BNI Supports Stunting Reduction in Pangalengan Through Healthy Village Programme
PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, or BNI, is strengthening its support for improving public health quality through the ‘Healthy Village Free of Stunting’ programme in Pangalengan District, Bandung Regency, West Java. The programme targets four villages: Sukamanah, Banjarsari, Wanasuka, and Margamukti.
The programme, part of the BNI Berbagi initiative, is implemented in cooperation with the Pangalengan District Government and the Sukamanah Community Health Centre (Puskesmas). Through this programme, BNI distributes nutritional support and health education for vulnerable groups, ranging from children at risk of stunting and pregnant women with chronic energy deficiency (KEK) to adolescent girls.
BNI Corporate Secretary Okki Rushartomo stated that the Healthy Village Free of Stunting programme represents the company’s contribution to supporting the agenda of improving human resource quality, particularly through public health and nutrition interventions.
“This Healthy Village Free of Stunting programme is a manifestation of BNI’s contribution to improving public health quality, especially for groups vulnerable to nutritional problems. This programme is part of BNI’s commitment to delivering tangible and sustainable benefits to the community,” Okki said in a written statement.
In its implementation, BNI provided Recovery Supplementary Feeding Packages (PMT Pemulihan) to 65 children at risk of stunting for 52 consecutive days. Additionally, the company distributed Nutrition Packages to 12 pregnant women with chronic energy deficiency for 60 consecutive days.
The programme also includes providing nutrition and blood supplement tablets to 50 adolescent girls as an early stunting prevention effort. The entire series of interventions will be carried out over three months with regular mentoring and monitoring to ensure the programme’s effectiveness.
Okki explained that tackling stunting is a key priority in national development. According to him, stunting prevention must be carried out early because the condition can hinder child growth and development and have a long-term impact on the quality of human resources.
Bandung Regency was chosen as the programme location because it still requires strengthened stunting prevention efforts. Based on the 2024 Indonesian Nutritional Status Survey (SSGI) data, the stunting prevalence in Bandung Regency was recorded at 24.1%, higher than the West Java provincial average.
Beyond nutritional fulfilment, the Healthy Village Free of Stunting programme is also directed at increasing community knowledge about family health, strengthening the role of integrated health posts (posyandu), and encouraging the creation of an environment that optimally supports child growth and development.