PALEMBANG, SOUTH SUMATERA — The potential of a village is all natural resources as well as human resources, where all the potential of these resources can give a village an advantage through various sectors such as the economy, education, social, environment, and tourism.
Dompet Dhuafa South Sumatra believes that oyster mushrooms can be one of the commodities that can increase the economic income of the people of Sungai Pedado Village. This opportunity can be seen from the number of enthusiasts in Palembang, especially since oyster mushrooms are packaged in various forms of processed food, and besides, the process of cultivating mushrooms itself does not require special skills and can be done by even lay people.
To encourage the independence of people in the village, through an economic empowerment program, Dompet Dhuafa South Sumatra launched the Rumah Jamur program on Sunday (4/9/2022) located on Jl. H. Sarkowi. B, Keramasan RT 20 RW 7, Kertapati District, Palembang.
Penta Agustina, Program Manager of Dompet Dhuafa South Sumatra, said in her speech, “Hopefully the existence of this mushroom house can improve the welfare of the community. Alhamdulillah, the community is also very happy and enthusiastic about this program,” she said.
The inauguration of this program was marked by the cutting of the ribbon by the program manager and was accompanied by the head of RT 21 Sumeri, Eni Muslisatun, an oyster mushroom entrepreneur from Palembang, and Yuliana, the head of the mushroom house group from Sungai Pedado Village, and was witnessed by all participants present.
Furthermore, members of the mushroom house group consisting of 10 women will receive assistance. This assistance began with a training session on oyster mushroom care and business opportunities with Eni Muslisatun and Rayen Afriansyah, oyster mushroom entrepreneurs who have been growing oyster mushrooms in Palembang since 2007.
A total of 2 (two) thousand bag logs and mushroom houses, as capital assistance for members to manage and care for until they develop to produce quality products and improve the standard of living and economic capabilities of the members.
With emotion, Yuliana, who is familiarly called Neli, one of the beneficiaries, expressed her gratitude to Dompet Dhuafa South Sumatra for giving them new hope to increase their family income.
“We, the people of Sungai Pedado Village, are happy for this assistance. Hopefully, this business can grow in the future,” said Neli when met after the training session.
At the end of the training, the members signed a mushroom house management cooperation agreement which was read out by Desta Elpina as the facilitator of the Dompet Dhuafa South Sumatra economic program, and was then signed by all group members.
“After training in oyster mushroom care and business opportunities, while the mushrooms grow and are harvested, training in potential product processing will be scheduled, in order to produce processed products that the community can accept,” said Desta. (Dompet Dhuafa / South Sumatra)