Model of Social Service in Empowerment Welfare Issue in Medan

DOI

10.2991/icosop-16.2017.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

PMKS, Vagrants, Beggars, Model of Social Service, Empowerment

Abstract

Nowadays, Social Welfare Issue Holders (PMKS) in Medan is still exist and keeps growing, in particular such as vagrants and beggars. In fact, more vagrants and beggars that will be found on celebration days such as Ramadhan, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Kong Hu Chu, and many more in Medan. The researchers had done the descriptive research with mixed-methods approach (qualitative and quantitative) at UPTD Pungai Sejahtera, Binjai; Commission of Urban Social Workers (KKSP), a non-governmental organization in Medan and Study Centre of Child Protection (PKPA), a non-governmental organization in Medan. The research result states that the cause of an individual/group becomes vagrants and beggars is divided into two factors: internal factor and external factor. The external factors are: 1. Economy, 2. Persuasion by others, 3. Indifference of neighbourhood in case there are people being vagrants or beggars, 4. Indifference of family in case there are family members being vagrants or beggars. Meanwhile, the internal factors are: 1. Higher income as a beggar than the one as another profession, 2. Culture of 'losing face' which has worn off, so that the people dare to live homeless and be beggars, 3. Option of being beggars which has been more comfortable to do. Furthermore, the individual or group may return back to live homeless and be beggars due to not enough skill and effort to survive after coming out of Social Institution of UPTD Pungai Sejahtera in Binjai, KKSP and PKPA in Medan, which had given its service to the vagrants and the beggars. On the other hand, the external factors are: 1. Someone's call or persuasion to work as a beggar and live homeless, 2. High income from being a beggar.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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AU  - Husni Thamrin
AU  - Munzaimah Masril
AU  - Walid Mustafa Sembiring
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Model of Social Service in Empowerment Welfare Issue in Medan
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social and Political Development (ICOSOP 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 312
EP  - 320
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icosop-16.2017.45
ID  - Thamrin2016/11
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