Lentera Kartini Visits Public Elementary School 1, Bukit Harapan Village, Parenggean
On July 25th, 2019, Lentera Kartini, one of Program Emas Rakyat Sejahtera’s local partners under the auspices of Artisanal Gold Council and Yayasan Emas Artisanal Indonesia; did socialization concerning children rights, impacts on child violence, as well as mercury impacts on daily life.
The socialization of this round was slightly different than the previous ones; this time, Lentera Kartini targeted elementary school students as the biggest influencers to their respective family. Children can give strong influence to decision making by parents or family. By providing children with useful knowledge about their rights and mercury impacts on daily life, they will have an awareness and be able to voice their opinion worthy of consideration in their family.
The socialization is a part of the chain events of Pesta Rakyat (Community Festival) with its theme Generasi Emas Indonesia (Indonesian Gold Generation) which will be held on 18 August 2019 by Pudu Jaya Community Mining Area (WPR), Bukit Harapan Village, Parenggean District.
The socialization done in the school of Bukit Harapan Village was aimed to invite students of National Elementary School 1 of Bukit Harapan to participate in the Pesta Rakyat. The children will be able to invite their parents along to be the part of the festival which is held on the day after Indonesian Independence Day.
The socialization began on 09.00 WIB. Ms. Forisni Aprilista was one of the sourcepersons who delivered the subject about children. Ms. Aprilista explained that students have 10 children rights as listed in Convention on the Rights of the Child, and Impacts of Child Violence, also the Dangers of Technology and Gadget on Children’s Daily Life. To gain more attention of the children, Lentera Kartini viewed videos and presentations for the elementary school students.
To keep students attention during the socialization, Lentera Kartini took a short break and invited the students to do short exercises. In the following session, Dr. Ratna delivered the subject of Mercury Impacts on Health. The session was delivered through fairytale/story reading related to dangers of mercury.
The students were enthusiastic and various questions about subjects relevant to the socialization. Lentera Kartini gave presents to students who were brave to ask questions and answer questions given by the sourcepersons.
At the end of the session, Lentera Kartini reminded about Pesta Rakyat and the students enthusiastically responded, ”We will definitely come… ‘cause there are games and presents awaiting us,” joked the students.