Treat the Village Love, Dompet Dhuafa after 750 Hikers in the Mudik Kalcer Program

JAKARTA - The atmosphere of grief and happiness enveloped the CIBIS Park Mosque Area, South Jakarta, on Saturday (14/03/2026). Accompanied by the sound of Betawi music, Tanjidor, the bright morning weather also added to the cheerfulness of the 750 participants who would go to their hometowns. There, Dompet Dhuafa officially launched the Mudik Kalcer (Happy Hometown) program 1447 Hijriah, departing 15 units of buses to the Java and Sumatra regions.

One of the pilgrims who will head to Wonogiri, Mr. Wagito, admitted that he was grateful to have the opportunity to return home through this Mudik Kalcer program. Together with his wife and beloved children, they boarded a bus to Solo, the nearest destination to Wonogiri.

"The thing we are waiting for is to go home, get together with my father, with my family, even though my mother is gone last year. In the village, I'm back farming. I plan to return to Jakarta in three weeks," said the Mie Ayam Bakso Trader in Ciputat, South Tangerang.

The departure was led directly by the Chairman of the Dompet Dhuafa Board, Ahmad Juwaini, accompanied by the Dompet Dhuafa board and management. The departure was also attended by good collaboration partners who also succeeded in this program, including Muhammad Irfan as Head of Sales D'Besto, Putut Angga Wijaya as Marketing Manager CIBIS Park, representative of Piknik Bus Semar Mesem Indonesia, and Dua Belibis.

In his remarks, Ahmad Juwaini said that Mudik Kalcer is our flagship Ramadan program which aims to help our brothers and sisters to be able to carry out the tradition of returning home and celebrating Eid al-Fitr with their beloved families without being constrained by costs.

"This homecoming service is also the responsibility of Dompet Dhuafa to its donors in trying to make this Ramadan better. Hopefully it will bring happiness to meet with relatives. Dompet Dhuafa is willing to carry out this program every year, but we hope that the travelers will change. Mustahik has become a Muzakki," continued Ahmad Juwaini.

Kamaludin, DD Social Service Program Manager and also Coordinator of Mudik Kalcer 2026 said that this is the fourth time DD has held the Mudik Kalcer Program this year for beneficiaries for the dhuafa community in the Jabodetabek area. The beneficiaries of this program are intended for Indonesian citizens (WNI) of the Islamic faith who have economic limitations but have a strong desire to visit their hometowns. The main criteria for recipients of free bus facilities include income fighters in the informal sector, such as: ngaji teachers and honor teachers, mosque marbots, traders, domestic helpers (ART), and also daily laborers.

Before the departure day, the participants had gone through a strict registration and verification phase which took place from 20 to 28 February 2026 to ensure that the assistance was targeted. This year's Mudik Kalcer bus fleet targets various main destination points to reach the domicile of travelers, including: Central Java (Purwokerto, Yogyakarta, Solo, and Semarang), East Java (Ponorogo and Surabaya), and Sumatra (Lampung).

Strengthening the journey of the meaning of the condition, M. Atiatul Muqtadir, representing Manfaat Mengalir, conveyed the trust of the allowance of the free homecoming program to the Pilgrims as a support for the holiday.

"As far as the world is concerned, home is still a place of longing. I am a child of the region, I know very well how it feels to fight far from home. So with this Mudik Kalcer, hopefully it can pay for the longing that has been buried," he concluded.

"We always try to play an active role, several times working together with Dompet Dhuafa in goodness. Hopefully the collaboration continues and the recipients are also satisfied with what we are trying. We hope the journey goes smoothly, spreads happily," said Putut Angga Wijaya as Marketing Manager of CIBIS Park.

With this free transportation facility, Dompet Dhuafa hopes that travelers can travel safely, comfortably, and cheerfully until they are embraced by their families.