Community Service Held by Faculty of Letters, University of Warmadewa in Sangeh Village

The Faculty of Letters Universitas Warmadewa held Community Service with the theme "Through Community Service We Understand English, Master Culture, and Tackle Plastic Waste for the Realization of Sangeh as an Ecotourism Village" on Friday, October 25, 2019 in Sangeh Village, Abiansemal District, Badung Regency.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Dean and Vice Deans of the Faculty of Letters, Sangeh Village Officials, Sangeh Village Secretary, Structural Officials, Lecturers and Staff of Faculty of Letters, and 170 Faculty of Letters students (semester V and semester VII).

Chairman of the Committee Drs. Ida Bagus Astika Pidada, M.Si said that community service is one of the dharmas of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education that must be followed by every academic community in addition to teaching and research. The rationale for choosing Sangeh Village as the location for Community Service is to realize the collaboration between Unwar and Sangeh Village to form a fostered village. This Community Service was attended by 170 students of the English Literature Study Program who are in Semester V and Semester VII, 39 lecturers and staff of Faculty of Letters Unwar. The activities carried out were the delivery of trash cans and ornamental plants, providing English language teaching courses or training in elementary schools in Sangeh Village, planting ornamental plants and community service, as well as providing cultural counseling to the younger generation and the Village’s PKK (Family Empowerment and Well-Being Team).

Sangeh Village Official, AA Gede Mangun Putra thanked the Faculty of Letters, Universitas Warmadewa for carrying out community service in Sangeh Village and for donating some plant seeds and trash cans. It is hoped that this activity can motivate the community to further organize Sangeh village for the better, which is related to the Sangeh Village clean movement launched by the Badung Regent where Sangeh as an ecotourism area which of course needs to be kept clean and beautiful, which is in accordance with tourist visits to Bali, especially to Sangeh Village.

The Dean of Faculty of Letters Unwar Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Kardana, M.Hum. expressed his gratitude to Sangeh Village and their staff for giving Faculty of Letters Unwar's permission again to carry out community service in Sangeh Village for the third time. The reason for conducting Community Service in Sangeh Village is because Sangeh is one of the villages that is being developed towards an ecotourism village and of course this is the right target for the attention of local residents. Then it was said that this activity was the basis because Faculty of Letters Unwar could contribute, especially in improving the English language skills of the young generations in order to prepare and improve English language skills in providing good service to tourists. Students will be given a program to provide short teaching and training on English for elementary school children with the aim of contributing to elementary school children at least to be able to motivate the children here to start enjoying and increasing their interest in English because the impact if they already have good skills in English of course this will have an impact on village development. Furthermore, students will be directed to do mini research in the hope that students have experience on how they practice and get data related to the English language skills of traders in tourist areas. With this, students will be able to implement the knowledge they have gained in class in order to contribute to the development of Sangeh Village.