Short-term (2 to 4 weeks) "environmental" projects in Indonesia

Gedongsongo is one of the tourist spots in Central Java. There are 9 temples in the area and they are very interesting places to have holidays. Still, the environmental conditions, socio-economic background, sanitation and hygiene of the local people need to be improved. Most of the inhabitants are earning money from the vegetable gardens they own. At weekends, they sell the vegetables to the visitors at the tourist spots.

This project will be the sixth organised there. Based on the last work camp evaluations, the volunteers will do the follow-up of activities; education and sharing knowledge on garbage recycling, managing garbage dumping and other relevant environmental activities.

The main aims of the camp are to increase the awareness of the local people about garbage problems (especially non-organic garbage) and to introduce them to the recycling process.

The volunteers will work on activities aiming to change the behaviour of the local people towards their environment. They will do that through work on issues such as recycling garbage, composting, introducing personal hygiene related to the environmental conditions, organising additional English lessons and school visits, and playing games with the local children. There will be also possibilities of planting trees, making a garden together with the local students for preserving and promoting an healthy environment.

Please bring any necessary information about garbage recycling and composting. Be very creative for additional English lessons, games and other activities for the children. Do remember to bring sun block and warm clothes since it will be very hot in the day time and very cold at night.

Desa Candi, Gedongsongo, Ambarawa, Central Java. The volunteers can see the breath taking view from the top of the hill in Gedongsongo. The air is so fresh and the nature is still so pure for a relaxing day.

Host family, sleeping bag and mattress needed, self cooking.

Ahmad Yani Semarang airport.

Tawang Semarang train station.

Payable on arrival. 165 Euros covering accommodation, meals, transportation, material, and insurance during project.

Organised together with local people and the local regency of Demak, the volunteers will do activities related with environment and health.

For your information, the local people of Demak have a very unique way of life believing in a myth connected with using the water from the river that flows in the middle of the city. It is believed that they will get the blessing from their ancestors if they use the water from the river for their daily needs like bathing, washing and cooking. Still, the large use of chemical soap for washing dishes and clothes decreased the quality of the water. Also the habit of throwing garbage into the river made the water conditions even worse.

The volunteers will introduce local people to subjects such as recycling and reusing garbage, they will also be visiting the local schools for environmental education actions and will be cleaning the river together with the locals.

The main aim of the activity is to increase the awareness of the local people about healthy environment and life.

Introduction of recycling and reusing of garbage to the local people and students, cleaning river and village together with the local people, cleaning schools together with the local students and teachers, and many games related with environmental education.

Very hot, be ready with sun block. Bring some ideas and games for environmental education, any additional information about water pollution and water preservation will be very useful too.

Wonokerto Village, Demak, Semarang, Central Java.

Host family, sleeping bag needed, self cooking.

Ahmad Yani Semarang airport;

Tawang Semarang train station.

Payable on arrival. 165 Euros covering accommodation, meals, transportation, material, and insurance during project.

DATES TO BE CONFIRMED!

This project will be the first of IIWC taking place in Senjoyo, a village on the hills with beautiful views around. For junior and senior high school students, this place is famous as a camping or tracking region. The beautiful views, natural water flows from the mountain and fresh air can be very attractive for people to visit.

But the awareness of both the local people and the visitors to keep the environment clean is still too low. It is quite common for people to throw garbage into the river or anywhere else. The impact is quite bad; the quality of the water decreasing and soon the place will turn into a small plastic mountain.

Together with the local people and schools, the volunteers will organise some activities related to the environment such as school visits for increasing the awareness of the local students to keep their surroundings clean, games and competitions on environmental issues, cleaning the surroundings together with visitors and local people, etc.

The main aim of the work camp is to increase the awareness of the local people and visitors to keep the environment clean.

School visits for environmental education, green foster parents, cleaning river together with the local people, picking garbage in the public spots together with local students and visitors, competitions and games on environmental issues.

This project is located in a high hill, the temperature is quite cold at night and cool in the day time, please bring warm clothes and some information about environmental education for small children, fun games and competitions on that subject.

Senjoyo Village, Salatiga, Central Java.

Host family, sleeping bag and mattress needed, self cooking.

Ahmad Yani Semarang airport.

Tawang Semarang train station.

Payable on arrival. 165 Euro covering accommodation, meals, local transportation, materials and insurance during project.

Preserving natural diversity and sea shores from the abrasion because of lack of mangroves and too strong waves from the ocean will be the main focus of the camp.

This project will be the fourth organised by IIWC in answering the needs of preserving the coastal side of North Java Sea in Mangkang. This area is now in danger due to the abrasion of the sea, the cutting of mangroves by local factories and the heavy force from the river flows. Before, many kinds of fish and shrimps were living here, but now since the conditions of the mangrove forest are getting worse, it is quite difficult to find these species anymore. Fishermen also need to go further to the ocean to fish and that means they need to work much more in order to earn money.

The aims of the camp are to initiate the project of protecting the sea shore, increase the awareness of the local people and the fishermen to protect their environment as well as their future.

Planting mangrove, and other trees at the beach, environmental education to local people and children, school visits for environmental education and Olympic Games for environment.

Very hot and poor hygienic conditions in this poor coastal area. Be ready with sun block. Bring some ideas on environmental education (especially about mangroves and how to take care of it) and Olympic games for environmental education for small children aged from 6-12 and for adults.

Mangkang, Semarang, Central Java.

Host family, sleeping bag is needed, self cooking.

Ahmad Yani Semarang airport;

Tawang Semarang train station.

Payable on arrival. 165 Euro covering accommodation, meals, transportation, material, and insurance during project.

Preserving natural diversity and sea shore from the abrasion because of no more mangrove and too strong waves from the ocean will be the main focus of the camp. These projects will be the eight and ninth project organized by IIWC in answering the needs of preserving the coastal side of North Java Sea in Mangkang. This area is now in danger due to the abrasion of the sea, cutting mangrove by local factory and heavy force from the river flows. Before, many kinds of fish and shrimps are living there, but now since the condition of the mangrove forest is getting worse, it is quite difficult to find the species anymore. Fisherman also needs to go further to the ocean to fish and it means much work they need to do to earn money. Mangkang is the project site for IIWC’s World Tanabata Action since 2008. It is a global project initiated by NICE Japan then was adopted by CCIVS UNESCO in the beginning of 2008 where volunteers from all over the world plant trees and hang their wishes in Tanzaku paper on a bamboo leaf.
The aims of the camps are to initiate the project of protecting the sea shore, increase the awareness of the local people and the fisherman to protect their environment as well as their future.

Planting mangrove, and other trees for beach, environment education to local people and children, school visits for environment education and Olympic Games for environment.

Mangkang, Semarang Central Java Indonesia.

Host family, sleeping bag is needed, self cooking.

Ahmad Yani Semarang airport; Tawang Semarang train station.

165 Euros covering accommodation, meals, transportation during the project, and material for the project.