MMSEL Project's Reflection

Flood Disaster…

Flood is one of problems that often happen in Jakarta especially for them who lived in coastal areas. Today flood attacked violently Jakarta. Tragic. It is because the high of quality of rain that made Jakarta almost sinks. Nowadays, it becomes big problem for citizen of Jakarta because it may hamper their activities because it happens in every part of Jakarta. Besides that, there are so many people who lost their wealth because of flood. Hence, there are so many victims everywhere, even there are so many human corpses founded. There are so many disadvantages for this disaster especially for them who become the victims. 

The disaster made us difficult to do our MMSEL project which will be held on Ancol on Sunday 20, 2013. It canceled immediately because Ancol is one of flood victims while flood made some streets could not be access. It was become big problem to us it means that we cannot conduct the activity there since flooding still happen.

Considering about the due date of project report then we create new plan for this project so that, this project should be conducted as soon as possible. Thinking about new idea in the condition such like this is not easy thing that can be made, considering about the condition that happened. Unfortunately, remembering about the flood then my friend has initiative to hold the activity in the flood victim. However, we must revise the proposal from the beginning till the end. It is not big problem I think, what I think is about how we can be doing a project without consulting with the lecture Ms. Mima.

Moreover finally the project conducted in Rawajati. It is one of the victim floods near in Pancoran. The participants of this project are some children around. This activity runs around 2 hours. In this activities also helped by some activists from KAMMI. Actually they have activity to help victim flood but they did not has any activities yet so that this is our opportunity to have cooperative with them in order to conduct our activity.

Honestly, there is no special activities that prepared we just have simple activity but hopefully it will motivate. The activities comprise of storytelling, sharing session (it’s about how to keep environment in order to achieve healthy life, and the last is drawing. Firstly, the activity opened by pray and then story telling. The story telling has core value about helping each other to have good relationship each other. It is talked about the frog and the snail which become friendship because of helping each other.

Furthermore, the next activity is sharing session. In this opportunity my friend told them how important of pleasant environment which mean clean, comfortable and safe in order to avoid any disaster such as flood that have been happening there. Besides that the children also gave how to keep good environment such as not to throw trash in the river. The last activity is drawing. In this session the participants asked to draw any environment that they want to. Then after that they share their picture in front of the other. The activity finished by give them some snack and some books that might use by them.

Most of all the activities are running well. All of the participants are enthusiasm during the activity. It followed by more than 40 participants where the target is 40 children. It seemed they are comfortable with the activities. It looked by their participation and their spirit in following every activity. Fortunately, there are some kids who did not get the snack fairly because they out of target but unfortunately while we distribute the snack there is some contributor who came and asked us to distribute some snack that they brought so that our problem has solved.

This activity gives new experience for me. It is my first opportunity to see flood victims in directly. It is so miserable. However I felt happy since I could help them to make them laugh by our activities, at least there is activity that they followed to assuage their traumatic of flood rather than they are swimming in the river. Moreover, in the sharing session during drawing session one of the participants draw about Jakarta’s environment which is solid by any citizen, pollution, etc. he told us that “My Jakarta, full of citizen, pollution, trashes, and other. If it is to be continue so how about us? Continuation of this nation?” I, as myself felt carried away with those words. The child 6 grade of elementary school could bensaid some words like that. It is so miserable.