JAKARTA - The Alumni Family of Universitas Gadjah Mada (KAGAMA) launched a telecounseling program for UGM alumni and their families who have contracted COVID-19, especially those who are in self-isolation at home.
Secretary General of the KAGAMA Central Executive, AAGN Ari Dwipayana in his statement in Jakarta, Sunday, July 25, said this was in response to the increasing number of UGM alumni and their families infected with COVID-19, ranging from those who fell ill to death.
The assistance is provided free of charge in the form of facilitating medical and psychological support.
TelecounselingAri said the purpose of Kagama Telekonseling is to assist the government in handling COVID-19 cases in Indonesia. In addition, the goal is also to synergize and accelerate PP KAGAMA's efforts to help KAGAMA members and their families affected by COVID-19. “Another important goal is as an educational intervention for UGM alumni and their families who are self-isolating in the medical and psychosocial fields. Reducing health risks and the worse impact of the COVID-19 virus," said Ari.
The Coordinator of the Presidential Special Staff said that as a realization of this goal, Kagama Telekonseling focuses on several activities. First, prepare and send COVID-19 medical kit sets to UGM alumni and their families who have contracted COVID-19.
Second, providing online assistance and education to UGM alumni and their families who are currently in self-isolation. Meanwhile, how to use the WhatsApp group social media application, online meetings via zoom, and other online productive and recreational activities, such as Yoga activities together. "The online counseling itself has started on July 5, 2021," he said
According to him, there were 560 registered participants divided into 20 WhatsApp groups where each group was accompanied by one doctor and one psychologist. "For the smooth running of this online counseling, we are cooperating with the Kagama of Medicine and the Indonesian Association of Clinical Psychologists," said Ari as reported by Antara.
Ari said educational activities through webinars are not only devoted to UGM alumni and their families but also to the general public. The focus of the webinar activity is to minimize the more serious risk for those who are infected and are undergoing self-isolation.
Topics that have been discussed include medical and psychological aspects of self-isolation, maintaining contamination during isoman and post-isoman disinfection, and self-isolation in children, DOs and DONTs.
For the implementation of the Psychosocial Telecounseling webinar, said Ari, KAGAMA has collaborated with the Indonesian Association of Clinical Psychologists. The plan is to hold joint activities such as talk shows with topics such as anxiety and losses.
Meanwhile, for the KAGAMA Medical Telecounseling webinar, PP KAGAMA collaborates with KAGAMA Medicine with webinar topics that will be discussed later. "We have also launched the Friends of the Heart Indonesia program in collaboration with Kompas Daily in the form of virtual counseling services and discussions about mental health during the pandemic," said Ari.
The activity was carried out four times with topics, improving mental health during a pandemic, surviving uncertainty, making peace with yourself during a pandemic, and maintaining mental fitness during a pandemic.
Thematic Community ServiceThe man who was born in Ubud Bali, said that one of the interesting programs that will be launched is the thematic KKN (real work course) in the form of an isoman mentoring program in collaboration with the UGM Directorate of Community Service (DPKM).
In the future, the alumnus of Fisipol UGM continued, Kagama Telekonseling will be developed in the form of a special application so that its benefits are more easily accessible to both UGM alumni and the wider community. “For this reason, a number of collaborations with related professional organizations will soon be carried out to improve the quality and breadth of services. This includes cooperating with UGM and KAGAMA administrators at all levels," he said.
So don't miss this program if you or any of your family members are exposed to COVID-19.
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