ABSTRAK
Dampak Upaya Pemberdayaan Melalui Credit Union Terhadap Perkembangan Anggota Kelompok (Studi Kasus: Credit Union Syaloom Dampingan Yayasan Ate
Keleng di Desa Tanjung Purba Kecamatan Dolok Silau Kabupaten Simalungun) Nama :Desi Oktavia Br Ginting
NIM :100902092
Pemberdayaan Masyarakat merupakan startegi meningkatkan kemampuan masyarakat dari keadaan yang tidak berdaya hingga mempunyai daya untuk mengembangkan potensi yang dimiliki sehingga memperoleh hidup yang layak. Sebagai Lembaga Sosial yang bergerak di bidang pengembangan masyarakat, Yayasan Ate Keleng melakukan upaya pemberdayaan melalui kelompok-kelompok Credit Union yang dibentuk. Pemberdayaan dilakukan dalam upaya memanfaatkan pinjaman anggota lewat kegiatan kegiatan menabung dalam Credit Union.
Penelitian ini tergolong penelitian eksplanatif yang bertujuan untuk membuktikan hipoteisis Dampak Upaya Pemberdayaan Melalui Credit Union Terhadap Perkembangan Kelompok Dampingan Yayasan Ate Keleng. Jumlah Populasi dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 323 orang anggota Credit Union Syaloom. Untuk mewakili populasi yang ada, peneliti mengambil sampel 10 % dari populasi yang ada yaitu sebanyak 32 orang anggota Credit Union. Dalam hal ini peneliti memilih sampel yaitu anggota Credit Union yang telah mengikuti kegiatan Advokasi, Pengembangan Ekonomi Masyarakat, dan Infrastruktur yang telah dilakukan di desa Tanjung Purba Kecamatan Dolok Silau Kabupaten Simalungun.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada Dampak Upaya Pemberdayaan Melalui Credit Union Terhadap Perkembangan Kelompok Credit Union Syaloom Dampingan Yayasan Ate Keleng di Desa Tanjung Purba Kecamatan Dolok Silau Kabupaten Simalungun. Perkembangan ini dapat dilihat dari semakin kritisnya masyarakat dengan adanya kegiatan Advokasi, meningkatnya pendapatan melalui kegiatan pertanian dan peternakan Pengembangan Ekonomi Masyarakat dan terpebuhinya kebutuhan anggota kelompok akan Air Minum dengan adanya Pembangunan Sarana Air Minum melalui kegiatan Infrastruktur. Upaya pemberdayaan memang memberikan dampak terhadap perkembangan kelompok, namun perkembangan tersebut tidak berlaku pada semua anggota sehingga Yayasan Ate Keleng sebagai pelaku pemberdayaan masih perlu upaya-upaya untuk mengajak seluruh anggota Credit Union untuk memanfaatkan pinjaman melalui kegiatan-kegiatan yang ada.
Kata Kunci: Upaya Pemberdayaan, Credit Union, Yayasan Ate Keleng.
ABSTRACK
Empowerment Impact Through Credit Union to Group Development Ate Keleng Foundation Supported (Study Case: Credit Union Group in Tanjung Purba Village sub
District Dolok Silau Simalungun Regency Nama :Desi Oktavia Br Ginting
NIM :100902092
Society Empowerment is a strategy to increase the people’s ability from the powerless situation up to having a power developing potency they have so that they live properly. As a Social Organization moved in society development sector, Ate Keleng Foundation does this endeavor through Credit Union’s groups they formed. It did in effort to wielding their member’s loan through saving in the Credit Union.
This research is classified as explanative research that aimed to prove a hypothesis Empowerment Impact through Credit Union to Group Development Ate Keleng Foundation Supported. Numbers of population in this research were 323 people from Syaloom Credit Union’s members. To represent the population, the researcher took 10% from the whole population that was 32 people from the Credit Union’s members. In this case, researcher chose sample who were members that already took Advocate activity, Society Economy Development, and Infrastructure that have been done in TanjungPurba village sub district Dolok Silau Simalungun regency.
This research’s result that there were impacts of the hypothesis Empowerment Impact through Credit Union to Group Development Ate Keleng Foundation Supported in Tanjung Purba village sub district Dolok Silau Simalungun regency. This development could be seen from the way people more critical with the Advocate activity, people’s income increase by means of agriculture and animal farming activity Society Economy Development and the needs of water was filled by the Water Infrastructure through the Infrastructure activity. This empowerment did gave impacts to the group development, however the blooming didn’t work out to every member so Ate Keleng Foundation as the doer still needs more efforts to invite the whole members of Credit Union to wield the loan through the activities they arranged.
Keywords: Empowerment, Credit Union, Ate Keleng Foundation.
