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Field Stories Series #5

Kel. Jombang – Senin, 31 Agustus 2020
The Empatiku Team conducted training and simulation activities with the SITI Team in Jombang, South Tangerang. This activity was carried out on Monday, August 31, 2020. This activity was carried out with the aim of strengthening understanding of the SOP and case management flow, the main duties and functions and activity plans of each division.

After training and carrying out socialization activities in accordance with the follow-up plans made during the training, the meeting agenda that still needs to be carried out is to simulate SOPs and case management flows, so that each division understands its duties, including implementing administrative order, namely recording each process. Therefore, before conducting the simulation, discussion of the main duties and functions and work plans related to socialization and networking needs to be done again.

The meeting with the SITI Team of Jombang Village was started with lunch and continued with discussions

The simulation must be based on the current SOP and Protap. As a first step, to make it easier, there are several important things, namely early warning signs that lead to radicalism. Need to study and special observations of actions or activities in the community, and care among local residents, of course. The SITI team will report incidents which are considered to endanger radicalism.

Work Program and SITI Team’s main tasks and functions
The training has given birth to RTL but there is no work program for each division in detail considering the needs of each division. I explained that when viewed from the training flow it is necessary to make 3 work programs, namely:

1. Socialization (the person in charge is the education division)
2. Networked (Created by each division including the coordinator and its representatives)
3. Advocacy program (the person in charge is the chairman / coordinator)

Socialization
Socialization in the neighborhood has been carried out (RT and RW), up to the village level. Diforum – forums and other institutions, such as majelis taklim and others. At village meetings. This has something to do with networked work programs.

Networked
A healthy organization must be able to network with as many institutions as possible, either with government agencies, NGOs or individuals in order to make it easier to achieve goals and solutions to the problems at hand. Therefore, each division must create a work program related to networking.

The education division, for example, has a network with the head of the taklim assembly, the chairman of Rw or Rt, the recitation forum, the Youth Organization, PKK, Posyandu or others. The Remedial Division can network with community leaders, religious leaders, because when remedials do, community or religious leaders must become partners. When carrying out the dialogue, discussion or mediation process in the environment, it is necessary to look for influential people or people who are elders or respected by the reported group or the client when the case has been handled.

For referral case handling division, please network with Polsek, Koramil, P2TP2A, Puskesmas or any other institution that can facilitate teamwork. However, it should be noted that when a client is delegated as a referral case, the SITI team must continue to monitor it. For example, when a client is referred because he does not want to remedial or sign allegiance to the Republic of Indonesia, then the case needs to be monitored, to what extent the police can handle it. Therefore, when conducting socialization and networking, it is necessary to convey how the SITI team works so that it can be understood.

The Chief Coordinator or deputy coordinator also needs to think about networking with anyone so that the SITI Team becomes strong and can be independent

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Field Stories Series #4

Kel. Kenanga, Selasa, 16 Juni 2020

The formation of the Kenanga Urban Village team, Kota Tangerang was different from other kelurahan. The complexity of the bureaucracy makes us have to keep looking for opportunities so that the program can run in Tangerang City. One opportunity was through Mas Faik when we had an audience at the Bakesbangpol office, Tangerang City. Mas Faik is a staff of Bakesbangpol at the Gempol District level. After discussing, we also scheduled a meeting for the formation of the Kenanga Village SITI team and carried out aid distribution activities for people affected by Covid 19. Notification to the Lurah was carried out by Mrs. Sri Handayani by telephone due to conditions that were not yet possible to directly.

On May 20, 2020, Mrs. Nday (Sri Handayani) and I came to see the Lurah. But suddenly the Lurah had to go to the District office so the meeting was canceled. Several times I contacted the village head via WA and telephone but it was not answered. Until finally Mrs. Nday and I came to the village on June 16 without making an appointment. At 6:00 am I left home hoping to arrive at the Kelurahan office and meet the Head of the Village before he left the office. But unfortunately, when he arrived, the village head had already left and none of his staff knew where he was going.

The formation of the Kenanga Urban Village team, Kota Tangerang was different from other kelurahan. The complexity of the bureaucracy makes us have to keep looking for opportunities so that the program can run in Tangerang City. One opportunity was through Mas Faik when we had an audience at the Bakesbangpol office, Tangerang City. Mas Faik is a staff of Bakesbangpol at the Gempol District level.

