Program Kemitraan Masyarakat (PKM) Istri Nelayan Dalam Upaya Menopang Ekonomi Keluarga di Kelurahan Papusungan Kecamatan Lembeh Selatan Kota Bitung

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (PKM) FOR FISHERMAN WIVES IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY ECONOMY IN PAPUSUNGAN DISTRICT LEMBEH SELATAN DISTRICT BITUNG CITY

Abstract

The Community Partnership Program is one of the mentoring programs for groups of fishermen's wives in Papusungan Village. Fishermen's wives are a group of housewives who need to receive counseling to take advantage of opportunities when there is excess fishing, which provides additional income for fishermen's wives through processed products. The main objective of community service activities through the Community Partnership Program (PKM) is to: Improve the ability to work together in groups, organize members to work together in accordance with mutual agreements and provisions to build an independent entrepreneurship program from groups of fishermen's wives, and there is also a clear division of tasks. and agreed upon through mutual provisions. Providing a forum for coordinated product marketing efforts involving groups of fishermen's wives; The steps taken to realize the program offered are by: Approaching government officials in the sub-district to obtain permission to implement the PKM program in the sub-district concerned, using lecture and practice methods, equipping the group about the importance of choosing raw materials ( fish) that are good and appropriate for making meatballs or culinary preparations as well as providing examples and practices for making meatballs that are hygienic and safe for consumption by all groups, up to the stage of counseling about financial management and providing an introduction to business management for group members in the context of further business development. Good. The enthusiasm shown by the group of fishermen's wives in participating in counseling/training in PKM activities, namely the desire to increase knowledge or skills through group activities, is very helpful in increasing insight into thinking towards progress, which is marked by increasing understanding about consuming fish  for health, and is even able to motivate themselves to increase their business. his family for the sake of improving his family's economy.   Keywords: Fisherman's wife, Counseling, Papusungan Family Economics