"Enabling Young People to Respond to Disasters, Enabling the Weak Old to Be Prepared" Sunday, November 21 2021, the Ministry of Social Affairs, BEM Semarang State Polytechnic, held a Youth Volunteer Training activity with "Enabling Young People to Respond to Disasters, Enabling the Weak Old to Be Prepared". This activity is a teaching as a first step in dealing with natural disasters as well as increasing preparedness and optimizing the volunteering abilities of Semarang State Polytechnic students so as to create Semarang State Polytechnic students who are strong in disaster management. This activity can encourage Semarang State Polytechnic students to have a high social and humanitarian spirit so they can be directly involved in the field of volunteerism. Therefore, the Ministry of Social Affairs provides disaster response training facilities through this activity to Semarang State Polytechnic students and especially to UKM Penungan which are involved in disaster and humanitarian matters, namely KSR PMI Polines Unit, Racana Pandawa, and Student Regiment. This activity was attended by all 20 STO Youth Volunteer Training BEM Semarang State Polytechnic students in the Semarang State Polytechnic Multipurpose Room, and the rest via the Zoom Clouds Meeting. There were 178 Youth Volunteer Training participants, consisting of 138 registrants and 40 delegates from the Semarang State Polytechnic ORMAWA.   This Youth Volunteer Training activity was carried out by the Semarang City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), namely Brother Ardyanto Rudy Satriya, S.T, and an activist who works in the field of disaster volunteering, namely Brother Muhammad Taufiq Ulinuha. In his presentation, Brother Ardyanto Rudy Satriya, S.T explained material about the role of volunteers before a disaster occurs, when there is potential for disaster preparedness and when a disaster occurs. The enthusiasm of the participants was seen by the many questions addressed to the speaker. The next presentation by Brother Muhammad Taufiq Ulinuha contains sharing of his experiences while being a volunteer as well as sharing several articles he has written.   In his presentation he also explained about three types of volunteers, Panca Darma Volunteers and the principles of volunteer work. This event lasts for three hours, starting at 08.30 WIB and ending at 11.30 WIB. This event closed with a group photo and the presentation of certificates and plaques to the speakers. - -