UNAIR NEWS There are many ways we can do to serve and concern with the community. Bachtiar Hidayat, a student of Islamic Economy 2013, held social event by distributing fruit and vegetables to children and people in marginal area in Surabaya. The event was his Entrepreneurship class assignment which was called Makbyur, it stands for makan buah dan sayur (Eating fruit and vegetables). Bahtiar and his team chose this kind of event because they notice that children nowadays are reluctant to consume fruit and vegetables.
We did this because nowadays children do not eat a lot of vegetables also fruit, and finally came up with the idea. We chose the marginal community to give aids too, said Bahtiar.
There are 3000 vegetables distributed to many areas, such as Kenjeran, Jagir and Mulyorejo. The fund was from various sources, such as group contribution, promoters who donate their money, fruit and vegetables directly. For the distribution, Bahtiar and his team decided two schemes, vegetables were prioritized for residents, and fruit was distributed to children.
There were many kinds of vegetables such as mustard greens, water spinach, and amaranth we distributed to the residents, and fruit like watermelon and melon distributed to children, he said.
Besides distributing free fruit and vegetables, Makbyur team also gave counsel on the importance of fruit and vegetables to the community.
We invited students from the nutrition academy to publicizes the importance of consuming fruit and vegetables to the residents and children, said Bahtiar.
Makbyur activity was held continuously every weekend and ended in SDN Wonorejo Surabaya. Besides distributing fruit to children, Bahtiar also said that there were coloring and drawing contests to make the event livelier.
There were coloring and drawing contests with 500 children of Elementary School, he explained.
Bahtiar hoped that the program can be a reference for other social activities held by his juniors. Furthermore, he also hoped that the community realizes the importance of consuming fruit and vegetables.
Hopefully children will eager to consume vegetables and their mothers understand the importance of vegetables so this activity can be succeeded by my juniors at the university, he said. (*)
Author : Nuri Hermawan
Editor : Dilan Salsabila
