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IBU Dra. Hartati Hamid is a figure who cannot be separated from PKBM Nur Alif. She is the one behind the success of PKBM Nur Alif in developing its business. She started the business by selling traditional cakes, cookies and sara’ba (traditional drink from South Sulawesi) at her house. She continued her business with sewing.
Hardworking is the best word to describe this mother of two. The years of 1995 to 1997 were the most difficult times she had ever experienced. Her husband – Bpk. Basri Daeng Situju – was only a part-time teacher whose earnings were enough only for to pay for his travel to work. Knowing this difficult situation, Ibu Hartati, a graduate in Out-of-School Education, started to think of something to overcome the family’s difficulties.
After assessing her cake and cookies business, whose results were not satisfactory, she and her husband decided to start a new business making curtains.
She learned to make curtains when she was studying in Makassar. With the basic capital of IDR 300,000 she started the business.
She made some samples and displayed them at a market. She attracted customers eventually. In the beginning, some of the orders were from households in Jeneponto.
Later on she received orders from other districts such as Bantaeng, Gowa, Takalar and even Makassar. When asked how she was able to market the products she said that she got help from the training conducted by DBE3.
Not satisfied with her achievement, she and her husband set upa Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Masyarakat (PKBM – community learning center) in 2004. She hoped that she could inspire
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people and share her skills with her neighbors and the community she lived in.
The PKBM was established under the name of Nur Alif. Now PKBM Nur Alif has seven people involved in the business. The PKBM’s assets have grown to IDR 25 million, consisting of sewing machines, an office and capital for business development.
Besides her business, she also works on Paket A dan Paket B (programs to help people learn basic skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic). She works on this with help from the Jeneponto district education office. She has a strong desire to help people. She feels that it is a challenge to make people interested in
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Started in 2004, now PKBM Nur Alif has 7 people working for it and assets of Rp.25 million.
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learning, who were previously not in-terested. At the moment there are 40 people involved in her Paket B program. When asked the secret of her success in managing the PKBM and her business, she simply mentioned 4 words i.e. sincerity, diligence, perseverance and patience.
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