UNS – The Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud), Nadieam Anwar Makarim has instructed all students in the final year, especially those in health or medical study to directly involved in the effort to overcome the massive Covid-19 infection in Indonesia. The good news is, the student of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta has initiated a movement namely “Solo Fight the Corona (Solo Melawan Corona)” on Friday (20/3/2020). This movement is focused on educating the prevention of Coronavirus to the lower-middle class who have not reached by the rampant information on social media.
Naufal Aminur Rahman, one of the initiators of the Solo Fight the Corona movement, mentioned that actually the educational content regarding Covid-19 has been spread massively in social media. “When we visit Instagram, we scrolled on the timeline and clicking on stories, almost all accounts have provided education material on Corona, right? However, when we go out, from our studio apartment for instance, by driving a motorcycle, we can still find many people still get-together as if there is almost no change at that time,” said the student of the Faculty of Medicine (FK) UNS, on Tuesday (24/3/2020).
Further, Naufal added that the main target of Solo Fight the Corona is those who do not have gadgets. “Because of this, we think that actually, many society members do not have the gadget to access Instagram, where educational content regarding Coronavirus is massive in Instagram and Twitter, but not in real life. Therefore, it is normal if they act normal as usual. Therefore, we targeted this segment, the people that have no access to social media, to educate them, thus they are conscious that this Coronavirus is a dangerous disease,” added Naufal.
Currently, the movement is open. Everyone can join the movement in order to expand its usefulness. Today, those who involved in Solo Fight the Corona are UNS Students, Karang Taruna, and merchants who know about this movement.
Solo Fight the Corona uses a cultural approach, which adapts to the habits and local dialects in order to make it easy to understand. With a jargon “WENAK” they held a massive education on Covid-19. WENAK itself is an abbreviation from the Javanese language that consists of Wijik nganggo sabun (wash hand using soap), Eling istirahat cukup (remember to have enough rest), Nutup yen watuk (covering mouth when coughing), Aja ning reramean (avoid the crowd), and Ke Rumah Sakit (RS) yen ngerasakke gejala (go to the hospital if you feel symptom).
Until now there are several areas that have been visited by the Solo Fight the Corona movement, among others Nusukan, Rumah Sakit Jiwa (Psychiatric hospital-RSJ) Jebres, in front of Geprek Kumlot Jebres, and Alun-alun Kota Surakarta. Humas UNS/Zalfaa