05 September 2024
Anonymous Writer
Universitas Sumatera Utara lecturers carried out community service on Friday (30/8). The service was carried out by involving IR & IR Kriya-Melayu Joint Business Group (KUB) Tenun Melayu, Bandar Khalipah Village, Percut Sei Tuan District, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.
The service was chaired by Dr. T. Ismanelly Hanum, S.Si., M.Si. Apt., with members Prof. Dr. apt. Poppy Anjelisa Z. Hasibuan, M.Si., and Dra. Nazliniwaty, M.Si., Apt., who are lecturers at the USU Faculty of Pharmacy in collaboration with a lecturer at the USU Faculty of Forestry, Dr. Iwan Risnasari, S.Hut, M.Si. This service team also involved students of the USU Undergraduate Program in Pharmacy, namely Annisa Aulia Rahma and Putri Nabiilah, alumni, namely Wan Fadilla, S.Farm., Apt., students of the USU Faculty of Pharmacy Pharmacist Education Study Program, namely Ahmad Farids Wahab, S.Farm, and students of the USU Master's Program in Pharmacy, namely Yanti Yemima, S.Farm and Fauzul Husna, S.Farm.
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The team provided education and workshops on the technology of making natural fabric dyes for the weaving community to improve and develop the potential of the surrounding nature into quality and high-value products, such as turmeric rhizomes, sawdust from merbau wood, onion skin, sappan wood, and others.
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One form of education provided by the team to the community is about the benefits and processing of turmeric rhizome and merbau wood raw materials so that they can be used as yarn dye paste preparations on fabrics. In addition, the community was also provided with marketing and business plan materials.
The team hopes that the community of weavers and yarn dyers who participate in this service activity can produce songket fabric products with stable natural dyes and have more interesting and diverse color creations and motifs.
The Community Service for Environmental Benefit scheme in 2024 is carried out to increase collaboration between USU and the community. “This activity is also one of the Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi tasks that must be carried out by lecturers,” explained team member Prof. Dr. apt. Poppy Anjelisa Z. Hasibuan, M.Si, who is Vice Rector III of the Universitas Sumatera Utara.
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The head of the IR & IR Kriya Melayu Joint Business Group representing the Traditional Fabric Weavers Community, Irfania Ramadhani Lubis, S.Sn., expressed her gratitude and thanked the technology provided so that the community could utilize more natural materials. She also hoped to work together again in the future.
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