understand even more that we should not be afraid to try new things, especially to hone our soft-skills and hard-skills.

These experiences are shared learning as trainer or participant. With the strong motivation to do the best at every opportunity, it certainly produces a positive influence to improve the quality of human resources. (TRU).

By Trustha Rembaka

Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta training on Communication Skills took place in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic by implementing online training to reduce physical interaction in accordance with WHO health protocols. The online method opened opportunities for students from various regions in Indonesia as participants. Communication Skills training is carried out in 4 batches according to the enthusiasm of the participants. Finally, twenty-three students from various regions in Indonesia took part in this training and produced twenty-one short educational videos on various topics. The following were the experiences of the training facilitators.

Trustha Rembaka. The online Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta Communication Skills training became a tactical strategy to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. The first challenge related to communication skills itself was not enough to be understand, but also needed to be practiced. Second, online process was closely related to the availability of communication networks both at the trainer's place and participants. The fact in mentoring is not different from the prediction, namely the need for face-to-face interaction to transfer knowledge in the form of speaking practices and to improve speaking techniques. It also ensured the participants' self-confidence in making a breakthrough to improve their communication skills. The most memorable thing was the participant's struggle to overcome obstacles in the absence of electricity coverage and internet access. She had to walk 4 kms back and forth in the morning to recharge the cellphone's at the nearest electricity grid, and in the afternoon climbed up the hill to get signal for connection with videocall. How great they strive to improve themselves. In addition, this training encourages participants to 'jump over' self-obstacles. Initially they considered themselves unable to speak in public but through this training they were trained to speak and even to produce videos.

Sarloce Apang. Utilizing social media such as WhatsApp and Facebook for online classes for students was the first time done in Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta Communication Skill training. The video capturing materials during the training process became a challenge, because not every participant understands the video capturing techniques. However, I also learned how to make material that was easy for beginners to understand and to direct the participants to create detailed narratives so that they were easy to understand when reading. Furthermore, internet access that has not been evenly distributed in every region became obstacle, but they showed enthusiasm about video calling or active on social media. I always waited for their video recordings that they would send and I felt satisfied with the results. For students who have good internet access, this training triggered them to be more creative and productive even though they are also studying from home. I also indirectly continued to 'upgrade' my ability.

Putri Laoli. When the Covid 19 pandemic struck, I thought I could not work as usual, but in fact through WhatsApp group Communication Skills, online training with Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta team could be carried out. In fact, this training got good response not only from students in Yogyakarta, but also from Malang, Klaten and even from outside Java such as the Aru Islands, Sorong, Kupang, Halmahera, Sumba and Bengkulu. Besides discussing communication skills, this training also produced educational short videos about Covid-19 and the social problems around the participants’ life. I found life values and reflected that when a difficult situation hit, then one must be smart to adjust to the situation and must be encouraged the search creative power to optimize other potentials that were not previously thought. This required self-confidence to try something new responsibly, while transferring knowledge and positive attitude to others. So, in any difficult situation, if we never give up, we will be the winners! (TRU).

The education sector is affected by this situation, including universities where the lecture process that previously face-to-face was changed to online, and it means that students throughout Indonesia are stay at home. For some students, online study is quite good because they can attend lectures using only gadgets without going to campus, but some students find that it is really boring and some get difficulty because they are in an area that is not covered by the communication network or do not have enough money to buy quota of internet data. I belong to the second group of students who are bored with online lectures, so I try to find various things that can overcome it and I try to do activities that support my study so that I remain productive such as reading books, watching movies, listening music and playing social media .

 

When I was exploring the internet and Facebook timeline, I saw Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta’s post that promoted Communication Skills training. I was immediately interested to join because I knew that Stube-HEMAT activity was always inspiring and I could find new experiences. Thanks God that I passed the selection and become one of 3 participants in the first batch of this training. I was accompanied by two good and fun mentors, Trustha Rembaka and Putri Laoli, from Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta team.

