JAKARTA (January 7, 2021) - The Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, accompanied by the Director General of Social Rehabilitation Harry Hikmat, made a working visit at Training Center "Mulya Jaya" in Jakarta. Social Minister Risma reviewed the service facilities and infrastructure available at the Center.

 

The Minister of Social Affairs wishes that the Center not only provide social rehabilitation services but also social empowerment and ensure that the Beneficiaries (PM) served are truly independent. The skills training provided to PM is expected to be a provision for them to work or become entrepreneurs.

 

Risma emphasized that PM who had finished participating in social rehabilitation activities at the Center could immediately carry out more productive activities. The Minister of Social Affairs asked not only the target number of people served by the Center but also that the quality of service must be strictly maintained.

 

Therefore, the development of PM must be monitored and there is a roadmap to monitor the development of PM.

 

"We have to know the progress until we have to know how much their income from the survey results is mapping. We have to monitor that so that the output is clear. So if we want to help people, we have to deliver that person to e really successful,” said Risma.

 

The former Mayor of Surabaya wants PM to be successful in life, so it is necessary to provide additional advanced/professional training, such as how to plan a business, manage a business, and even manage finances.

 

“So it's not just training PM to make products, but also how to market it, the packaging must be good, so people are interested in buying. And from the beginning, we have been taught product marketing online,” said Risma.

 

The Minister of Social Affairs wants PM products to be marketed not only for the lower middle class but also for the upper-middle-class so that they have added value or a larger profit margin. For this reason, product quality standards must be improved and have a brand.

 

"We have to encourage if there are beneficiaries who have potential, it's okay to develop their potential, send them to school or be trained again. So, we make sure that they have to perform," concluded the Minister of Social Affairs.

 

The Director General of Social Rehabilitation, Harry Hikmat, said that Mulya Jaya  Center has so far been handling residents who are persons with social deviance issues and victims of human trafficking. The Minister of Social Affairs visited the Center because it is one of the solutions that will solve the social problems experienced by the poorest, marginalized communities such as people living under bridges, riverbanks, and other slums.

According to Harry Hikmat, the Minister of Social Affairs supports the poor people. The Minister has visited various places, all of which are oriented towards people living in poor conditions, poor people with various problems such as neglect, disability, victims of violence, exploitation, not only poverty but also more complex problems.

“We are concerned about it because the Minister is very supportive of the poor. As implementers at the Ministry of Social Affairs, we must make further efforts that are capable of solving problems. For example, they can access basic needs services (identity, education, health, employment),” said Harry.

"From the Minister’s visit to the field, the point is that it is a social rehabilitation process that is integrated with social empowerment, and the final stage is independence so that PM really goes up in class, is elevated," said Harry.