Community Empowerment through Educational Media for Early Learners in Ex-red Light District

The Kapuas School (Sekolah Kapuas) in Putat Jaya, Surabaya, has a strong potential to develop and provide alternative education for needy people in ex-red light district formerly known bas Dolly. With the number of 60 students, the facilities owned are unable to serve their learning needs. In addition, students find it difficult to understand the lessons taught in the classroom, due to the methods and media used in the learning process that still using conventional and makeshift systems. Even though this school is for economically poor children, the education quality should be as close as formal school in general, namely the equality of basic learning media. Community empowerment in Dolly, trough the education for children, must be done. The use of conventional media such as book is still a favorite of teachers as a means of delivering material, but can cause those students feel unmotivated to learn. Therefore, the need for an interactive learning media that can stimulate students to learn and can be effective for many audiences is risen. In education, the use of interactive learning media has been widely used. Hopefully that this media will be able to meet the needs of the Kapuas school, improving the quality of teaching and learning process, and learning outcomes in general.