📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project will take place in Pusat Informasi Mangrove (Mangrove Information Center),
Panjang Village, Pekalongan Regency. GREAT organizes «Mangrove for Java» project targeting all of over 1000 km endangers coastal areas of Java Island in cooperation with local fisher and farmer communities to answering the needs of preservation. Java coastal area is one of the directed affected by global climate change among many in the world. The project is preserving natural diversity and sea shore from the erosion because of significantly mangrove cutting in the 70’s-80s along with strong waves from the ocean. Pekalongan is the first project since 2016.
💼 What the programme involves
1. Planting mangrove and other trees in beach,
2. Learning how to process Mangrove fruits into some products with added economic value
3. Sharing about environment education to local people and children
4. Volunteers are excpected to also bring & share knowledge about environmental issues/
information about their home country and/or hometown.
Working days: 5 – 6 days per week. 30 – 40 hours per week. Video is here https://goo.gl/g7Po6J
🏠 Accommodation on site
Type of building: Office of host or home stay
* Sleeping: ( ) Single room (x) Sharing with other vols. (x) Sharing with locals
* Meals: ( ) Cooked by vols. (x) Cooked by vols. & locals ( ) Cooked by locals
* How and how long to go to work: 30 minutes
* Smoking: ( ) Totally impossible (x) Only outside building ( ) OK also inside
* Internet access: NO Wifi. Volunteers must get local number to get connected to internet via their
own smartphone or internet modem.
* Any other points: limited condition. Need sleeping bag. Indonesian traditional toilet with squad
and manual flush system. Manual washing.
📍 About the location
Pekalongan Region Central Java Indonesia. There are local nature beauty in the region like water falls, forest, tea plantation, etc.Also it is Batik City https://goo.gl/maps/iqHr8DZL86G2