Toraja Heritage Project

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Toraja is a sacred cultural ethnic located in Tana Toraja or Toraja land in South Sulawesi. It is famous for burial/ funeral ceremony as huge part of the culture. Toraja is listed as one of UNESCO World Heritage tentative list. Tana Toraja sites located in remote area in Makale District. They do not have so much access on public facilities. The effort toward Toraja becomes listed in the World Heritage has been done by KRIS foundation since 2006 using the community based approach. However, inspired by the Young Guardian in Action project in Borobudur and convinced by the value of international volunteering service, KRIS Foundation is eager to host international volunteers to support its program to address the local people for world heritage awareness.

💼 What the programme involves

Create fun atmosphere for kids in village to studying Tana Toraja and the history of it by storytelling, games, drawing, etc. Create creative media to promote local heritage, raising awareness local people about their heritage by campaign, either a cross cultural understanding class.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteer will stay with local community. Sleeping bag is needed, self cooking, self management, local transport may available as public transport.

📍 About the location

Local community house, sleeping bag is needed, self cooking, and self management.

⚠️ Requirements

Participation fee should be paid on arrival. and please book your flight to Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar. because we cant find it in the airport list. thank you

ℹ️ Additional information

the project is open Whole Year Except May – June,and Knowledge of history or world heritage site will be very helpful.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

IIWC1726

05/09/2017 → 18/09/2017

Closed

2 / 12

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IIWC - LMTV07

01/01/2017 → 31/12/2017

Closed

0 / 2

♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

4000000.00 IDR ≈ 197 EUR

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

📍 Location

Makale, Manggau, Kec. Makale, Kabupaten Tana Toraja, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia

Indonesia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Indonesia Rupiah (IDR / Rp)

Exchange rate

1 IDR = 0.000049 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central Indonesia Time

Local time: 20:58 (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