Empowerment of Street Children Through Education and Skills Programs (Study at the Korumba Street Child Hope Foundation, Mandonga District, Kendari City)

Abstrak

This study aims to find out the stages of empowerment of street children's hope foundations through education and skills programs and to find out the factors that are supporters and inhibitors in the empowerment stage of street children. The research method used in this study is a qualitative research method. Meanwhile, the data collection techniques used are interviews, observations and documentation. The informants in this study are the chairman of the foundation's board, staff or lecturers and empowered street children. The data sources used are primary data sources and secondary data. The results of this study conclude that the Harapan Anak Harapan Street Foundation conducts an empowerment process for street children using 3 stages of empowerment. The three stages include the awareness stage, the capacity building stage and the empowerment stage. In addition, there are supporting and inhibiting factors in the process of empowerment activities. The supporting factor in the empowerment activities of the street children's hope foundation is the existence of a strong learning motivation from the street children themselves, the existence of educators or teachers who provide education to street children. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factors in the empowerment of street children are limited funding or finance, the mental attitude of street children themselves, workers who often go in and out or change.

Kata kunci

• Education And Skills
• Empowerment
• Street Children