Community-based Workshop to Strengthen the Role of Housewives in the Family (Case Study: Making Composter from Used Material)

The family is an integral part of our education system. Starting from the family, a human will get the experience of getting his first information. It is essential for the role of the family in giving one's character. Without intending to discredit the role of women or in this case, homemakers in Indonesia, the figure was considered to be the spearhead of family education. The existence of information technology and social media makes it very easy for homemakers to get information, including establishing relationships with the outside world and finally forming a community. Including in efforts to preserve the environment, we should not underestimate the role of homemakers and trivial. Through community networks and supported by social media in this digital era, it is not hard to gather participants to engage in a workshop, in this case, to make a simple composter to convert household waste (food waste) into organic fertilizer. The making of the composter, made from a paint bucket and PVC pipe, is guided by a mentor who has made it previously. These housewives then go through the process of making the composter themselves, hoping they can better understand the process and be able to repeat it later. Interaction with the community/group also remains intertwined in the continued process afterwards. From this community, it is creating social relations to provide mutual support and maintain the spirit of environmental awareness.