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Unemployment and poverty are issues that require serious and systematic solutions. So far, the human development index, unemployment rate, and illiteracy rate have dominated. This study looks into how the Human Development Index affects poverty in Indonesia. Second, examine the impact of Unemployment on poverty in Indonesia. Third, examine the impact of Illiteracy on poverty in Indonesia. The Stepwise technique was chosen in this study because it provides information on the independent variables that influence the dependent variable. The Human Development Index, Education Level, and Illiteracy Population were studied sequentially. This study employed secondary data. The statistics were gathered from third sources and are available at the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The research shows that the three variables are directly associated with poverty in Indonesia. Less effective programs tend to be partial. So, as a policymaker, the government must start an integrated program focusing on the three points mentioned.

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Indonesia is the largest exporter of palm oil  with 85 - 90% of the world's total palm oil production. The consumption of palm oil in Indonesia  is increasing every year, thus the waste are also  increase. Waste cooking oil contains carcinogenic substances which causes various diseases. Biodiesel is an environmentally friendly substitute fuel for diesel made from vegetable oil as raw material. Used cooking oil can be used as raw material for biodiesel production, but it needs to be purified before further processing. Chicken egg shell contains 90% of CaCO3 can be used as a biosorbent of used cooking oil. Durian skin contains 50% - 60% of cellulose also has the potential as a biosorbent. This research was conducted to investigated the effectiveness of the combination of chicken egg shell biosorbent with durian skin for the purification process of used cooking oil as a raw material of biodiesel. Biosorbent was produced by carbonization process in a furnace at a temperature of 550oC for durian skin and 9000C for chicken egg shells. The results show that the acid number of used cooking oil has met the parameters of the SNI 3741: 2013, namely 0.43 mgKOH / gr and FFA levels of 0.0024% with a yield of 62.76%. The purified cooking oil was then continued with the transesterification process to produced biodiesel. The biodiesel obtained had the cetane numbers B100 of 33.8 and B30 of 45.2.

Pandemi Covid-19 yang terjadi secara global mengakibatkan pemerintah Indonesia mengeluarkan kebijakan belajar di rumah bagi seluruh institusi pendidikan di semua jenjang. Kebijakan belajar di rumah menjadi tantangan tersendiri bagi penyelenggara pendidikan yang belum memiliki infrastruktur pembelajaran daring, termasuk PKBM Bhakti Asih. Selain itu, kesiapan guru dan siswa juga menjadi kendala dalam penerapan pembelajaran daring. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat (abdimas) bertujuan untuk membantu PKBM Bhakti Asih dalam mengatasi permasalahan tersebut. Langkah pelaksanaan abdimas meliputi identifikasi masalah menggunakan metode observasi dan wawancara; analisis solusi dengan melakukan studi literatur; perencanaan kegiatan; pelaksanaan kegiatan; dan evaluasi kegiatan. Kegiatan abdimas ini berupa pelatihan bagi guru dan siswa untuk menggunakan Google Classroom dalam rangka mendukung proses belajar-mengajar secara daring di masa pandemi Covid-19. Outcome dari kegiatan abdimas ini berupa peningkatan kompetensi guru dan siswa dalam penggunaan Google Classroom, serta kesiapan PKBM Bhakti Asih dalam melaksanakan pembelajaran daring. Selain itu, berdasarkan penilaian peserta kegiatan, pelaksanaan kegiatan ini dinilai sangat baik dan peserta merasa puas dengan narasumber pelatihan. Kata Kunci: pandemi; pelatihan; pembelajaran daring; siswa dan guru; google classroom