PEMBERDAYAAN IBU RUMAH TANGGA DALAM MEMBANGUN USAHA RUMAHAN DI KELURAHAN SINDULANG SATU

Women, who are members of the Family Welfare Empowerment (PKK) program, play a key role in improving the welfare of their families and surrounding communities. Unfortunately, many of them still have not obtained adequate knowledge and skills to start and develop businesses that may increase their family’s economic welfare and create new jobs. Realizing this, several members of the Entrepreneurship Teaching Team from De La Salle University Manado took the initiative to hold a Community Service activity in Sindulang Satu Urban Village with the local members of PKK program as participants. In this activity, the implementation methods are as follows: presentations of materials, presentations of ongoing business by students, discussions, and questionnaires distribution. The result of this activity is the improvement in participants' knowledge and motivation to become entrepreneurs, shown by their enthusiasm during presentation and discussion sessions. The results of the questionnaire also show that the main motivation that drives local PKK women to become entrepreneurs is the desire not to depend economically on their husbands and parents.