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        "msgid": "east-kalimantan-bpbd-deploys-3-400-university-students-as-disaster-mitigation-agents-1784980398",
        "date": "2026-07-25 17:56:00",
        "title": "East Kalimantan BPBD Deploys 3,400 University Students as Disaster Mitigation Agents",
        "author": "Erdy Nasrul",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The East Kalimantan Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) is collaborating with nine universities to deploy approximately 3,400 students undertaking community service programmes (KKN) to villages. The students will educate residents and collect empirical disaster data to help formulate more targeted mitigation strategies. The initiative aims to strengthen community-based disaster preparedness, particularly in developing Disaster Resilient Villages and addressing the threat of forest and land fires.",
        "content": "<p>The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of East Kalimantan\nProvince is partnering with approximately 3,400 students on the\nCommunity Service Programme (KKN) to strengthen disaster mitigation\nefforts down to village level. The students will play a role in\neducating communities whilst collecting disaster-related data as the\nbasis for developing more accurately targeted disaster management\nstrategies.<\/p>\n<p>Head of East Kalimantan BPBD, Buyung Dodi Gunawan, said the\ncollaboration is being carried out with the Community and Village\nGovernment Empowerment Agency (DPMPD) and several universities in East\nKalimantan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are collaborating with the Community and Village Government\nEmpowerment Agency and the universities to seek support from the KKN\nstudents so they can take on a thematic role relating to disaster data,\u201d\nsaid Buyung in Samarinda on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Buyung, the roughly 3,400 students come from nine\nuniversities in East Kalimantan. They will be placed in various villages\nduring the KKN programme to help the government obtain a direct picture\nof potential disaster threats in each area.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to educating communities, the students will also carry\nout empirical data collection on environmental conditions, vulnerability\nlevels, and community preparedness in facing various types of disasters.\nThat data will subsequently be analysed by BPBD as material for\nformulating more effective mitigation policies.<\/p>\n<p>Buyung said that involving students is one way to strengthen the\ncommunity-based approach to disaster management. The presence of\nstudents in villages is considered capable of bridging the delivery of\ndisaster-related information whilst building residents\u2019 awareness of the\nimportance of early prevention efforts.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the results of the data collection carried out by\nthe students will complement the information the regional government\nalready possesses. With more detailed village-level data, the government\ncan devise mitigation measures suited to the characteristics of each\narea, including taking into account the geographical, social, and\ncultural conditions of local communities.<\/p>\n<p>The programme is also expected to strengthen the development of\nDisaster-Resilient Villages (Destana), a national programme that\nencourages villages to have the capacity to identify threats, reduce\nrisks, and carry out initial response when a disaster occurs.<\/p>\n<p>Buyung considers cross-sector collaboration an urgent necessity,\nparticularly in facing the threat of forest and land fires during the\ndry season. Based on various past incidents, human activity remains the\ndominant cause of fire hotspots.<\/p>",
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