DJ-2015 11 – 22 JAN 2021 FUN WITH BALINESE YOUTH MELAYA BALI RENO + EDU + YOUTH

Background: Bali Island is popular as the island of gods and very famous with culture and nature attraction.
Dejavato decides to conduct the project in the west part of Bali Island and it can be reached for 3 hours by car or
bus from Denpasar. It is not like in the east part of Bali island that put tourism industry as the main income, but it
has more rice farm and plantation also the biggest fish commodity in Bali island that produce various kind of fishes
that also exported to other countries. It has a busy seaport in Gilimanuk as a gateway that connecting Bali and Java
island through Bali sea. Since most of the area is mountainous and it consists of primary monsoon forest, it has
west Bali national park with the total area of 19.000 ha as the important place for conserving rare and endangered
animals like birds, cattle as well as rare plants.
In collaborating with Educational Department Affairs, Dejavato has conducted several workcamp projects at junior
high schools since 2010 as main activity at school from 7 am until 1 pm, Monday to Saturday. We accommodate
the need from local students to have opportunity to interact with foreigners and increasing communication ability
among students and teachers.
Work: The volunteers will assist to help teachers to teach students simple basic English and introduce some English
kids songs. The volunteers will also do simple renovation to the school such as making bookshelf for a library and
painting the classroom. They will also involve in other activities like cultural exchange and playing with the kids
after the school hour in several extracurricular such as sport, art, scout, music and traditional dance.
Study theme: The volunteers will be introduced to the Indonesian culture and customs in general, with a special
focus on the local culture particularities in Bali. Some cultural visits are also foreseen.
Leisure Time: During free time, the volunteers will have the chance to visit the diverse exciting attraction in
Jembrana and Bali which has been popular all over the world. The volunteers may visit beaches, temples,
handicraft making centre or traditional market.
Accommodation: The volunteers will be accommodated in local host family (basic conditions, sleeping bag and
mat needed), where they will also receive food. Prefer no vegan (strict vegetarian)
Location: SMP Negeri 5 Melaya, Ekasari village, Jembrana regency, Bali island.
Terminal: Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) Denpasar Bali.
Special Requirement: The volunteers should accept all the rules and condition of the project. Volunteer is
recommended NOT to buy flight ticket at least 2 months before the project start, to avoid the cancellation of the
project due to lack of participant. Please contact and confirm again to the organization for last update information. The
project will be run ONLY if the minimum participants are 5 people.
Participant fee: 240 € or 4.080.000 IDR/participant (flat rate 1€: 17.000 IDR). It covers food, accommodation,
materials and local transport during the project. The fee must be paid in CASH upon arrival. Failure of full payment
upon arrival, the participant is not allowed to join the project for any reason.