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Muhammad Hamzah Fansuri1, Kurnia Dwi Anggraini1, Tigo Mindiastiwi1, Rini Kusumawardani2,
Hanggoro Tri Cahyo Andiyarto2
1
Undergraduate Student, Universitas Negeri Semarang
2
Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Universitas Negeri Semarang
Abstract
Indonesia, as a tropical region, shows high potential for rainfall. At highlands, enormous
rainfall triggers both soil and coastal erosion. Landslides are frequently occured in Semarang in
which some of whose areas are indicated as highlands with unstable soil. This study was carried out
in Deliksari Sukerejo, Gunungpati sub-district of Semarang. Some cases of landslide a soil-mass
movement to slopes. In study area, there are public settlement, so it shows huge potential of natural
disaster.
Various effort have been done to prevent the disaster such as socialization of preventing
landslide given by government, private institutions, colleges, and non-governmental organizations.
However, most of those method only involve for the adults, involving of the children in effort to
understand the disaster mitigation concept are less. One of the effort used was FHP (Funny Hand
Puppet) Story Telling. It aimed to socialize the hazard of landslide as well as the causes to the
society. This method tried to draw childrens attention by handy-puppets shows, so the the purpose
which is hoped could be well-transferred. As many as 24 children attended this shows, and most of
them still did not recognize the hazard of landslide as well as how they dealt with landslide. From
the pre-test, it was gained 84.3% of those who did not know simple ways to avert the landslide.
After the socialization had been given, post-test results showed 94.8% of the children significantly
understood the danger of landslide and knew simple ways to avoid it by educating them using FHP
(Funny Hand Puppet) Story Telling. From the results depicted the increasing of landslide awareness
as 10.5%. All respondent were children between 4-13 years old. The aims of this project, firstly,
increasing the understanding of landslide hazard to the children. Secondly, reducing the losses due
to of landslide hazard. In this project, the author proposed a new method know as (Funny Hand
Puppet) Story Telling. This method provided not only joys and entertainment but also broader
education about landslide happening in their surroundings.
Keywords: Landslide, Funny Hand Puppet
A. Background of the Study movements gradually occur which do not break the
Indonesia, as a tropical region, shows high potential houses in a moment.
for rainfall. At highlands, enormous rainfall triggers According to Nugroho et al (2012) in the research
both soil and coastal erosion. Landslides are location, Deliksari village of Gunungpati, based on the
frequently found in Semarang in which some of transverse part of topographic map overlapped with
whose areas are highlands with unstable soil. In rainy the results of sondir test, it was gained stratification of
season, people of RW VI Deliksari Sukorejo in soil layers with heavy soil varying at depth
Gunungpati sub-district of Semarang show great 12.00-26.00 meters and approximate angle of 12
anxiety about their houses and ways which always degrees. The depth of landslide layer was predicted at
move due to mass movements of soil in slopes. This depth of 10.00-11.00 meters portrayed in dotted lines
in Figure 1. This depth caused all slopes on the
landslide layers to keep moving during rainy season.
Contact of Author: Muhammad Hamzah Fansuri,
Undergraduate Student, Universitas Negeri Semarang
Phone: +6285740935819
e-mail: muhammadhamzahfansuri@gmail.com
Fig 1. Condition of soil layers at the research location; Deliksari village, Gunungpati sub-district, Semarang
Fig 5. Explaining mitigation of landslide Fig 8. Relation between respondents and the level of
understanding (Post Test)
D. Results and Discussion
This study employed Funny Hand Puppet Story In taking pre-test and post-test, we used question
Telling as a method for introducing landslide, and the method containing pictures of landslide, the causes
results can be gained as follows: of landslide, signs, prevention methods, and
1. Children of RW VI Deliksari were able to disaster mitigation socialized in story using FHP
understand landslide. method, direct explanation, and video displayed.
By FHP method, children in Deliksari village, 2. Children started re-explaining about mitigating
Sukorejo, Gunungpati sub-district, Semarang were landslide.
able to understand landslide occurring in their Children were enthusiastic and initiative to use
surroundings. This can be proved based on the handy puppets given to them by trying to use and
pre-test and post-test results showing that average tell with their friends using FHP.
post-test result is higher than the pre-test one. 3. Children initiated to care for their surrounding
The percentage is displayed in the following table: environment.
They were persuaded to care for their surrounding
environment by planting trees. Planting tress was
carried out in three points both in ground and
slopes by the students of Pelangi Nusantara
kindergarten guided by their teachers as well as the
students of Semarang State University. The
plantation could educate children about the
importance of caring for the environment and raise
their social awareness in terms of mutual
cooperation. The children; moreover, were also
engaged to look after the planted trees.
E. Conclusions
From the results of the study Funny Hand Puppet
Story Telling, it can be drawn the following
conclusions:
1. The children succeeded in understanding landslide
mitigation which could be observed from the way
they retold the story, and how they prevented the
landslide was showed by their effort to plant trees.
2. The children initiated to retell the mitigation of
landslide by FHP method.
3. The children tried to take care of their surrounding
environment by planting trees.
4. The teacher of Deliksari Kindergarten used FHP
method as the learning method in order to make
the students get better understanding about the
material.
5. Method of introducing landslide using FHP (Funny
Hand Puppet) Story Telling was a good method to
be applied to children in order to make them know
the danger and signs of landslide.
Acknowledgment
This study was conducted using the fund of PKM
DIKTI in 2015