📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Pekalongan is the city near Semarang, two hours by bus or one half hour by train to the west
side. This project site consists of 3 different project areas with 3 different characters:
- Pasirsari. The children in Pasirsari are interested in additional education after school. We have learning
center house in Pasirsari.
- Bugisan. The children in Bugisan are more interested in art, drawing, and handicraft things, and
normally they love to do the activity near the street.
- Poncol.The children in Poncol are interested in art and non-formal education In line with the project.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers are expected to support the local volunteers to:
1. Organize interesting creative activities to motivate the children to keep continue their study or go back to school;
2. Organize various skill development activities;
3. Give additional lesson to support children education;
4. Raise awareness children’s personal hygiene like washing hand,
brushing teeth, etc
5. Find possible activities together with the local volunteers
Working Days: 25 to 40 hours/week. Sometimes the volunteers are needed to help GREAT to do other voluntary action during the weekends.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Sharing house with the other volunteers at the volunteer house Pekalongan, volunteer will have their private room
📍 About the location
Pekalongan City, Central Java Indonesia
Less than 100 Km west of Semarang city, capital of Central Java Province, lies Pekalongan, a quiet little port city at the northern coast of Java. As capital of the Pekalongan Regency, the city is best known for its colorful art of Batik, the Indonesian traditional fabric masterpiece that was declared ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ by UNESCO in 2009.
🎒 Leisure activities
Pekalongan has many tourism places to visit during your free time
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers are expected to be open minded, flexible, independent and creative to join this project. To have strong self-initiative and selfmotivation to decide theactivities fit to their skills, interest, and experience.
Language:English& Indonesian. Volunteer must learn Indonesian Language prior his departure. There will be sessions of Learning Indonesian Language in the On Arrival Training but the very basic one.
ℹ️ Additional information
Duration: at least 2 months. Starting date: First Week of each month, except June – July 2016 due to Ramadhan, GREAT is not placing any volunteer during this period of time.
Fee:3,300,000 IDR / month. For volunteer who takes the advantage to do the side project in STIE Muhammadiyah Pekalongan to share about Globa Knowledge and Intercultural Learning through English conversation, the fee is deducted into 2,500,000 IDR!