Community Service Activities

Prof. Lilis gave an example of Nias Regency which has abundant natural resources, one of which is coconut plants that grow in very large quantities. One of the downstream potentials of coconut plants that can be done together with Universitas Sumatera Utara is to make it a cosmetic product.

A team of lecturers from Universitas Sumatera Utara, consisting of Dr. Nauas Domu Marihot Romauli, S.T.P., M.Eng, Prof. Dr. Himsar Ambarita, S.T., M.T., Hendrik Voice Sihombing, S.T., M.T., and Edy Syahputra Harahap, S.T.P., M.Si., carried out community service to increase partner's skills in packaging technology, which was applied to Daima MSME's products, located in Pardomuan Nauli Village, Dusun II Sipuli, Palipi District, Samosir Regency.

Head of the Community Service Team, Sri Melvani Hardi, said this community service aims to improve the learning process by using the concept of differentiated learning, which serves to accommodate the diversity of students in the classroom in terms of student interests, learning profiles, and readiness to achieve better learning outcomes. The learning process uses various learning applications, namely Paddlet, Kahoot, Nearpod, and Classcraft, which allow students to access learning materials anytime and anywhere while maintaining face-to-face interaction with teachers and fellow students.

The mangrove planting action took place on the edge of Kampung Nipah Mangrove Beach, Sei Nagalawan, North Sumatra, a place carefully selected to represent the needs of mangrove growth and development. The action, which began at 10 am and ended at 4 pm, was successfully participated in by 21 Pertamina Foundation Sobat Bumi scholarship awardees.

Panorama Sileme-leme is a new tourist attraction that was pioneered in 2021. In 2022, the Fostered Village Team from the Universitas Sumatera Utara guided tourism development in the village of Parsingguran II. It resulted in very significant changes, as well as providing benefits, both for the village and its people. The Assisted Village Team of Universitas Sumatera Utara paid more attention to infrastructure development, human resource development, and increasing the existence of art groups previously formed by the community.

"PKM - Pekan Kreativitas Mahasiswa ( Student Creativity Week) activities are carried out from April to November 2022, starting from surveys, identifying problems, conducting discussions with the Perteguhan Farmers Group, to PKM activities being carried out. The strong motivation of the partners to produce superior local Arabica coffee harvest is one of the main focuses in carrying out PKM activities in Perteguhan Village, Telagah. This community empowerment process is carried out to develop the community's ability to overcome problems that arise and determine decisions independently, also providing access to resources and the environment, as well as freedom of responsibility," said Ameilia Zuliyanti.

"For those of us who work in the field of social humanities, this is an interesting subject to investigate and explore further. Particularly with the existence of two complementary village governments in Tipang Village, where they complement each other, the Village Head and the Raja Bius ("Traditional Customary King"), each with their own officials," said Prof. Dr. Robert Sibarani, M.S.

Through this training on the production of compost from oyster mushroom baglogs, partners and trainees would hopefully have a greater understanding of the reuse of organic waste from oyster mushroom baglogs as compost in grown plant media. In addition, the production of F0-F2 oyster mushroom seedlings generation and compost from oyster mushroom baglogs has a high resale value, so it may improve empowerment and has excellent market potential.

The USU Community Service Team works with two partners, Kelompok Tani Bahagia Tanaman Holtikultura (1st year - 2022) and Kelompok Tani Kopi (2nd year - 2023), on counseling and training in the use of vegetable pesticides, paranet, and eco-friendly agroecotourism management.

"Chrysanthemum tea bags can be processed using basic processes. Beginning with material preparation, drying, size reduction, mixing, and product packing, in making chrysanthemum tea bags of the desired quality," Elisa explained.

In a healthy body there is a strong soul. This sentence is contained in a Latin expression, which implies how important it is to take care of the health of the body to get balance and strength of the soul. One of the most important body parts that must be taken care of is the teeth and mouth.

Assistance in efforts to improve the community's economy is one of the activities contained in community service activities. Likewise, what was done by a team of lecturers from the Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), when carrying out a series of community service activities as part of the implementation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education at MSMEs Tempe Misran Jalan Pasar 1 Tanjung Sari Medan.

The Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) lecturer team conducted community service (pengmas) collaboration between the Mechanical, Electrical and Agricultural Engineering departments, which was held at Panti Karya Hephata, Sintong Marnipi village, Laguboti sub-district, Toba Samosir district, North Sumatra. The orphanage is also a gathering place for people with disabilities who will later be educated and trained to be able to enter the community.

Digital educational games are considered very useful for children to form awareness of the dangers of earthquakes by using game media that are made interesting and illustrative, to stimulate thinking power, including increasing concentration and problem solving.

Harapan Maju is a newly formed farmer and livestock group in Salit Village, Karo Regency. The group was chaired by Saul Sitepu, which consisted of 10 people. The livestock business has been carried out since 2020 and is quite well developed.

Ismayadi explained the Desa Binaan Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau Team is planning to bring 4 major village theme programs that will be realized, namely Desa Sehat, Desa Ekonomi Bangkit, Desa Wisata Budaya, and Desa Literasi Digital.

Results never betray effort and struggle. This quote describes the current condition of the mangrove area in Lubuk Kertang, West Brandan District, Langkat Regency-North Sumatra. After a long struggle, the collaboration of local communities, NGOs, academics, lawyers, and the government, now the mangrove ecosystem, which was disturbed and severely affected by encroachment, is recovering and greening.

Semangat Village is one of the villages located in Merdeka District, Karo Regency, approximately 70 km from the Universitas Sumatera Utara campus in Medan City. The team of lecturers from the Universitas Sumatera Utara through the Institute of Community Service has conducted a service village program in Semangat Village by producing several facilities, including clean water facilities that are used by the community to meet clean water needs, soil testing equipment to determine soil content, and agricultural tractors that are used by the community to do tillage and others.

Medan Belawan Sub-district is one of the areas in Medan City directly adjacent to the Strait of Malacca in its northern part. This border makes marine activities very common in the area. PT Pelabuhan Indonesia Regional Head I is located in Medan Belawan Sub-district, which contributes to various economic activities and employment. Many locals work as fishermen who harvest seafood.

Mangrove is a type of plant that is generally located in the transition area of land and sea ecosystems. Mangrove forests have a major role for marine life and also as a barrier to the land behind it. Today, mangrove forests also serve an important function as carbon sinks. One example of mangrove plants that have nutritional components that can be utilized, for example: red pidada (Sonneratia caseolaris), white pidada (Sonneratia alba), and jeruju (Acanthus ilicifolius L).

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has not yet ended in Indonesia, has caused many workers to be laid off and resulted in a decrease in income. To overcome this problem, many of them have started home-based businesses. However, these home-based businesses are still unable to compete with large-scale businesses.

The beauty of Pelaruga Waterfall is an economic magnet for the surrounding community, especially Rumah Galuh Village. To maintain and ensure the sustainability of the green ecosystem in the area, research lecturers from the Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) took the initiative to provide assistance and make it a Social Laboratory.

Citrus plants, like other fruit crops, often face the threat of destructive pests. For this reason, the Community Service Team of USU Lecturers, together with farmers, tried to control fruit fly pests that attack Sweet Orange (Citrus X sinensis) plants through integrated pest control methods with environmentally friendly principles using biopesticides from extracted Eucalyptus oil. After that, a special analysis was conducted on the mortality rate of fruit flies (Bactrocera sp) to determine the optimal dose of biopesticide use.