DDHK. ORG – Metaverse is starting to be widely used in all fields and services. Not only in the world but also in Indonesia. Including Dompet Dhuafa. What is being done Dompet Dhuafa to capitalize on this metaverse?
The use of technology continues to grow rapidly in all sectors. Utilization and development of technology is needed on all fronts. One of them is in the field of Islamic Philanthropy.
So, to support performance and make it easier for people to collaborate in goodness, Dompet Dhuafa began to continue to develop digital-based systems and try to develop the metaverse world.
Quoted from the page Dompet Dhuafa, Dompet Dhuafa held a Talk Room event entitled "The Role of Institutions & Utilization of Digital Technology in Poverty Alleviation". The event took place at Tigalima Kopi Menteng, Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim, Gondangdia, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (22/2/2023),
Also attending the Public Discussion agenda was Suci Nuzleni Qadarsih as Chair of Ramadan 1444 H Dompet Dhuafa, Prima Hadi Putra as Director of Communication & Technology Dompet Dhuafa, Haryo MojoBibit as Communication GM Dompet Dhuafa, Tira Mutiara as an IDEAS researcher, Gaib Maruto Sigit as the Editor in Chief of MNC, Ade Rukmana as a beneficiary of the Village Farmer Program, Pradwita Ghazali as General Manager of FreakOut Indonesia, Agung Lesmana as Head of Sharia Business Development and Product Solution Bank Jago, and VADS.
Through this event, Dompet Dhuafa want to encourage strengthening in the zakat, infaq, alms and waqf sectors through digital technology in the form of digitalization-based zakat services in an effort to alleviate poverty.
Dompet Dhuafa invites muzaki to dive into new experiences in interacting with service staff, especially in consulting regarding zakat and the ease of ZIS payment in Dompet Dhuafa.
Prima Hadi Putra revealed that digitalization is a way to reduce poverty. By measuring the digital capability index in the process of distributing and receiving zakat.
"Digitalization is the first step in digital transformation, the first step is to measure the digital capability index for the process of distributing and receiving zakat. Digitalization is included in efforts to solve the problem of poverty, starting from the lowest poor, the potentially poor, to the poor who have assets using the Artificial Intelligence Of Things (AIoT) system so that the 3 layers of poverty can be handled according to their needs, "explained Prima Hadi Putra.
Haryo Mojopahit as Communication GM Dompet Dhuafa add, Dompet Dhuafa committed to empowering the poor through the empowerment triangle.
"Role Dompet Dhuafa in alleviating the problem of poverty through the concept of the empowerment triangle, namely by eliminating emergencies, then building access, and improving the system through programs formulated by Dompet Dhuafa with the main goal is to reduce the existing poverty rate, “added Haryo.
Dompet Dhuafa establishing cooperation with various companies, platforms and banking to make it easier for people to give zakat, one of which is Bank Jago Syariah, with an online service method. On the service, Dompet Dhuafa providing zakat calculations and technology-based payment gateways using barcodes.
Agung Lesmana as Bank Jago's Head of Sharia Business Development and Product Solution said, digitalization is currently making everything easy and fast.
"Jago Syariah is designed to make life easier for its users, by presenting digital Islamic banking services with the latest technology and having features as sophisticated as conventional banking. Through Jago Syariah, customers can experience superior innovations and features, such as Pockets and the ability to integrate with other Islamic digital ecosystems. Going forward, we will take on a role in terms of becoming an Islamic financial platform, where Jago Syariah acts as a wasilah (vehicle) for collecting zakat, infaq, and waqf which will later be distributed to beneficiaries as one of the transformations in the digitalization era," said Agung.
Developed digitization efforts Dompet Dhuafa this yields results and increases the collection of zakat and empowerment of mustahik every year.
During 2022, Dompet Dhuafa has succeeded in raising funds worth IDR 394,31 billion, of which 50% is zakat collection, 15% qurbani, 9% infaq, 13% bonded infaq, 7% waqf, 4% CSR, and 2% social humanity. With the existence of the metaverse later, it will be more optimal.
“Mang Ade is very grateful that 2012 was met by Dompet Dhuafa which has a campaign to raise the degree of farmers, the level of economic growth after being driven by Dompet Dhuafa greatly increased from the original minus. Dompet Dhuafa facilitating all the needs of farmers with 100% profit for us," said Ade Rukmana as a beneficiary of the Village Farmer Program. [DDHK News]
