On the open terrace of Kimnara Space, with rice fields stretching out behind it, participants line up to step onto a scale. They slip off their shoes first, while staff in teal shirts get ready to record the numbers. This is the Puskesmas Kediri 1 health check at Kimnara Space, a screening for members and staff of COCO Social Fund, Cepaka Learning Center, and Kimnara Space.
Until now, these teams have mostly stood on the giving side: handing out food aid, keeping the pyrolysis machine running, guiding school groups around. This time they stood on the other side. They were the ones being checked.
Who Came, Who Examined
Health workers from Puskesmas Kediri 1, the community health center based on Jalan Teuku Umar in Kediri, came straight to the team’s workplace. Photos from the day show teal shirts with “Melayani Dengan Sepenuh Hati” (“Serving With All Your Heart”) printed across the back, along with masks, head caps, and ID cards hanging from lanyards.
The participants came from three working circles that differ but overlap: the foundation, the waste processing facility, and the public space in the middle of the rice fields. Their calendar is packed. In late September alone, the team hosted the launch of Kimnara Space and Cepaka Learning Center on September 26, then received a group of SMP Kalam Kudus students two days later.
Health Check Stations on Kimnara Space’s Terrace: From Scale to Measuring Pole
Several checkpoints were spread across the terrace. In one corner, participants weighed themselves on a floor scale. In another, a height-measuring pole stood upright with a health worker leaning in beside it. On one table, a bottle of hand sanitizer sat among the examination supplies. Health workers moving from one participant to the next wore masks and gloves.
Weight and height look simple, but from those two numbers a health professional can work out a body mass index, a starting reference for judging whether someone’s weight sits in a healthy range.
Participants waited their turn in small groups. Behind them stretched rice fields and a lawn. Waiting for a checkup on an open terrace against a backdrop of rice fields surely feels different from sitting in a clinic waiting room.
Why Field Teams Need Regular Checks
The work in Cepaka doesn’t stop at a desk. Some people stand for hours at a station explaining material to students, some sort plastic waste, some operate the pyrolysis machine. The school visit rundown for September 28 listed masks and gloves in the logistics for the organic processing station, a sign that protective gear was planned for from the start.
That gear protects the body from daily risks. Regular checkups add a picture of how the body is doing over time, so small problems show up before they grow.
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Government and Foundation on One Terrace
The check brought together Puskesmas Kediri 1, a government health facility at the district level, and a foundation working in the same area. The pattern lines up with the message at Kimnara Space’s launch night, when a Coco Development representative stressed a commitment to working with government at both the provincial and regency levels.
For other social foundations in Bali or companies weighing a CSR program in Bali, there’s a simple step worth copying: ask the nearest puskesmas whether it offers on-site health screening for workplaces. All it may take is a shaded spot and a short message to the puskesmas.
Closing Thoughts: Looking After the People Behind the Programs
The Puskesmas Kediri 1 health check at Kimnara Space has no stage and no colored lights like launch night. But the programs running every day depend on healthy people to carry them out, and this check helps look after them.
If your team has never had a checkup together, pick one day, call your nearest puskesmas, and make it a habit. A team’s health rarely feels urgent, and that’s exactly why it’s worth checking before any complaints show up.
