On Tuesday, April 17th 2018 we made a meet up in Kampung KB (Keluarga Berencana). Kampung KB itself is an area located in RW 12, Sidotopo, Surabaya, which have program to educated people about how important to planning the family. The program include campaign about contraception (both female and male), educate people to plan if they want to have children (with the consequences in their financial situation, their reproduction health and psychological condition) and prevent the risk of the early marriage. The program was declared in August 2016. It was made because in RW 12, Sidotopo is a slum area, which previously had bad predicate about the poverty of the people, unhealthy neighborhood, and the low education background in some of people who lived there.
The uniqueness about Kampung KB is not only made healthy campaign for the people who lived there, but also sometimes Kampung KB is visited by school, university and government instance for research purpose and social responsibility program. Kampung KB is also got supported by Pemerintah Kota Surabaya (City Government of Surabaya) and they decided to make RW 12, Sidotopo to be better place & to be healthier environment to lived in. And of course, in the whole residence we can see a lot of mural and painting about Keluarga Berencana. It’s like visiting thematic place, and also Kampung KB have a lot of spot to take picture.
I visited Kampung KB with Dhira, Aji, Wahyu, Ahmad and few peoples from Forum Indonesia Muda. We got there on 5 p.m, walked around the residence to take picture & video, discussion and talked to the local people. We finished meetup on 8 p.m after we got all we need. Oh, and another one. In Kampung KB, we had chance to watch rehearsal of children musical band. They did exercise on balai RW, few times a week. What a heartwarming moment!If you interest to know more about Kampung KB in RW 12, Sidotopo, Surabaya, you can read on this news: http://nasional.republika.co.id/berita/nasional/daerah/16/08/04/obdn4m366-surabaya-canangkan-kampung-kb