JIMPITAN

Learning from the Fund Jimpitan

*ALMOST* every smallest environment, namely the level of Neighborhood (RT), there is a night security / ronda performed in rotation because there are many thefts of property / livestock owned by residents. To overcome this conditions take turns patrolling by citizens or are now mostly done patrolling officers who were given honorarium each month This is still often encountered in the rural and housing for the middle to lower.

It's like a tradition, every mobile environment, patrolling officers are required to stop at every house to get money jimpitan. Although very simple and not new, this activity becomes something extraordinary when it is connected with the spirit of mutual cooperation and solidarity in raising funds to build the environment.

Lately due to development time and theft is not only traditionally, to upper middle class, environmental security handed over to salaried security monthly fee per family. Not even a little environment that does not appreciate the essence of this jimpitan, and making it just as regular contributions, so do not need to be managed professionally.

Even many of those who do not dive into the essence jimpitan, so that money is only paid once jimpitan once a month. Especially when the meeting took place concurrently with RT is usually mothers social gathering activities.

Actually jimpitan funds collected can be used by residents in the neighborhood itself. For example to maintenance roads, sewers, and even post patrolling, or gate environment. From here residents can independently build and not rely government assistance, private sector helping hand, or wait for the new student service learning.

Not burdensome

At first, jimpitan a means of collecting funds from people who sought not too burdensome citizens. For that, the magnitude jimpitan discussed neighborhood to determine its type so as not to burden the residents in that neighborhood. Originally jimpitan form of rice, with appropriate dose size that has been agreed. Because of this jimpitan place usually made from a bottle or plastic cup, then the process of uptake by in-jimpit with fingers, so call it ''jimpitan''.

To jimpitan form of rice, the problem is the type and quality of rice owned by each family in a different. The quality of rice which is mixed will affect the price of selling, if already collected a lot. Not to mention the rice-making process is tedious, so now jimpitan rice began to be abandoned and replaced with some money.

In accordance with the agreement, for example a family burdened with the obligation to fill in every box of jimpitan 500 rupiah/night. If in an RT there are 30 families, then in one night can collect money amounting to Rp 15,000. That is, within a month collected funds amounting to Rp 450,000, only the money jimpitan.

Without realizing it, the amount of funds collected are quite large as well. Actually, this fee is voluntary, because there is no legal sanctions for those who do not fill it. Sanctions may include socials sanctions. However, because the burden is not too large, almost every family willing to fill them.