ISI Yogyakarta Supports Business Independence Of Disability Tailing Group

ISI Yogyakarta Supports Business Independence Of Disability Tailing Group

YOGYAKARTA - The Yogyakarta Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) Service Team handed over production equipment for the Avta Kebaya business group in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region to support the business independence of the disability female tailor group.

Head of the LPPM Issuance Center for ISI Yogyakarta, Riza Septriani Dewi, in a statement in Yogyakarta, Saturday, said that the delivery of the production equipment in the form of a T-shirt sewing and production support equipment was an important stage after previously being given assistance programs.

"The production equipment that allows Avta Kebaya to expand product variations and increase production capacity. This support is part of the 2025 Archipelago Art Innovation Program (PISN), which not only provides training, but ensures sustainability through strengthening work facilities," he said.

He hopes that with the identities that have begun to be formulated, the digital promotion skills that have been built, and the production facilities available, Avta Kebaya are in a strategic position to grow into an independent and competitive fashion brand for women with disabilities.

Member of the ISI Yogyakarta Service team Amanda Amalia Faustine Gittawati said that assistance for the women's disabled tailoring group would still be carried out even though the production equipment had been handed over.

"What we encourage is not only the use of tools, but the courage to experiment and develop new designs. This tool is only a means, while the ultimate goal is independence," he said.

Meanwhile, the Chairperson of Avta Kebaya Sumrah is enthusiastic about the new facilities they now have. So, with this tool, the group can try techniques that previously could not be done to be able to advance to class, considering that so far they have only relied on one old machine.

Meanwhile, the accompanying student, Ayunda, was impressed when she saw the participant's response to the delivery of the production equipment.

"What feels the most is not the ceremonial atmosphere, but their reaction when they realize that this tool will really manage itself. There is a sense of trust that grows very real," he said.