Mas Faik is a staff of Bakesbangpol at the Gempol District level. After discussing, we also scheduled a meeting for the formation of the Kenanga Village SITI team and carried out aid distribution activities for people affected by Covid 19. Notification to the Lurah was carried out by Mrs. Sri Handayani by telephone due to conditions that were not yet possible to directly.

On May 20, 2020, Mrs. Nday (Sri Handayani) and I came to see the Lurah. But suddenly the Lurah had to go to the District office so the meeting was canceled. Several times I contacted the village head via WA and telephone but it was not answered. Until finally Mrs. Nday and I came to the village on June 16 without making an appointment. At 6:00 am I left home hoping to arrive at the Kelurahan office and meet the Head of the Village before he left the office. But unfortunately, when he arrived, the village head had already left and none of his staff knew where he was going.

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Field Stories Series #3

Kel. Jombang – Friday, 5 Juni 2020

The Covid 19 pandemic that has hit almost all over the world including Indonesia has made very significant changes. Routine activities at both the community and village level were eliminated. Except for activities related to Covid 19 and public services at the Kelurahan office. The activities of Pos Yandu, PKK, recitation were temporarily stopped as well as worship activities in mosques such as Friday Prayers in congregation, Taraweh and Eid Al-Fitr prayers.

Pak Rifki Aprilian, Secretary of the Benda Baru Village, said that currently people in the Kelurahan are tired of this situation. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Kelurahan has sprayed disinfectants throughout the region, socialized about Covid 19 and urged the public to live clean and stay at home to avoid Covid 19.

Next, collect data and distribute social assistance to people affected by Covid 19. Many problems arise, including:

  1. Assistance comes without coordination with the kelurahan and arrives at inappropriate times, such as midnight, during the day during the fasting month, or at night Takbiran
  2. There are no operational costs for aid distribution
  3. The amount of aid does not match the number of recipients
  4. The community protested because the aid was not evenly distributed, and the rice was of poor quality (Pak Sodikin said that the rice from Empatiku was of good quality)
  5. RT or RW must think creatively so that the assistance is distributed evenly, for example by repacking and reducing the amount of aid so that more recipients will minimize disturbance in the community.

After listening to complaints related to Social Assistance, I asked about other issues that were developing in the community. Pak Sodikin conveyed that there was an issue raised that the current government was a Kafir government because it prohibited people from worshiping. In the Benda Baru area, many people continue to pray in congregation at the prayer room or mosque. It’s just that the congregation is the closest resident and does not use loudspeakers.

Pak Sri, Binamaspol Benda Baru, PAMULANG POLSEK, added that the community continued to worship in congregation. They feel that the ban is only an appeal. Religion is a matter of the hereafter while government is a world affair. Many families “broke up” and ended up becoming enemies because of this problem. The police, through BIN, only monitor and do not prohibit them from keeping their distance and wearing masks.

I asked Mrs. Maryanih, what about majelis taklim? Mrs. Maryanih explained, since the Covid 19 pandemic, majelis taklim has stopped its activities. Usually 20-30 mothers attend majelis taklim activities. The material presented was about the procedures for reading the Qur’an, worship such as prayer, fasting, Zakat, including about family, which usually discusses how to be a good wife. Never discussed anything related to radicalism. The Taklim Council for mothers and fathers has separate activities.

After discussing social assistance and developing issues in the Benda Baru area, we discussed the SK SITI village team. I gave an example of the Kelurahan Decree that has been discussed by the Management of Empatiku. Pak Rifki agreed with the urban village decree draft that we gave, and would discuss it with the village head but asked for time because this week the Social Assistance will be coming again to be distributed immediately.

Pak Sodikin, the SITI Team Coordinator, said that there was a change in the names of the kelurahan team members because some people became KPPS members so they could not be active in the SITI Kelurahan team. Rifki will immediately send the fixed names to be followed up in the SK later.

It was getting late, we said goodbye. Before saying goodbye, Pak Rifki advised that the training should be in a relaxed place while being able to refresh.

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