TY - JOUR AU - Tarigan, Nurbety AU - Tega, Yatris Rambu AU - Meiyasa, Firat AU - Ndahawali, Suryaningsih AU - Henggu, Krisman Umbu AU - Kelen, Lusianus Heronimus Sinyo PY - 2021/05/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Teacher and Student Empowerment of SMKN 3 Pahunga Lodu through Making Seaweed Sticks (Eucheuma cottonii) JF - MITRA: Jurnal Pemberdayaan Masyarakat JA - mitra VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.25170/mitra.v5i1.1202 UR - https://ejournal.atmajaya.ac.id/index.php/mitra/article/view/1202 SP - 11-16 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">Seaweed-based processed products are still very limited in the East Sumba Regency despite the&nbsp;abundance and availability of seaweed (Eucheuma cottonii). Therefore, diversification of seaweedbased&nbsp;processed products is necessary. One such product is seaweed sticks. This activity was carried&nbsp;out at SMK Negeri 3 (SMKN 3) Pahunga Lodu, East Sumba Regency. The activity targeted teachers&nbsp;and students majoring in seaweed processing, agribusiness, and seaweed cultivation. The purpose&nbsp;of this activity was to empower teachers and students to produce seaweed-based products. The&nbsp;activities included a workshop, seaweed stick making, and mentoring. The workshop materials&nbsp;covered information on the nutritional content of seaweed and how seaweed sticks are made. The&nbsp;workshop was followed by implementing what was taught in the workshop by making the seaweed&nbsp;sticks. Then, mentoring was provided for three consecutive weeks. The result of this program is that&nbsp;the participants gained knowledge on how seaweed is processed into sticks. During the first week&nbsp;of mentoring, the participants produced 50 packages of 100 gr sticks, 29 packages of 80 gr sticks,&nbsp;and 3 jars of 120 gr sticks. In the second week, they managed to produce 89 packages of 100 gr&nbsp;sticks. On the third week and fourth weeks, 101 packages of 100 gr sticks and 70 packages of 100&nbsp;gr sticks were produced, respectively. This shows that the participants were enthusiastic about&nbsp;producing and selling seaweed sticks. It is hoped that the participants will produce seaweed sticks&nbsp;continuously.</p> ER -