Leeds Met Indonesia
 We are a team of 19 volunteers made up of students and staff from Leeds Met University; Jade Mcloughlin, Gill Wood, Peter Khoo, Lara Stephens, Muchtar Mansyur, Su Robinson, Liz Carter, Kim Wilson, Kelvin Shewry, Gemma Dove, Andy Kirkman, Louise Tanner-Stokes, James Struthers, Jacqueline Grundy, Martin Flynn, Anne Schiffer, Katharine Hartley, Anthony Main, Lee Griffiths; accompanied by team leaders Janet Cochrane & Rupert Bozeat.
On the 20th July we left sunny Leeds and head for Surarbaya, East Java, Indonesia.
We worked at The Kaliandra Foundation; a non-profit organisation who works for the sustainable use of East Java's natural and cultural resources to provide responsible tourism opportunities. We helped with various tasks including building a playground, English conversation practice with staff of the organisation and children at local schools and an array of tasks relating to responsible tourism.
Here we are in traditional Javanese outfits - check out our site to see our activites including fundraising for the trip. |
Our latest 5 diary entries
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| 7th Sep 2007 | ||||
| Return to Kaliandra and the 'Programme'! | ||||
| Well after an early surprise return to Kaliandra from our travels, Kelvin and myself came back to celebrate Mr Bagoes birthday with all staff and family from Kaliandra! It was a lovely night where many people paid ... | ||||
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| 18th Aug 2007 | ||||
| Indonesia In Contrast! | ||||
| Well, Kaliandra seems like a bit of a distant memory now after a hectic week in Bali. After 3 days in Ubud, the cultural heart of Bali, where we haggled our way through the busy markets, dodging the pulling hand... | ||||
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| 8th Aug 2007 | ||||
| opening the playground | ||||
| It was a proud day for the volunteers as we arrived to find the playground dressed up ready for the grand opening. It had been a hectic week with the key workers up at dawn every day and the whole team helping with ... | ||||
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| 8th Aug 2007 | ||||
| The Opening | ||||
| This morning was the grand opening of the playground. All the volunteers, Kaliandra staff, teachers, parents and of course children attended the opening ceremony at the local school. We all felt very proud when R... | ||||
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| 7th Aug 2007 | ||||
| The Last Dance | ||||
| It was a night we didn't really want to come but we had a traditional fruit party thown in our honor for our time spent volunteering at the foundation. We started off with exciting dance performances from the Kalian... | ||||
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