FF UNAIR Student Social Service in Palangsari Village
Students from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University (FF UNAIR) carried out social service for 10 days starting from 10–20 July 2024 in Palangsari Village, Puspo District, Pasuruan Regency, East Java. This social service activity is called Pharmashare. Pharmashare is an event under the auspices of the FF UNAIR Student Executive Board. In fact, these social service activities are carried out to provide knowledge and insight to people who still do not understand the importance of education and a healthy lifestyle.
The location of the social service activity is in Palangsari Village, which is a village where the majority of the population's livelihoods are planters and dairy farmers. Palangsari Village has very abundant natural resources, but the processing of natural resources by the village residents themselves tends to be lacking. This reason is the reason why Palangsari Village was chosen as the location for Pharmashare this year.
Kegiatan diawali dengan kegiatan malam akrab (makrab) di mana dihadiri dan dibuka oleh Prof. apt. Rr. Retno Widyowati, S.Si., M.Pharm., Ph.D., Camat Kecamatan Puspo, Kepala Puskesmas Kecamatan Puspo, dan perwakilan desa kecamatan puspo. Ada banyak kegiatan yang dilaksanakan oleh panitia Pharmashare, mulai dari kegiatan penyuluhan, belajar ceria, goes to school, hingga tes kesehatan gratis. Panitia Pharmashare telah banyak melakukan penyuluhan dalam kegiatannya, di antaranya adalah penyuluhan mengenai apel yang di dalamnya termasuk cara mengolah lilin dan selai dari apel. Kemudian, panitia juga mengadakan penyuluhan pembuatan permen susu serta pudding vla susu dengan mempertimbangkan Desa Palangsari sebagai salah satu desa penghasil susu sapi segar. Lalu, juga terdapat penyuluhan mengenai tanaman hidroponik yang diharapkan dapat membantu para petani yang tidak berkebun ketika musim kemarau sehingga dapat menambah nilai ekonomis sayur yang mereka hasilkan. Kegiatan penyuluhan tidak hanya dilakukan oleh para panitia Pharmashare, tetapi juga oleh Dosen Fakultas Farmasi, salah satunya adalah Prof. Retno yang memberikan materi dan melakukan praktik langsung mengenai bagaimana mengolah apel menjadi produk bernilai ekonomi tinggi, yaitu menjadi selai dan lilin aromaterapi. Penyuluhan yang dilaksanakan oleh Prof. Retno dihadiri oleh ibu-ibu anggota PKK Kecamataam Puspo. selain itu, apt. Yusuf Alif Pratama, S.Farm., M.Farm juga memberikan penyuluhan mengenai pencegahan diabetes dan hipertensi kepada warga Desa Palangsari. Di samping penyuluhan mengenai diabetes dan hipertensi, apt. Yusuf juga mengajak masyarakat untuk melaksanakan senam antikolesterol yang disambut antusias oleh para peserta.
The activity began with an intimate evening activity (makrab) which was attended and opened by Prof. apt. Rr. Retno Widyowati, S.Si., M.Pharm., Ph.D., Puspo District Head, Head of Puspo District Health Center, and Puspo District Village Representative. There are many activities carried out by the Pharmashare committee, ranging from counseling activities, cheerful learning, going to school, to free health tests. The Pharmashare Committee has carried out a lot of outreach in its activities, including outreach about apples which includes how to make wax and jam from apples. Then, the committee also held counseling on making milk candy and milk vla pudding by considering Palangsari Village as one of the villages producing fresh cow's milk. Then, there is also education regarding hydroponic plants which is expected to help farmers who do not garden during the dry season so that they can increase the economic value of the vegetables they produce. Extension activities are not only carried out by the Pharmashare committee, but also by lecturers at the Faculty of Pharmacy, one of whom is Prof. Retno provided material and carried out direct practice on how to process apples into products of high economic value, namely jam and aromatherapy candles. Counseling carried out by Prof. Retno was attended by women members of the PKK Puspo District. Additionally, apt. Yusuf Alif Pratama, S.Farm., M.Farm also provided counseling regarding the prevention of diabetes and hypertension to residents of Palangsari Village. In addition to education regarding diabetes and hypertension, apt. Yusuf also invited the public to carry out anti-cholesterol exercises which were enthusiastically welcomed by the participants.
Apart from carrying out counseling, the routine activity carried out by the Pharmasare committee is cheerful learning every evening. The target of this cheerful learning is the children of Palangsari village from kindergarten to high school. The joint learning material taught is very diverse and fun so that the children's enthusiasm is very great as evidenced by the cheerful learning participants who are never quiet. Cheerful learning activities include maths with the help of game tools, making tie dye tablecloths, introducing colors in English, making rotating ice cream from fruit, singing in English to get to know body parts, a cultural literacy festival filled with watching films together and singing, and playing cublak-cublak suweng. Activities for children are not only fun learning, but there are also going to school activities. The Pharmashare committee visited elementary and middle schools, specifically at SDN 1 Palangsari, to provide material on DaGuSiBu and SMPN 4 Puspo One Roof regarding the role of pharmacists and the importance of maintaining health.
Then, another core activity, namely free medical check-ups. Medical check up activities were carried out on the fifth day of Pharmashare activities. Medical check up activities were carried out in collaboration with KPLA FK UNAIR for assistance from medical personnel. Medical check ups were carried out from morning until evening due to the great enthusiasm of the community with the registration number reaching 99 (ninety nine) registrants. The medical check-up activities include measuring blood pressure, weighing, examination by a doctor, which then includes further examinations in the form of checking cholesterol, blood sugar and uric acid. Not only that, patients can also get medicine for free without being charged.
All series of Pharmashare activities are actually carried out to provide a positive impact on the people of Palangsari Village. In the future, it is hoped that after these social service activities are carried out, the lives of village communities can become better and progress both in the education, health and economic sectors. Apart from that, this social service activity is also a bridge between students and the community to train students' social sensitivity and concern as successors of the nation and state and as a form of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education.
