PEMBERDAYAAN DESA MODEL DESA MANDIRI SEHAT DI KECAMATAN SALAMAN KABUPATEN MAGELANG

One of goverments efforts to improve village’s capability to be self help is the establishment of “Desa Mandiri” program. Assertion of “Desa Mandiri” program as one of goverment’s policy is based on consideration that there is a need to reduce village’s dependency on central goverment. Goverment cannot be expected to wholly help, subsidize, and facilitate village community anymore, and village community has to start to learn to be independent. There are some models of “Desa Mandiri” program, one of them is “Desa Mandiri Sehat” or “Healthy Self-Help Village”. Jabangsari and Banjarharjo in Salaman Sub-district are amongst those that are successful in implementing “Desa Mandiri Sehat”. Although there is difference in term of implementation, the success of these villages are relevant to be used for lesson learning and drawing.