Bakti Desa Programme

Bakti desa was a program from my school. It was an obligatory for every 11th grade student to join the program. The program started at 3rd January 2019 until 5th January 2019. The first day was the day we went to the Cibereum Village by angkutan umum. The trip spent 3 hours. Then, we were divided into groups, and each groups were entrusted with foster parents. Then, on the second day, we spent all day to help our foster parents to work. My foster parents worked as a farmer, so me and my friends helped them to crop the grass, and harvest the crops. It was tiring, but fun at the same time. Then we need to attend a farming training. We learned how to plant crops, plow the land with a tractor, and many else. We also did a charity event for the villagers. We shared food, cloth, and books to them. On the last day, we need to finish the program, so we had to say goodbye to our foster parents. Our foster parents were really kind and caring, we were so sad to be apart from them. Bakti desa reminded me of a quote from Winston Churchill: "we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". We maybe happy by what we have, but we need to contribute to our society because we can make happiness for others; not just for ourselves.