Social Economic Empowerment of Homeless Families

Abstract

—Society and government often blame the poor like homeless and scavengers. They live together without marriage, sleep in the storefronts and wild huts. They are not registered by the state and are in social exclusion, even have not assurance and civil rights. This study aims to description the steps to empower the social status and economy of homeless families in Bandung. The subjects in this community service are 14 people homeless. The methods used Research Action in this community service activity are: the assistance to build awareness of legal marriage; the assistance in stimulants for rented house in order to build proper and human housing needs; the advocacy to stakeholders and assistance for subjects to have an electronic Identity Card; and the last entrepreneurship training to increase income. The results are: awareness of marriage has been built both in accordance with religion and in accordance with state rules, the need to have a safety place to stretch has been built too, advocacy and assistance helped them to obtain an electronic Identity Card, and the training done increased their skills in order to manage secondhand goods needed by the society.