Physical Health Indonesia Project #12269

Health Education for Low-Income Women in Bali

by Yayasan Rama Sesana

Health Education for Low-Income Women in Bali

Project Report | Jun 11, 2021
Progress Report Activity on May 2021

By Naufal Taufiq Ammar | Operational Officer

“Reproductive Health Education for Young Generation, while fundraising”

Young generation are very identic with the active generation, tend to be very close and solid with their community. During a pandemic situation which limits their movement for a long time, makes them depressed more than adults and older generation.

To facilitate the passion of young people to meet each other with their communities, and to stimulate economic activity, Bazaar event was held on 8 may 2021 in Geo Open Space attended by young community running with strict health protocols as well.

YRS took this opportunity to participate in providing education and raising funds.

Reproductive health education with face to face turns out to be not as easy as educating older generation. Many young people are still shy to listen and participate in education about Reproductive Health. Some of them even show a sense of ignorance and unwillingness when we are tried to talk about reproductive health. This might be happens because they do not know and feel they have no problems related to reproductive health. However, the YRS team did not just give up, there was always a way to try to raise awareness and make the public realize the importance of reproductive health so that they finally became interested in listening.

And finally... they are are these youngsters who came to the bazaar event, began to be interested in listening to information about general health and reproductive health as well.

“Shopping to Badung Market, I get a Healthy Bonus”

"I didn't expect, at first I came to the market just to shop, to buy daily groceries, uh, it turns out I got a very valuable additional bonus, a health problem that has been making me anxious and confused, finally got help and enlightenment at the Badung market through the Clinic. Rama Sesana Foundation.”

Shopping is a very routine activity for a woman, it can be a fun activity or it can be a tiring activity...

A Women named Ardila do the same thing. Shehas small warung in another places around Denpasar Utara, she sell Fresh Juice and some creakers for snack. One day she came to Pasar Badung to fulfill her sales needs. Even though she actually had health problem that she felt interfered with her daily life, but felt embarrassed and did not know who to ask. Accidentally, while shopping at the Badung market, she complained to some of seller on badung market of feeling sick and unable to lift his groceries into the parking lot.

The seller who told by Mrs Ardila, is also a regular client of YRS at the Pasar Badung clinic, she immediately realized that Mrs. Ardila has problems related to women's health, so she began to provide education and brief explanations about the damage and problems of women's health if not handled routine and properly.

Then she informed about the YRS clinic in the Badung market and advised Mrs. Ardilla to seek more detailed information at the YRS Clinic, which is located on the 1st floor of Badung Market so she does’nt have to travel far to other places. Accept the advice and explanation from the seller's Mrs.Ardila felt very happy because the problem that she had been hiding and confused herself finally will be solved and got a solution in the Yayasan Rama Sesana clinic.

She immediately and enthusiastically rushed to find the YRS Clinic, and felt that he had found a solution to the problem that had been bothering her all this time.

Mrs. ardila felt very grateful that she accidentally helped while she was shopping at the market. Mrs Ardila hope YRS can help a lot of people who have the same problem like her…

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May 10, 2021
Progress Report Activity on April 2021

By Naufal Taufiq Ammar | Operational Officer

Webinar Training Series 3

Every month there is always something new at the Rama Sesana Foundation as well as this April. This month’s PE training is the 3^rd of the YRS online PE program which was held on April 17, 2021, with participants consisting of housewives and teenagers. The topic for webinar series 3 is “Knowing menstruation and its disorders”.

The enthusiasm of the webinar participants was very high, as indicated by the many participants who were very active in asking questions and wanted to know more and more detail about the topic presented. Continued discussion in the WA group, in this discussion participants, may ask questions about health problem were not answered during the webinar. Every day during working hours’ participants may ask and share their concerns and every question will be answered by the staff with a detailed explanation.

As a follow-up to this webinar, participants are expected to share and educate other people about the topic in the webinar which is guided by an electronic pamphlet about the conclusion and important points about the educational topics in the webinar. From the pamphlet that is shared through social media, each participant always has new people who are willing to join with the intention to better understand women’s health problems, which is useful for themselves as well as their fellow women or the community where they are.

