📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
A comprehensive program of Active Participation that GREAT and UPGRIS agreed on. UPGRIS is one private University in Semarang mostly received students from sub-urban and rural areas of Central Java Province. Two of its missions are (1) to create excellent leaders and (2) to develop and spread science, technology, culture, and art global insightsand local wisdom combined. Enrolled by more than 1000 new students annually, LMTV program in UPGRIS shall support those two missions by addressing issues of:
1. Sharing English to as many as students in UPGRIS as an international language in all aspects in life including Intercultural Learning, global knowledge, and as one of the tools in gaining global solidarity
2. Inspire UPGRIS students in doing more volunteering and social activities by joining as many as possible voluntary activities in the existing UPGRIS’ community service programs in the field of early age education, street children care, urban gardening, etc.
3. To initiate leadership attitude by being highly motivated, positive thinking, self-determined, open minded, and creative towards all activities offered and not yet offered (to be offered by volunteers to UPGRIS)
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteering Activities:
1) When in UPGRIS
- Assist English Classes with alternative subjects: Speaking, Cross Cultural Understanding,
Global Knowledge, etc.
- Create and manage the English conversation club out of classes by inviting UPGRIS students. The purposes of this activity are: (1) to spread the IVS (International Voluntary Service) spirit among the college students especially in the field of Social Inclusion and (2) to have more relax and informal English conversation activities with interested students.
2) When in Community Service program of UPGRIS/ Students Club of UPGRIS -Learn about the specific programs: its departments, activities in and out of classes, its
diversity of disabilities supported by the school to the students and parents -Volunteer can decide in which department/ activities of YPAC he would like to take part at.
Volunteer can also do assisting in all departments in turn. Volunteer MUST find his best interest and skills in this phase
Together with UPGRIS Students Association to create at least two times Social Inclusion event in YPAC.
Working Days: 25 to 40 hours/week. Sometimes the volunteers are needed during the weekend.
Sometimes the volunteers are needed to help UPGRIS and/or GREAT to do other voluntary action during
the weekends.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Dormitory or boarding house, shared room, shared bathroom and kitchen
⚠️ Requirements
Special Remarks:Has a certificate of teaching English is more preferable, has higher education background, cheerful, patient, self confidence builder, comfortable to interact with disable people, high motivation and full of initiatives
ℹ️ Additional information
Starting Date:Period 1:February - June 2016 Period 2: September-December 2016,
Duration:Minimum 2 months
There is no participation fees