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Karang Taruna Hold a Strategic Roles in the Social Welfare
YOGYAKARTA (September 26th, 2019) - Karang Taruna as an agent of change and the one who has a strategic roles in society should be supported by all of the stakeholders, especially from local government, business sector, and society. In Bulan Bhakti Karang Taruna,
General Director of Social Empowerment Pepen Nazaruddin said that Ministry of Social Affairs as a functional stakeholder of Karang Taruna will always develop Karang Taruna because they are a source of social welfare who encounters the social problems directly.
"59 years ago which precisely on September 26th,1960, Karang Taruna was born in Indonesia and as long as it is, Karang Taruna can prove that they have an important roles in youth development. They contribute in giving a critcal and optimistic thinking to influence the society to make a change," said Pepen Nazaruddin at Bulan Bhakti Karang Taruna 2019 in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta.
Pepen also stated that most of Karang Taruna's members are millenials so that they have to prepare themselves for revolution industry 4.0,. They have to be more active because they will hold the industry and manufacture sector of Indonesia in the future. Moreover, Karang Taruna also needs to take an action and get ready for Revolution Industry 5.0 in 2025.
"I hope that this event could make a commitment to give our best for Karang Taruna so that they can be more active in the social welfare by empowering the society in order to increase the economic growth," said Pepen.