PT Pertamina DPPU Ngurah Rai’s Corporate Social Responsibility in Deaf Village Empowerment Program

ABSTRACT:Bengkala Village is a village located in Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia, which is known as aDeaf Village. Beside the high number of deaf people reaching 2% of the total population, this village also has ahigh rate of deaf newborn babies reaching 1.14%. The difficulty of deaf people in accessing education andeconomy then become a problem for the quality of lifeBengkala village people. PT Pertamina DPPU NgurahRai tries to help overcome these problems by developing a community empowerment program for this DeafVillage named KEM Bengkala program. The results of the dedication show that through the KEM Bengkalaprogram, PT Pertamina DPPU Ngurah Rai has succeeded in developing skill of Deaf people in producing localproducts and local dance arts. These programs can run well and create program sustainability with theinvolvement of 3 sectors from the government, civil society and companies.

KEYWORDS: Deaf, Empowerment, Bengkala, Pertamina, CSRMuhs