Though many villagers in and around Basawang Village have tried building businesses in producing coconut sugar, many of them were not of good quality. Thus the training centre, which is 200m away from Aminah and Dian’s house, offer training in numerous aspects. Ranging from how to cultivate a coconut tree, extracting and processing nectar from the coconut, to selling the product. Aminah and Dian currently own 10 hectares of land which they use to cultivate coconut trees. From the 10 hectares, 20 coconut trees are maintained to produce up to 6kg of coconut sugar, worth up to Rp. 85.000,00/day. The rest are kept until harvest season, in which

Aminah and Dian sell their coconuts as produce in local markets. The coconut sugar itself is made through a process of cooking the coconut’s nectar for hours at a time. It is a process that, though long, does not take up much energy for Aminah so she can continue her usual routine without trouble.

Katingan Mentaya Project’s coconut sugar training centre has greatly benefited Aminah and Dian’s family in becoming more independent. In addition to Aminah’s work, the family has benefited from the extra assurance that their coconut sugar business has brought them.