Serving in Kampung Nelayan Seberang and Mangrove Area
Serving in Kampung Nelayan Seberang and Mangrove Area
Published by
Renny Julia Harahap
Published at
Thursday, 10 June 2021
The area of Kampung Nelayan Seberang, located in Belawan I Urban Village, Medan Belawan Subdistrict, is quite difficult to access by outsiders. To reach this village, it is not easy. We have to sail the sea using small motorboats that are often docked at the Belawan pier. This condition then resulted in Kampung Nelayan Seberang becoming an area that experienced a slowdown in infrastructure development and the economy of the community.
The Universitas Sumatera Utara, as one of the largest universities on the island of Sumatra and included in the ranks of cluster 1 of the Ministry of Education and Culture's version of non-vocational universities, certainly does not want to lose the opportunity to dedicate itself and contribute to development directly. With the momentum of Community Service activities that have been carried out for years, many things have been built by the Universitas Sumatera Utara through its educators in the midst of society. The contribution is physical and non-physical, material and non-material, and has bound science into a means to improve people's lives, especially those in underdeveloped areas.
Through this inaugural edition of the new Universitas Sumatera Utara website, in the community service section we will feature several community service activities that have been carried out by lecturers from various disciplines at the Universitas Sumatera Utara. One of them is what is done by USU lecturers who are divided into 7 working groups, who take community service areas in Kampung Nelayan Seberang, a settlement on the water which is right on the edge of the Belawan Sea coastline.
The area of Kampung Nelayan Seberang, which is located in Belawan I Village, Medan Belawan Subdistrict, is quite difficult for outsiders to access. Reaching this village is not easy. We have to sail the sea using small motorboats that are often leaning on the Belawan pier. This condition then resulted in Kampung Nelayan Seberang becoming an area that experienced a slowdown in infrastructure development and the economy of the community.