MALANG, EAST JAVA — Carrying the theme “Healthy Elderly, Great Elderly”, Dompet Dhuafa again held an Elderly Pesantren. This activity was held for three days and two nights, precisely on Friday-Sunday (22-24/9/2023) at Bumi Maringi Peni (BMP), Pujon, Malang, East Java. Pesantren Lansia was held as a means of deepening religious knowledge, developing agricultural skills, and improving mental and physical health in the elderly.
The second batch of Pesantren Lansia was attended by 16 elderly people whose average age was 55 years and above and came from various cities in Indonesia, ranging from Depok, Surabaya, Malang to Tangerang. During this activity, they received material on the study of nature and fiqh of worship, then underwent counseling and sharing of old age, gardening, health checks, and tours of Telaga Madiredo.
Kamari, one of the participants of the Pesantren Lansia, said he was happy with this activity. During the activity, he made new acquaintances, which increased the number of his friends and relatives.
“I feel very happy. Adding experience, adding knowledge, adding friends, adding brothers and sisters, living in harmony. I’m very happy, compact! Then, we planted trees, and we all gathered here, there are many lessons,” Kamari concluded.
Not only Kamari, Muhammad Wahid, a participant from Surabaya, also admitted that he was happy with this Elderly Pesantren, because he could add to his experience.
“I am very happy that there is this activity, because previously I did not experience it, so I have not experienced it. Then, I didn’t know what this activity was, I just understood it now. I can follow all the activities,” Wahid said.
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Participants also received material on “Reconciling the Heart in Old Age” by Coach Agni S Mayangsari, a human resource practitioner who is also the author of the book “Hearty Service & Hearty Complain Handling”.
“I thank all the committees who organized this, especially Dompet Dhuafa East Java. And for the future, we hope that these participants can be invited again to take part in this training again, “said Irna Berliantina, one of the Dompet Dhuafa participants. (Dompet Dhuafa/Syafira)