UNAIR NEWS- Taking part in community service is one part of the higher education ‘Tri Dharma’ that should be practiced by the academic community. Kalingga, a cross-faculty alumni association at Universitas Airlangga, also aims to strengthen brotherhood among alumni, support the campus progress and carry out its community service with real programs.
The current Covid-19 pandemic condition makes Universitas Airlangga’s alumni feel compelled to help the country’s recovery progress. Through the “Saweran Satus Ewuan” fundraising program, Kalingga hopes to support health services by purchasing an Ambulance or a multi-purpose vehicle.
The word “saweran (literally ”chipping in”) was chosen to illustrate gotong royong, which is one of the community core principles of the Indonesian people. Meanwhile the word “satus ewuan” in Bahasa Indonesia means one hundred thousand is expected many can get involved without feeling embarrassed to donate because the sum is not much.
“The bottom line is that helping can start small, and anyone can do it as long as they are sincere. Now, if this little assistance is done together, it will be big too,” added Bustomi, the person in charge of the program and an alumnus of FISIP UNAIR.
The fundraising held by Kalingga will be used to purchase a multi-purpose operational vehicle as one of the important facilities to be given to Universitas Airlangga’s Hospital (RSUA) in order to support the need for an ambulance or medicine transport, food transport, and health worker’s shuttle vehicle.
“We have communicated with parties who understand this, Insya Allah, the vehicle to be donated will be beneficial,” concluded Bustomi.
The fundraising is an alumni initiative initiated by Bustomi, an alumnus of International Relations program of FISIP UNAIR. (*)
Author: Stefanny Elly
Editor : Khefti Al Mawalia (AC/AP)
