Onze reis naar Indonesie 2009

Augustus 2009 hebben we een tussentijds bezoek aan basisschool Duduk Atas gebracht. Met een fractie van het opgehaalde geld, hebben we al een inmense bijdrage aan de school kunnen geven. Hieronder lees je een aantal dagverslagen van onze bezoeken.

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Van onze reis naar basisschool Duduk Atas hebben we ook een filmpje. Check 'm hier.

Terima kasih Duduk Atas

She wants the school a lot cleaner, she enjoys all subjects and later she will be a doctor. Sri Rahmawati is only 12, but very seriously. That’s why she doesn’t have time to play. Because when school is finished homework should be made and helping in household should be done. Not only Sri, but all her classmates are eager to maximize their school efforts. Today, during our last visit to the school we have interviewed several children and teachers.

After the interviews pens, notebooks and stickers were distributed by the teachers. Amid loud cheers, they were eagerly received. A better ‘thank you’, we could not have wished for. All waving with their notebooks we said goodbye to them. A wonderful gesture, but for us quite a difficult moment. We won’t see the kids for a while. And that is unfortunate because the kids found us less and less scary:)

The return route took us through the hills. We passed the houses of the children and their parents. A wonderful trip that gave us a unique insight into their lives. In the house of the village chief, we got rice kangkung: delicious! After lunch we left the village head’s house and saw the new wells. He explained to us that the kids come here after school every day to fetch water for back home. Unreal to see how their lives differ from ours.

Shopaholics on the move at Lombok!

Shop till you drop. That was pretty much the motto for today. From 09.00 am to about an hour or three we have purchased together with the teachers and the chief materials for the Indonesian school Duduk Atas. Notebooks, pens, pencils, white board, first aid boxes, scissors, glue, colored paper, a keyboard, textbooks, encyclopedias, atlases, globe and as a bonus: a generator! This provides not only the school of electricity, but also the rest of the village now has electricity for lighting and other power demanding devices to feed.

We agreed that the village chief sees to it that the villagers pay for the fuel and the maintenance of the generator in exchange for connection to the aggregate. In this way the school has no further costs for the generator. It was a beautiful day. Many happy faces and a direct and concrete way to act on current issues at the school in the village.

Tomorrow we have a day off. But the next day we go up the hill again. And then we will write something about the people behind the school and the children.

Selamat Malam!

Back again on Duduk Atas

Where last year we definitely had to climb 2 hours to the of school Duduk Atas, we were surprised today by a new, shorter route. Still a half hour steep walk, but the somewhat flatter parts pf t road were easier to walk.

The little children of Duduk Atas were delighted to see us again. Also from the teachers and the village chief, we received a warm welcome. After a delicious sugar cane drink, we could be equal to the tank. With six teachers, the village chief and our translator, we have a list of materials that the school currently needs. Think of books, pens and whiteboards, but also to first-aid boxes, craft supplies and furniture. In addition, the village in general and the particular school need a generator. We all go together and buy the stuff with two teachers, village chief and our contact in Lombok's Mataram capital.