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Come to Indonesia, see the original Java heritage while you help us teach English

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The experience

Come enjoy an authentic Java experience with us. We will love to have you here.
You will make an impact in our community by helping people learn English - this will change their lives forever. While you are here, you'll learn about Javanese culture, food and music and have a time to remember for the rest of your life.

Please read the "Learn more" section.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 21 and 70 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

About us
We run an English school in Klaten, Central Java. This is a little bit quiet town between Yogyakarta and Solo where the original Javanese people still exist and the heritage of Javanese culture is still well cared. There are many heritage sights around here, like Borobudur and other 10+ temple areas and they are in the natural setting.

Our goal
Providing a friendly and open-minded environment where students can practice English, have cultural and foreign language exchanges, have fun, and make friends through conversation, games, and local tours.

What we need:
Help in preparing our students to speak in English, and to prepare them to meet the requirement to join the Interview for Job Vacancies in Cruise Line.

We also do Public Speaking in some of Tourism Place in Near of my Plac, so you will also help train them in Public Speaking, as well as do some fun games.

Activities & Shift

Job Description
Primary Duties – You need to be able to speak English.

Secondary duties – You can also share your culture and language and will also have the opportunity to learn about Javanesse culture through conversations with our students, seeing or even joining local activities such as
- How locals makes tofu, tempe, and local noodle made from aren fruit
- How locals makes batik and lurik (special fabric from Indonesia and Java)
- How locals makes some arts like carving and painting
- How locals cultivate their farm

If the time allows you could learn how to play gamelan (a traditional music of Java), learn bahasa and Javanese language, and join the cooking class.

What we expect
- Teaching kids as well as adult.
- Do much more than standing at the front of a classroom talking
- Work Schedule: Monday through Friday (Weekends off).

Rules

Requirements
- Fluent English conversation ability (do not have to be native English speaker)
- Minimum Stay: at least 1 month
- Professional conduct, Sociable, friendly, and cheerful :-)

Important : We're not only teaching about English, We're teaching about sociality, culture, and environment. And also we're supporting a school of blind students, some orphanages, reading house, and a free school in Sumba where the people uneducated and the area is undeveloped. Our support is providing free English classes for them, donating some books or school materials, and teaching how to keep environment like recycling, reuse, and reduce.