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Community-Based Business Incubation Program

Rumah Energi dreams of having a goal in improving the community’s economy and poverty alleviation, by increasing community participation in economic activities and helping business actors access credit to financial institutions.

To boost the community’s economy, Rumah Energi believes in mentoring and strengthening the capacity of entrepreneurship, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and cooperatives to support the national economy. Rumah Energi also realizes that the high participation of women in the movement of the country’s economic value is essential for its full support.

Community-Based Business Incubation Program Operation Map

Community-Based Business Incubation Program Achievements

Incubated Businesses

Direct Incubated Businesses:

82
Business Unit
Number of Women Beneficiaries

Women Beneficiaries:

168
People
Incubated Businesses

Indirect Incubated Businesses:

241
Business Unit

Community-Based Business Incubation Program Projects

SCORE Project

SCORE Project

Farmer group incubation program to develop compost business by mobilizing supply and demand aspects together with periodic mentoring, and a series of basic entrepreneurship training and facilitation of meetings with key stakeholders to create a compost business market in Pringsewu Regency and Pesawaran Regency, Lampung.

Location

Achievements

  • 56.25% of beneficiaries received additional income from compost sales
  • 73.75% of beneficiaries saved on fertilizer purchases and used their own compost.
  • 50% of beneficiaries are female farmers, they have increased their business knowledge and composting skills 
  • 1-23.3 tons of their own compost as a substitute for chemical fertilizers that are safer for the environment and improve soil conditions 

Supporting Partners

Puan Inspiratif

Puan Inspiratif

The COVID-19 pandemic that has attacked has not dampened our enthusiasm in supporting women entrepreneurs’ businesses. In 2021, Rumah Energi held training for women entrepreneurs ‘Puan Inspiratif‘ which was carried out in 2 batches, in April 2021 and August 2021. Puan Inspiratif is an empowerment program for women entrepreneurs who are starting their businesses through a gender equality approach.

Location

Online

Achievements

  • 23 MSMEs received a series of training on the Gender Action Learning System (GALS), Financial Action Learning System (FALS), Gender Mainstreaming, Financial Management, and Digital Business and Management.

Pro Women

Pro Women

Based on BPS data in 2021, women manage 64.5 percent of the total MSMEs in Indonesia, or around 37 million MSMEs with a projection of a total value of USD 135 billion in 2025. The Pro Women program incubates women’s MSME businesses in Lombok, NTB. This initiative, pioneered by Rumah Energi and the Social Enterprise Platform (PLUS) through support from the Ford Foundation, targets 47 selected women entrepreneurs to receive empowerment and mentoring.

Location

Achievements

  • 47 women entrepreneurs received a series of intensive training and mentoring
  • 47 women entrepreneurs received the opportunity to increase their entrepreneurial capacity in important business skills, such as business management, networking, and marketing 
  • Create a core system of tools and methodologies to provide business scale-up services that can be tailored to the context of business actors and their environment 
  • Build an information and networking center for entrepreneurs in Indonesia, and integrate it with social media for wider community reach 

Supporting Partners

Commercial Pig Farming in East Nusa Tenggara

Commercial Pig Farming in East Nusa Tenggara

Community economic empowerment through commercial pig farming to improve the livelihoods and incomes of communities in the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) region, especially on Sumba Island. This program is implemented by increasing community participation in more profitable pig farming activities through animal husbandry, and livestock sales, increasing the capacity of livestock feed suppliers, and helping cattle farmers to access loan facilities at financial institutions.

Location

Achievements

  • Facilitate farmers’ access to finance
  • Increase the speed at which pigs can be improved through the introduction of improved pig breeds 
  • Encourage the development of service providers for animal feed, extension services, commercial aggregation and processing 
  • Develop retail, wholesale, and export potential in NTT 

Supporting Partners

Yayasan Rumah Energi 2025