LSM Pikul Latih Kelompok Wanita Desa Uiasa Berdayakan Pangan Lokal

Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat (LSM) Pikul NTT bermitra dengan OCD Beach and Cafe berserta beberapa mitra yakni Perkumpulan Pikul, Geng Motor Imut, CIS Timor, Komunitas Kupang Batanam, Komunitas Tani Organik Dalen Mesa, Perkumpulan Tafena Tabua, Yayasan Alfa Omega dan Yayasan Cemara melatih kelompok wanita untuk memberdayakan pangan lokal.

Direktur Pikul Torry Kuswardono di Pantai Uiasa, Kecamatan Semau, Kabupaten Kupang Sabtu (24/10) mengatakan Pikul terus mendorong kaum wanita agar mengolah pangan lokal seperti beras hitam Semau, jagung kuning Semau dan beberapa pangan lokal lain untuk jadi kuliner khas Semau yang dapat dinikmati oleh wisatawan saat berkunjung.

“Kita dorong mereka agar bahan atau pangan lokal dijadikan kuliner seperti kue dan berbagai makanan yang dapat dinikmati wisatawan, “ungkap dia.

Selain itu dorongan pemberdayaan pangan lokal masyarakat bagi kelompok perempuan di Desa Uiasa guna meningkatkan pendapatan kaum wanita. Ke depan Pantai Uiasa dikunjungi banyak wisatawan sehingga perlu pemberdayaan dini.

Dia menilai pantai Uiasa adalah pantai yang wisata alam laut, budayanya serta sejarah Semau juga ada di Desa Uiasa sehingga ia mendorong Desa Wisata diberdayakan penuh sebagai pelaku pariwisata.

Sementara Kepala Desa Uiasa Daud Neno Keba mengatakan Pantai Uiasa adalah salah satu pantai yang sangat berpotensi di Pulau Semau.

Pantai itu telah menorehkan banyak kenangan bagi masyarakat Desa Uiasa. Tahun 90-an lalu pantai itu ramai dikunjungi ratusan hingga ribuan wisatawan mancanegara dan domestik.

“Dulu Pantai Uiasa ini ditahun 90-an wisatawan asing atau bule banyak yang berjemuran di pantai itu seperti di Bali. Pantai itu kita lihat penuh dengan bule namun kerusuhan tahun 1999 dan terhentinya penerbangan langsung Kupang Darwin atau Australia adanya krisis moneter sehingga semua usaha sektor pariwisata di Desa Uiasa terhenti dan tinggal puing-puing bangunan atau penginapan dan bar tinggal kenangan bagi masyarakat Desa Uiasa, “ungkapnya.

Menurutnya, Pantai Uiasa di wisatawan karena hamparan pasir putihnya, selain itu pagi hari dapat menikmati sun rise, dan pemandangan di bawah laut dapat disuguhkan dengan dengan ribuan terumbu karang.

Dia merindukan suasana saat ramai dikunjungi wisatawan karena dapat memberikan dampak positif bagi peningkatan perekonomian masyarakat di desa.

“Tempat lain melihat wisatawan saat berjemur itu jarang namun warga Desa Uiasa telah melihatnya ulang-ulang sehingga hal itu menjadi biasa saja, “ungkapnya. (bev/ol)

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The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Pikul NTT is partnering with OCD Beach and Cafe along with several partners, namely the Pikul Association, Imut Motorbike Gang, CIS Timor, Kupang Batanam Community, Dalen Mesa Organic Farming Community, Tafena Tabua Association, Alfa Omega Foundation and Cemara Foundation to train the group women to empower local food.

Pikul Director Torry Kuswardono at Uiasa Beach, Semau District, Kupang Regency, Saturday (24/10) said that Pikul continues to encourage women to process local food such as Semau black rice, Semau yellow corn and several other local foods to become typical Semau culinary delights that can be enjoyed. by tourists when visiting.

"We encourage them to make local ingredients or food into culinary delights such as cakes and various foods that tourists can enjoy," he said.

Apart from that, there is encouragement to empower local community food for women's groups in Uiasa Village to increase women's income. In the future, Uiasa Beach will be visited by many tourists so it needs early empowerment.

He considers Uiasa Beach to be a beach with natural marine tourism, the culture and history of Semau are also available in Uiasa Village so he encourages the Tourism Village to be fully empowered as a tourism actor.

Meanwhile, the Head of Uiasa Village, Daud Neno Keba, said that Uiasa Beach is one of the beaches with great potential on Semau Island.

This beach has created many memories for the people of Uiasa Village. In the 90s, the beach was busy with hundreds to thousands of foreign and domestic tourists.

"Uiasa Beach used to be in the 90s, many foreign tourists or foreigners would sunbathe on the beach, like in Bali. "We saw that the beach was full of foreigners, but the riots in 1999 and the cessation of direct flights to Kupang, Darwin or Australia, there was a monetary crisis so that all tourism sector businesses in Uiasa Village stopped and only the ruins of buildings or accommodation and bars were left as memories for the people of Uiasa Village," he said. .

According to him, Uiasa Beach attracts tourists because of its stretch of white sand, apart from that in the morning you can enjoy the sun rise, and the view under the sea can be presented with thousands of coral reefs.

He misses the atmosphere when it was busy with tourists because it could have a positive impact on improving the economy of the people in the village.

"Other places seeing tourists while sunbathing is rare, but the residents of Uiasa Village have seen them over and over again so it has become normal," he said. (bev/ol)

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