JAKARTA — At the Schoolunteer and Volunesia Bootcamp 2022 activities, Nurisha Kirana and her team submitted and launched the ODGJ (People with Mental Disorders) Cooperation Program. He said the program aims to empower ODGJ while rejecting shackling in OGDJ.
This woman, who is familiarly called Risha, is a student at the University of Indonesia. Even though she is a new student, it turns out that Risha is very active in campus activities and surrounding environments. Risha participated in several volunteer communities, internal campus activities, and Schoolunteer. The last one followed was the Volunesia Bootcamp 2022 held by Dompet Dhuafa Volunteer (DDV).
Risha started this program because of her experience of meeting ODGJ and seeing one of the ODGJs being expelled. “After seeing the incident, I went to ODGJ orphanages every few months. This program was also built to give voice to the community that ODGJ is our brother. The ODGJs deserve to be empowered and not shackled,” said the volunteer from Magetan.
The ODGJ Cooperation Program has been running since 2021. This program first had a placement base in Magetan, Madiun / Madiun Raya Residency, and currently has expanded its reach to Jabodetabek and Kediri Raya.
There are several work programs from the ODGJ Cooperation that were built;
1. JAREWA (Jemput, Rehat, Waras or Pick up, Break, Sane). It is an ODGJ activity and then helps enter a mental rehabilitation home to help enter a mental rehabilitation home, and monitors it until it recovers
2. Mentally Healthy. This work program is divided into Program A (sharing to ODGJ and social campaigns) and Program B (webinar),
3. Salur Karya. Salur Karya is an activity to empower ODGJ who are recovering to be empowered to become goat farmers, harvest fruit, agriculture, create security posts, and even manage and help other ODGJs who have not recovered
Risha and the team hope that through this program, they can slowly foster the social spirit of the volunteers. The volunteers can also get memorable relationships and experiences and teach volunteers related to the science of project management being carried out.
“Volunesia is insightful because it can be invited into several campaigns, Una Indonesia, to meet great people from all over Indonesia who are like family even though it has only been three days and can benefit each other,” admitted Risha. (Dompet Dhuafa / Irma DDV / Isam)