Indonesia: Slum Area Project

About the local hosting organization

Dejavato Foundation was established in 2005 and since then introduced international voluntary service to Indonesian in various fields. Vision: Becoming a leading national and international organization that supports active citizenship through voluntary service. Mission: • To promote voluntary service in Indonesia and overseas through education, social and cultural sectors. • To encourage Indonesian people especially young generation to be actively involved in doing voluntary service in Indonesia and overseas. • To promote intercultural understanding, equality, tolerance and world peace. • To develop awareness and responsibility towards social environment. • To promote various and unique Indonesian culture and nature to the international society.

Presentation of the programme

The project sites options are Marsudi Utami Project, Cabean Project etc. They are private non-profit kindergarten school. The school serves the children from the local community and helps the disadvantaged families who cannot afford to send their children to school. The main income of the villagers are from various sectors such working in factories, collecting stones or sands from river, scavengers (garbage pickers). In the schools, there are extra activities for students such as making compost, making handicraft / souvenir and cooking lesson. Then the students sell the stuffs to the churches, local community, and teachers from other schools etc. The role of the volunteer will be: • assisting local teacher in holding simple English subject as foreign language through non formal education activities, • playing with the kids, • organizing event with the teachers, • sharing and educating about the hygiene, • assisting kids in doing extracurricular (cooking, making handicraft etc). Intercultural learning in the form of dialogue, music and games could give the student better understanding to learn about another culture from other country.

About the accomodation

The accommodation will be provided by host project. The volunteer will stay at local host family or dormitory (to be confirmed). Facilities are simple and Indonesian style (no hot water, no washing machine).

About the food

Food will be provided by host project.

About the location

These projects are located in Java Island. The project are located in crowded and slum area in Semarang suburb on the river side of Banjir Kanal Barat which always deals with river flood every year.

Requirements

• 18 – 35 years old. Over 35 years upon consultation. • Flexible vegetarian is still welcomed, BUT prefer NO STRICT vegetarian (vegan) in all project. • Indonesia is a conservative country and especially when volunteers work in the local institution and community. We request the volunteers no visible piercings on face, no visible tattoos, wears clothing appropriate, common hair style (no colorful, dreadlock). • Drinking alcohol is not allowed during participating in our program for any reason and not well seen by traditional Muslim families. Smoking is allowed only in restricted areas (depending on the hosting family) and should be avoided when with children and scholars. • Volunteers should purchase an insurance before the beginning of the project. The insurance should cover at least health care, third party liabilities and repatriation. • The volunteer should love to work with children, open minded, be mature, respectful of local customs, tolerant, creative, flexible, patient, confidence and independent especially in motivating the students to speak up and be active in practicing conversation. • Never been found guilty in a criminal case in volunteer’s home country or in another country. • Strictly prohibited possess narcotics, marijuana, opium, stimulants or other drugs. • Please accept our apology that we are not open for volunteer with mentally disabilities and people with mobility and movement impairments such as limitation on physical functioning, blindness, deft, epilepsy, sleep disorders etc).