Islamic Society and Culture

This study aims to describe the strategic performance of the Rumah Bersalin Cuma-Cuma (RBC) Sinergi Foundation Bandung in building a habitus of health for the dhuafa. This research is motivated by the existence of RBC-SF as a primary clinic that facilitates women of the dhuafa as members with free health and empowerment services sourced from zakat, infaq, alms, and productive waqf funds. The research method used a qualitative approach and focused on case studies, while informants were selected purposively. Data are collected in parallel through observation, interviews, and documentation. Then the data is processed through the stages of collection, reduction, visualization, verification, and conclusion. The results showed that the strategic performance of RBC-SF includes: 1) strengthening the biological capacity of mothers and children; 2) participation and delivery administration support; 3) regular education through recitation and seminars; 4) capacity building of skills through training; and 5) legitimacy and appreciation for graduation and awareness of members to continue participating in the RBC-SF program. The strategic implications of developing habitus of health, include: 1) building social networks and entrepreneurial skills; 2) the importance of involving spiritual awareness in living life; 3) healthy living culture which is passed down genealogically; and 4) the importance of women's participation in habituating family health.

The social process is the main basis in forming cooperation and compromise to provide prospects for the achievement of community needs, especially for isolated villages and difficulty accessing public facilities. So it is important for rural communities to improve their level of social processes to more sophisticated levels of resource management. This study aims to determine the characteristics of social processes as a basis for the sublimation of rural. This study uses a qualitative approach. Informants were taken purposively with categories of community members, local elites, and village officials. The results showed that the social processes of the Mekarwangi Village community were associative, such as patron-client, mutual cooperation, savings and loans in cooperatives, and annual celebrations. While the dissociative process is in the form of rumors, frictions of political interests, and difficulties of bureaucratic and technological accessibility. The role of the village government in developing socioeconomic infrastructure is still minimal due to administrative and funding constraints. Thus, economic empowerment and infrastructure development programs must be supported by the discretion of the village apparatus and community donations. Therefore, sublimation reorientation needs to be done from the bureaucratic and technocratic aspects, in order to diversify agricultural production and encourage sustainable development.