BEKASI, WEST JAVA — The Dapur Keliling (Darling) or Mobile Kitchen of Dompet Dhuafa’s Lembaga Pelayan Masyarakat (LPM) or Community Service Institute continues to advance to various regions in providing healthy and nutritious food services. On Thursday (5/6/2023), Darling was present to serve 200 portions of food in the Kp. Bulak Jaya area, Pantai Harapan Jaya Village, Muaragembong, Bekasi. Located at Posyandu Batu Kerikil, the benefit recipients there consisted of toddlers, pregnant women, nursing mothers, TPQ Al-Hubbiyah students, and congregations of Majelis Taklim Saung Ilmu.
Located 15 km from the North Coast of Java, the Darling fleet with its various equipment has been present since Wednesday (15/6/2023) night. When the Darling fleet arrived, the people welcomed it enthusiastically, wanting to get involved in the activities. Women of Family Welfare Program and Posyandu cadres also helped in preparing cooking ingredients, cooking, and distributing food to the benefit recipients. This activity became a means of education and healthy food services by Darling along with activities carried out at Posyandu in the issue of stunting.
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“It’s really great, it’s really a proud new experience when we can help even if it’s just energy in this Mobile Kitchen activity. All, we mothers involved in this activity feel excited and very happy because this is the first time we can join in assisting,” said Ibu Karni with Ibu Lomih who helped to cook.
Akbar as PIC of Darling Program LPM Dompet Dhuafa explained that Darling is a program that continues to serve the community in their nutritious food needs.
“Various programs that are routinely carried out are in the form of education and nutritious food services, food services on Blessing Friday, and also disaster response. We continue to strive to be present in various activities in serving the community. The existence of this activity, hopefully Darling can inspire and help the entire community in meeting their needs of nutritious food,” he explained.
Representing the community, Nabrih as the Head of Neighborhood expressed his infinite gratitude for the attention of LPM Dompet Dhuafa for his people.
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“It’s very rare for me to see a program like this that can certainly provide great benefits to improve community nutrition. The majority of them work as agricultural laborers, and of course, their income is still relatively low to be able to meet the nutritional needs of their families,” he explained. (Dompet Dhuafa/LPM)