The first day started with the introduction process between participant and mentors as well as explaining the program that will be carried out during the training. The focus of discussion in this training was improving communication techniques by producing something that can educate public about Covid-19. The following days I learned good communication techniques, tips on speaking in front of camera and systematic narrative writing and much more, until finally I and my mentors produced an educational video entitled "Misunderstanding Meaning of Terms Related to Covid-19" which explained terms coming up related with pandemic, such as ODP, PDP, lockdown and other terms. With this title, I have to find valid and accountable source because it was related to public information and education so I sought sources from ministry of health and credible national media. Please watch the video on the link https://youtu.be/oqq6rlPR2eM

This video made me run into various dynamics that changed my awareness, skills and confidence. At first, I thought my communication technique was good enough, but I was wrong because I did basic mistakes without realizing it, such as verbal grafitti, body language and eye focus on the camera. Also, I gained new skills in making videos such as shooting techniques, determining back sound, animation, transitions, determining themes and much more. This training made me realize that the simple things that I did not think before sometimes was very important to learn and it affected myself and society. Now I found interest in making next videos with various topics.

Thank you Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta for being a forum for students and giving enlightening, especially I was helped in developing my potency so that it could be useful for many people. My hope for the future is many more young people will be interested in similar training and Stube-HEMAT has always been the foremost place that can accommodate, empower and promote potencies of students for Indonesia. (Antonia Maria Oy).

I am Imelda Nasrani Oktafina Sarumaha, from Nias Island, North Sumatera,  studying Psychology in Mercu Buana University, Yogyakarta. I knew Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta for the first time from my roommate, when she invited me to participate in Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta training about batik. It was a visit to Batik Museum of Yogyakarta to get to know the history of batik, motifs and the tools used to make batik. At the end of the visit, we were challenged to make batik motifs based on the uniqueness of each region. This is something new and interesting for me because I am so curious about what I will make, that is motif from Nias. A few days later the training continued to Batik village of Giriloyo, Imogiri, Bantul, where we practiced how to make batik from drawing pattern, pouring wax on the patterns and coloring the fabric. I made a motif typically from Nias, that is stone jumping.

The following Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta training I joined was Parenting Skills training in Kopeng, Central Java. In this training we learned to recall childhood experiences and how parents treated their children, to oberve what treatment we got from our parents when we were children and growing up, and to prepare the participants to be parents and to think whether the past parenting patterns  was still relevant to be applied in the future. It opened up my understanding and I knew how parents behaved towards their children.

From the Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta training, ‘Together Compiling Indonesia’, I had wonderful atmosphere through meeting friends from different ethnic groups, customs, cultures and religions. I also got stories of experiences about religion, ethnicity and other cultures from other participants, interestingly, I was not afraid anymore to share my experiences with them even though we just knew each other but could create cohesiveness and harmony together. So, now I begin more tolerant to people who are diverse around me especially when I am at boarding house or campus. Thank you Stube-HEMAT. (Imelda Sarumaha).

The participants' trip to Vihara Karangdjati was full of enthusiasm and curiosity because this activity as a part of the Multicultural and Inter-religion Dialogue Training held by Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta on March 6-8, 2020, was the first experience of inter-religion interaction by visiting directly a temple and having dialogue with leaders of Buddhists. At the Vihara, Supriyanto, one of the staffs welcomed the participants and served traditional snacks, such as boiled peanuts, cassava chips and nagasari. In the introduction, the participants shared their experiences and chatted while brewing warm jasmine-scented tea. Wanti told about her experiences in her hometown in Halmahera. Erik Poae also revealed the difference situation in Halmahera which is dominantly Christian and in Jakarta where he study is mostly Moslem. Kelik, a Hindu student from Bali, revealed that religious life in his village is fine among ordinary people rather than among religious leaders and he hoped that in the future it will be better. Additionaly, Mutiara from Bandung shared her interaction experience with Sumba people who have different religion and tradition in Exploring Sumba program. While Budi from Riau felt that he did not have experience in intolerance.

Totok also introduced the philosophy of ‘Jalan Tengah’ (Middle Way) of Vihara Karangdjati, which is saying “Kesusu Selak Ngopo, alon–alon yo ngenteni opo?” (why we are in a hurry, what is being pursued? Why we are slowly, what you are waiting for?) This philosophy reminds us that whatever a person does should begin wisely, not in a hurry, one should think clearly and balance in doing it. Regarding to Namo Buddaya's greeting, it is used to greet or express the earnest heart.

At the end of the meeting, Totok gave a message to students to hold hands together to maintain the unity of the nation in the midst of the current social conditions of society. Divisive politics have been going on for a long time in the archipelago by pitting kings to gain power, now the issue has shifted to terms of religions, ethnic and indigenous or foreigners. Young people, especially students need to notice and be aware of this by being together, compiling Indonesia. (PUT).