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Pekalongan Vulnerable Children

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About the project

Pekalongan Vulnerable Children

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Pasir Sari, Poncol and Bugisan are areas in Pekalongan where children with less opportunities and drop out children living. It happen because of very less income of their parents who normally work in informal sector. A hard living in the city leads people to be hardly struggle for a living. This cause parents will insist their children as “money producer” by asking them to go down to street to beg money. Why children? because people will normally feel pity on children rather than adult in giving money. This situation put the children at risk and vulnerable. In fact, according to convention if the rights of the child, children have rights to survival and development. Include the rights to education, primary health care, leisure and recreation, cultural activities, etc (unicef.org/crc).Eager to contribute to fulfill as much as possible the rights of children living in the three areas with guarantee of sustainable action and mentoring to the children, GREAT organize a combine program both STV/workcamps and LMTV.

💼 What the programme involves

Station learning, non formal active learning, artistic concepts, stories, art work (painting, theater, and music), sharing sessions, cooking session, games with local children around the campsite, and cultural exchanges

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteer house in Pekalongan, sleeping bag and mattress needed, self cooking, and self management

📍 About the location

Pekalongan city, Central Java Indonesia

⚠️ Requirements

Volunteer has to bear their own personal needs such as medicine, leisure time, visa matters, and free day trip.

ℹ️ Additional information

Be patient and flexible, working with children is not as easy as we think. Prepare for many ideas, interactive games, handicraft class, and culture exchange.

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📅 Available sessions

GREAT-STV07

23/08/2017 → 05/09/2017

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 10
♂ 0/5 ♀ 0/5

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–70 years old

Solidarity donation

280.00 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: 21:07 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Indonesian