Desa Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau, Laut Tador District, Batubara Regency, has officially become the Desa Binaan of the Community Service Institute (LPPM) of the Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU). The village is the only USU LPPM desa binaan in Batubara.

The LPPM USU Desa Binaan Team, consisting of 21 young lecturers, has officially held a grand launching of the inauguration of the Desa Binaan Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau, Laut Tador District.

The arrival of the Desa Binaan Team was warmly welcomed by all residents of the Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau on Thursday, July 21, 2022. Deputy Regent of Batubara Oky Iqbal Frima, S.E., Head of PMD Batubara, Radyansyah Lubis, and several other official representatives were also present at the inauguration.

Deputy Regent of Batubara, Oky Iqbal Frima, thanked the USU LPPM Desa Binaan Team for choosing Desa Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau as the chosen village to be further fostered in accordance with the program launched.

“I am very grateful that Desa Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau has been appointed as one of the USU Desa Binaan. Hopefully, in the following years, there will also be more villages in Batubara Regency that are chosen to be fostered for the welfare of their people,” said the Deputy Regent of Batubara, Oky Iqbal Frima, S.E.

The Head of the Desa Binaan Team, Ismayadi, S.Kep., Ns., M.Kes. said that the Desa Binaan Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau Team will later foster residents in Desa Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau for the following year.

“The title of our Desa Binaan, namely Empowerment of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Efforts to Improve the Economy, Tourism and Community Welfare of Desa Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau in Batubara Regency, this program focuses on one convenience and solution for village communities who have been working in old ways, so we come will modernize various types of work so that they are more efficient and on target,” said Ismayadi.

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.

The Vice Head of the Desa Binaan Perkebunan Tanjung Kasau team, Dr. Zulfan Lubis, S.S., M.Hum. emphasized in his speech that the Desa Binaan Team, consisting of dozens of young lecturers from the Universitas Sumatera Utara, are experts in their respective fields and will later help build the welfare of the community here.

“We have planned a coaching program so that this village can be realized as a healthy village, rise in its economy, advance its tourism and cultural promotion, and also be literate in digital technology,” said this native resident of Batubara Regency.