Approximately 270 UGM Community Service Program (KKN-PPM) students will be deployed to nine transmigration areas in Indonesia. These locations are Lunang Silaut in Pesisir Regency, West Sumatra; Batu Ketumpang in South Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung; Lagita in North Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu; and Rasau Jaya in Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan.
Transmigration
The Director of the Directorate of Community Service (DPkM) at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Dr. Rustamadji, has been awarded the Transmigration Award from the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration in the category of Motivator for Empowering Communities in Transmigration Areas through the thematic Community Service Program (KKN) in transmigration.
The UGM Faculty of Geography’s Center for Environmental Studies and Disaster Mitigation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration, organized the 5th Technical Guidance on Transmigration Area Development. The event took place in Yogyakarta and was held in two batches, June 5th to June 8th, 2023, and June 12th […].