| dc.description.abstract | Nowadays, the phenomenom that needs attention is the rise of abandoned
children. In general, the abandoned children were having problems such as economic
difficulties, suffer from malnutrition, lack of attention and affection from parents,
can’t receive the maximum of educational services, and so on. Children Social
Welfare Program (PKSA) was developed with a long-term perspective as well as to
affirm the Ministry of Social’s commitment to respond the challenge and the efforts
to create a rights-based children social welfare. One of the institutions that deal with
children’s issues for Medan city is Indonesian Society Welfare Institution (YAKMI).
This institution has fulfilled the requirements of Indonesian Ministry of Social to
organize PKSA. The suburb rail of Gaperta is one of the territory which become the
target of PKSA, where the area is a slum dwellings, and the average live with a low
income.
This research is conducted in regional suburb rail of Gaperta Uptown Village
District of Medan Helvetia Medan City. The type of this research is descriptive type
with 30 childrens as the sample of this research. The data collection techniques with
literature studies and field studies such as: observation, questionnaire,
documentation. Then analyzed with the likert scale so it can be positive or negative
response result.
At the time of the research, the researcher can conclude that PKSA program
by YAKMI which are given to the street children in suburb rail of Gaperta aims to
increase children welfare particularly in terms of child nutrition. This has been well
achieved, seen from the positive response of the society whose join the
implementation of the program conducted by YAKMI. | en_US |