On April 20, 2021, the Rama Sesana Foundation in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries and Defense of the city of Denpasar held a one-day seminar on Catfish farming to the Peer Educators of the Rama Sesana Foundation. This training is a follow-up to the YRS program which provides support to PEs who have experienced the impact of corona which makes them have to stay at home.

To maximize and produce PE, the Rama Sesana Foundation hand an incentive program for PE which aims to provide productive activities for PE by cultivating the catfish so as to increase family income during this pandemic. Before holding this training the YRS team made an assessment and survey to ensure the commitment of each PE who would later be actively involved in this activity. YRS really hopes that in the future there will be support from external parties so that all PE can be involved in this program.

Furthermore, this training was held at the Freshwater Aquaculture UPDT in Denpasar City. In this training, the Fisheries office provided information on how to successfully cultivate catfish. Starting from the pond, how to release catfish, how to feed and how to sort them. Participants are very enthusiastic, it can be seen how the participants show attention when the officer explains, some of them even recorded it. The participants are also actively asked questions to the officer.

Rama Sesana Foundation has a PE (Peer Educator) or Peer program. At the present moment, YRS has 13 Peer Educators with various professions. One of the Peer Educators who has joined the Rama Sesana Foundation since 2017 is Mrs. Arini, she is a mother of 2 children. Even so, Mrs. Arini is still excited to be a cadre and still wants to share health information with the people around her.

Mrs. Arini narrated the story the first time of joining as cadre, “at that time when I was shopping in the market and meet one of the cadres of YRS, I was given an education about cervical cancer. From this education I am very interested in becoming a Peer Educator”. My motivation to join aa a cadre was because my mother died of cervical cancer and my sister has breast cancer. This is what motivates me to join as a cadre so I can share information with others. From my first meeting with one of the YRS cader, I routinely pap smear every year. I do invite my relatives, friends, and neighbors to have regular checkups.

The benefits that I got after becoming a cadre were so many; I become more concerned about my own health and that of others. Some people around me have already checked at YRS, even though I only gave the information to people around me that I got from YRS had a big impact on the health of others. As a cader, I am very proud to be able to help others and thank you YRS for sharing knowledge that is very useful for me and others”, said Mrs. Arini.

One of Mrs. Arini’s friend who was invited to have a check at the Rama Sesana Foundation was Mrs. KH. She said, “I learned about YRS from my friend Mrs. Arini who became a cadre at YRS. I came here because I had complaints about my breasts. It has been two months since I had health screening at YRS. Thank you to YRS now my complaints have improved and the staff is very kind to serve and provide health information to me. For mothers out there who want to do an early detection check, please come here before it’s too late”.

Catfish Cultivation training

Success Story Peer Educator (Mrs. Arini)

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Apr 8, 2021
Progress Report Activity on March 2021

By Naufal Taufiq Ammar | Operational Officer

Charity webinar participants from PT Mitrais

This month, the Rama Sesana Foundation still filling its activities by holding webinars for education in the form of online training series webinar for Peer Educators (PE) and other activities which are charity webinars with participants from Udayana University and PT MItrais.

This month’s webinar training series is the 2nd webinar series of the Rama Sesana Foundation online PE program held on March 20, 2021 with 56 participants consisting of housewives and teenagers. The topic given is How to care for the reproductive organs. The enthusiasm of the webinar participants was very high, as indicated by the many participants was very high as indicated by the many participants who were very active in asking questions and wanted to know more details about the topic presented. The follow up of this webinar is that the participants are expected to share and educate other people about the information they got in the webinar which is guided by an electronic pamphlet about conclusion and important points about the educational materials in the webinar.

One of the other activities is charity webinar with PT Mitrais which was attended by 424 participants with the topic of reproductive health which in this Rama Sesasan Foundation provides education about the importance of reproductive health education in the family environments, introducing organs to women who are prone to experiencing reproductive health problems and direct or indirect impact arising from disruption of reproductive health. The enthusiasm of the webinar participants was very high, as indicated by the large number f participants who were very active in asking questions and wanted to know more details about the topic presented.

Charity webinar participants from Udayana Uni

Webinar series PE Volunteers YRS

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