RISS Journal Randwick International of Social Science (RISS) Journal Vol. 1, No. 3, October 2020 | Page: 534-541 ISSN Online: 2722-5674 - ISSN Print: 2722-5666 http://www.randwickresearch.com/index.php/rissj -534- The Role of Youth in Overcoming Problems Related Sinabung Volcano Eruption | Yesi Chairani Tanjung 1,* | Erika Revida Saragih 2 | Agus Purwoko 3 | 1 Student of Master of Regional and Rural Development Planning, University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia. 2,3 Lecturer in Master of Regional and Rural Development Planning, University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia. * yesichairani63@gmail.com INTRODUCTION Indonesia is a prone country to get disaster. It happened because some aspect which are geographical, geological, hydrological and demographic aspects. Sinabung Mountain is located in the highlands of Karo Disctrict, precisely in Simpang Empat and Tiganderket Sub-district. The surrounding land is a fertile farming place and indirectly provides the economic benefits for people who are around Sinabung Mountain. In 2010, Sinabung Mountain which had been considered the inactive mountain for the first time, experienced an eruption after hundreds of years showing no signs of its activity. This disaster makes people who are on the slopes of Sinabung Mountain, especially in a radius of 3 km evacuated to safer areas, especially in the capital city of Karo District , namely Kabanjahe District and Berastagi District around it. In the effort of disaster management Karo District is one area that has a high level of disaster risk, so it is very much needed special handling in this region which there are four Sub-districts directly affected by the eruption of Sinabung Mountain namely Simpang Empat Sub-district, Naman Teran Sub-district, Payung Sub-district and Sub-district Tiganderket. Youth participation and role in disaster management is needed to help disaster risk reduction. This was also reviewed based on Law Number 40 of 2009 Article 16 concerning the role of youth in national development. ABSTRACT Youth is one of the important human resources to increase their capacity. The number developed sufficiently. It shows that the nation's change is occurred very significant. In the disaster management, the youth certainly has a very important role to maintain the regional resilience. So that young people must be prepared to overcome threats and challenges related disasters that cannot be predicted. This study aims to determine how the role of youth in overcoming problems related Sinabung Volcano Eruption in Tiganderket Sub-District, Karo District, North Sumatra. This research uses qualitative methods. In this study, there are three informants interviewed. They are; 1) The Secretary of BPBD (Regional Disaster Management Agency, Karo District, 2) Youth Leaders, and 3) The local community who were presented in the form of scientific analysis. The results of this study indicate that: The Effectiveness of Youth's Role in overcoming Sinabung Volcano Eruption, Tiganderket Sub-district, Karo District, North Sumatra has not been able to tackle effectively. It can be measured from the level of Youth involvement to play a role in overcoming the disaster. It can look from the three phases which are Pre - disasters, During-disasters, and Post-disasters. The youth in Tiganderket Sub-district Only involved when the disaster happened. KEYWORDS The role of youth; effectiveness; overcoming disaster; Sinabung Volcano eruption DOI: https://doi.org/10.47175/rissj.v1i3.106