Pemberdayaan Masyarakat melalui Gerakan Peduli Lingkungan, Edukasi Literasi, dan Budidaya Tanaman Obat Keluarga (TOGA) di Desa Hilinawalo Fau

Abstract

The Community Service Program (Kuliah Kerja Nyata/KKN) in Hilinawalo Fau Village, Fanayama District, South Nias Regency was designed and implemented as a community empowerment effort based on rural local potential. This service program aimed to foster environmental awareness among residents, provide supplementary learning assistance for school-aged children, and preserve Family Medicinal Plants (Tanaman Obat Keluarga/TOGA) that have become increasingly scarce. Program implementation was carried out over a 40-day period through a participatory scheme involving KKN students, village government officials, and local residents. The methodology comprised four main stages: observation and coordination, technical planning, field execution, and comprehensive evaluation. The results indicated that the environmental care movement successfully fostered a clean and structured indigenous area while revitalizing community mutual cooperation habits. In the educational dimension, literacy assistance and private tutoring effectively stimulated active participation and learning motivation among children outside formal school hours. Meanwhile, in environmental health, the collaboration between the KKN team and residents transformed uncultivated land into a neatly fenced pilot TOGA garden. This initiative demonstrates that community service approaches rooted in local social capital not only yield immediate physical improvements, but also establish a strong foundation of social cohesion for sustainable independent village development.