The education conditions in Tepus, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region have shortcomings in terms of facilities. For example, school buildings that do not have roofs, broken floors, and the limited number of student chairs and desks available in classrooms. In addition, there is a shortage of human resources because teachers do not routinely attend school to teach. The curriculum is still lagging behind the curriculum in the city and receives second-hand books from donors. Most students in Tepus do not have the spirit to study, caused by the limited economic conditions of their parents, and some students in Tepus feel that education is unnecessary because they will continue their parents’ work. The parents work as farmers and livestock breeders. Meanwhile, education is very important today not only for the development of intellectual abilities and knowledge but also effective in building the character of children. In relation to Indonesia Emas 2045, education is a medium to prepare the golden generation, not only transferring knowledge but also values in individual character based on three aspects, namely honesty, truth, and justice. Therefore, efforts must be made to improve the education conditions in Tepus. There has already been a movement from a community that provides informal education for elementary school children by offering tutoring services for school lessons and moral education called Tepus Story. This community carries out its activities using the WhatsApp (WA) application as a means to communicate with volunteers, donors, and to get updates on the students in Tepus. Meanwhile, abroad it is more advanced in using applications to organize volunteers, donors, and students. One example is Via Volunteer–South Africa. Therefore, we propose and design Tepus Story using a website-based application. In the use of this application, there are three features. The first feature is the Children feature which provides various game options, homework (PR) options to monitor students’ learning from a distance because Tepus Story activities are only carried out once a week, and a gallery option to share Tepus Story activities. The second is the Donor feature which provides a registration space for Tepus Story donors and a list of donors. The third is the Volunteer feature which provides a registration space for those interested in becoming volunteers and a list of registered volunteers. Finally, there is the Admin feature which contains donation confirmations so that administrators can control incoming donations, a birthday list to know the birthdays of children to be celebrated, and administrators can also input data of students, volunteers, and donors. With this application, the activities of Tepus Story can be managed effectively and efficiently so as to improve the quality of education in Tepus.

Keywords: educational application, informal education, community education