PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT PELATIHAN PENGOLAHAN BAMBU MENJADI KERAJINAN BERNILAI TINGGI

Abstract

economy to the community is an activity that can be done in order to increase public knowledge. Theabundance of bamboo plants in Nagari Kumanis is one of the local potentials that can be used to beprocessed into more useful goods. The purpose of this empowerment is to train the community inprocessing bamboo into high-value crafts so that it is expected to be a new source of economicincome for the community. Participants of this activity are the people of Nagari Kumanis, SumpurKudus District, Sijunjung Regency, a maximum of 20 (twenty) people. There are also stages in thisempowerment are as follows: Stages of preparation that is preparing training materials, which include:papers and modules for activities. Implementation stages are carried out as follows: Techniques todetermine the type of bamboo that can be used for crafts, Techniques for pre-treatment bamboobefore being processed into handicrafts, Techniques for making bamboo into handicrafts (ships andpen holders). The results of the evaluation of empowerment activities can be seen in the aspect ofachieving the training objectives and also the organization of the training. The results of thisempowerment are the enthusiasm of the community during the empowerment took place as well asthe existence of bamboo crafts, which can be utilized by the community itself and to improve thecreative economy.