JAKARTA - PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk (Danamon) through the Danamon Peduli program, as a form of CSR Company activities, in addition to actively campaigning for carbon emission rate reduction initiatives, also pays special attention to education issues. In the series of environmental care activities in 2023, the Central Java Regional Danamon donated 67 livestock goats as support for the Education-Based Entrepreneurship Program which was initiated by the Fadhlul Fadhlan Semarang Islamic Boarding School.
The donation ceremony was held on Wednesday, August 16 at the Fadhlul Fadhlan Semarang Islamic Boarding School which was attended by Herry Hykmanto, Director of Sharia and Sustainability Finance Danamon; Samuel Sugeng Rijadi, Regional Corporate Office Danamon Central Java; Abdul Hadi, Sustainability Finance Head Danamon,aku Santi Adriani, Sharia Funding Business Head Danamon, and DR. KH. Fadlolan Musyaffa, LC., MA, founder and caretaker of the Fadhlul Fadhlan Semarang Islamic Boarding School.
"We believe that financial literacy and entrepreneurship are very important initiatives in the development of education in Indonesia. This program aims to provide entrepreneurship training to students with a comprehensive education approach. We hope that this program will not only help students to become successful entrepreneurs, but also increase their independence and make a positive contribution to the local and national economy," said Herry Hykmanto, Director of Syariah & Sustainability Finance PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk.
Citing the journal Pengabdi October 2022, there are at least 16 million open unemployed with equivalent high school graduates in Indonesia. This figure rose to 26.64 million people in 2020. Therefore, life skills education such as entrepreneurship is important to be given to students to hone students' abilities in assessing opportunities and realizing innovative ideas into the real world creatively.
Basically, entrepreneurship education can be implemented in an integrated manner with educational activities in schools. The Fadhlu Fadhlan Islamic Boarding School has started by developing the cultivation of magazines, vegetables, baul and tilapia, as well as nurseries for dates. Cultivation of livestock goats is the latest milestone for the expansion of this education development to be sustainable.
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"With Danamon's commitment to achieving the social sustainability finance target, we always ensure that the initiatives carried out are in line with these commitments. The initiatives at the Fadhlul Fadhlan Semarang Islamic Boarding School are in line with Bank Danamon's vision and mission, namely to support sustainable business development," added Herry.
Entrepreneurship education can provide long-term benefits for high school students equivalent, help them develop skills relevant to the world of work, develop entrepreneurial attitudes, and prepare them to face a future full of uncertainty.
"Through various initiatives and programs being carried out, Danamon has aspirations to continue to grow as a customer-centric organization as your "Bank of Choice", with unique value propositions focused on sales and service excellence, a strong synergy with our partners, the government and communities and supported by world-class technology in order to provide the best financial solutions so that customers are able to take control of their financial needs and goals," concluded Herry.
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