LECTURER OF FASHION ENGINEERING STUDY PROGRAM DOES TRAINING IN MAKING MUKENA AND PACKAGING BAG BASED ON LOCAL MATERIALS IN PANDOWOHARJO VILLAGE, SLEMAN SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA
The team from the Fashion Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, held training assistance in Community Service (PPM), on making mukena and packaging bags based on local materials in Pandowoharjo village, Sleman, Yogyakarta. The Fashion Engineering Study Program's PPM team collaborated with the mothers of a collaborative business group named "Srikandi Pandowoharjo," whose members numbered 20 people. The service team was chaired by Enny Zuhni Khayati, M.Kes., and consisted of Sri Emy Yuli, M.Sc., Triyanto, MA, Nur Kholifah, M.Pd., Alicia C. Zvereva Gadi, M.Pd., and involved two the students of the Fashion Engineering study program on behalf of Lia Wulandari and Kamaluddin.
Enny Zuhni explained that these PPM trains mothers who are members of the collaborative business group "Srikandi Pandowoharjo" to make products with local essential ingredients, such as special batik from Sleman.
According to him, the mukena product is a tool of worship for Muslim women, from children, teenagers to adults. In addition, this mukena product can be marketed to other regions in Indonesia and even to foreign countries.
"Therefore, the solution to this problem is to provide training to joint business groups who are also batik craftsmen, for them to be able make mukena products and packaging bags based on local materials (batik), starting from creating designs, making patterns, sewing and packaging products that are made from local materials. easy to make, attractive, and very much needed by the community, "added Enny Zuhni.
Not only they do the training, but they also do the product evaluation to know whether the product is suitable and worth selling or not. After they finish the evaluation, the instructor gives information to the participants to sell mukena products and packaging bags made with an online marketing strategy, especially with social media such as; Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or with other social media. With this technique, the hope is that the participants can sell these products to increase the economy/income. (ts-Shafia, Vannya)
