Happy Children

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About the project

Happy Children

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf8dpSj9j-I Volunteering with kids living in the slum area in Pekalongan City. Pekalongan is 100 km from Semarang. It is about two hours by bus or one and a half-hour by train to the west. This project site consists of 2 different project areas with 2 different characters. Pasir Sari Pasir Sari is a slum area next to Pekalongan train station. The children in Pasirsari are interested in educational activities after school. There are approximately 10 until 50 children and the amount is changing at any time. The age of the children starts from 5 – 18 years old. Volunteering activity will be in a public learning centre in Pasirsari. Bugisan. Bugisan is a slum area on the Pekalongan riverbank. There are around 10 children joining the activities daily. They are cute and they are shy when they meet new people. The children love to have games or other fun learning methods prepared by volunteers and they like to do activities near the street. Volunteers can use public learning spot or outdoor activities.

💼 What the programme involves

1. Organizing interesting-creative activities to motivate the children to keep continue their study or go back to school; 2. Organizing various skill development activities, such as ( Painting, drawing,etc); 3. Giving additional lesson to support children education, such as ( English lesson,etc) 4. Raising awareness of children’s personal hygiene like washing hand, brushing teeth, etc. Note: 25 to 40 hours/week. Sometimes the volunteers are needed to support GREAT to do other voluntary action during the weekends.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Pekalongan volunteer house. Volunteers will stay in a shared house with other volunteers. The fridge is available. Volunteer must take care of their own meals and cover personal expenses. Wifi, Gas for cooking and water gallon is covered by donation from international volunteers and local volunteers (not covered by participation fee).

📍 About the location

Pekalongan City, Central Java, Indonesia. Batik City rich of culture.

ℹ️ Additional information

COVID 19 Information in Indonesia "We ask the volunteers to make sure that their travel is compatible with the most recent recommendations of health authorities with regards to the spread of the Coronavirus. In case you are travelling from or recently travelled through a higher risk area, please check the health recommendations of the country where the project takes place, as restrictions may apply (e.g. ban, quarantine, isolation). We will take the necessary health precautions for our projects, but please contact your sending organisation to get more information in case you have any concerns." Please always check this government link for update information of Covid 19 in Indonesia National https://www.covid19.go.id Ministry of Health http://covid-monitoring.kemkes.go.id Central Java https://corona.jatengprov.go.id

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📷 Project photos

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📅 Available sessions

STV 04

21/09/2020 → 04/10/2020

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

3700000.00 IDR ≈ 182 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Pekalongan, Pekalongan City, Central Java, Indonesia

Indonesia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Indonesia Rupiah (IDR / Rp)

Exchange rate

1 IDR = 0.000049 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Western Indonesia Time

Local time: 21:00 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Indonesian