A Thousand Islands, Thousand ways to enjoy holiday

Published in Enjoy ASEAN "Travel & Festival",  Asean-Korea Blog, June 3 -2016

The Dark that Enlightens

Published in Learn ASEAN "Current Event",  Asean-Korea Blog, May 13, 2016

Start Early with Start Up

Published in Koran Sindo 15 Maret 2016 

It is encouraging to see that more and more students in Indonesia, instead of only focusing on Index Prestasi (GPA) are now getting interest in starting up early to work on their business ideas through their Start Up project. That's the key point of my article published in Koran Sindo, ( http://www.koran-sindo.com/news.php?r=1&n=3&date=2016-03-15)  Maret 2016. 

Alternative Solution to SDG

"Closer to my dream:"! that's what in my mind when receiving the notification below.

On behalf of the UNESCO Clubs, we thank all participants for most exciting contest. The optimism and passion to solve the world's most pressing problems is an inspiration to everyone around the world. We applaud you and your hard work. 

Congratulations!  You are the semi-finalists in this year's competition!  

The names are posted onwww.unescousa.org now and will be on the U.S. 

Federation of UNESCO Clubs & Associations Facebook 

page quite soon.  Projects will also be posted soon.  

Your efforts are an inspiration to adults around the world.  We are thrilled and humbled by the outpouring of solutions to the U.N. 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

You will receive a certificate from the president of UNESCO Center for Peace for your hard work and praise-worthy solution.

Thank you so much,

Michelle Roberts

Coordinator

Ivanov by Anton Chekhov

... congrats to all my colleagues, University of Indonesia, Russian Literature Major, for the success performance of Ivanov at the end of 2015.  I am so proud to be part of it ...

Kid-friendly Workshop at Saung Parung

On August 30, 2015 SchoolaTourRahmi in cooperation with  SC Johnson, supported by IAKMI (Ikatan Ahli Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia/ Association of Public Health Experts) hosted a "Kid-friendly Workshop on Dengue Prevention" at Saung Sastra Jumantik, Parung, West Java

One key objectives of the workshop is to encourage students in whose schools located in in areas with a high prevalence of dengue fever to take more active roles in dengue prevention.

The workshop hosted in "Saung Parung" to give maximum enjoyment of students through all sessions of the workshop. With plenty of books available, continued flow of local snacks and food, as well as mini-olympic swimming pool as part of the playing ground, students (and some of their teachers, too) were enjoying story telling, magic tricks, and in-water games packed with messages related to dengue prevention tips.

Served as resource persons were university students from University of Indonesia (UI) and alumni from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) who accompanied workshop participants on various activities, like how the best way to take care of discarded water containers such as tires, cans, coconut shells, bottles, etc, as well as how to use Abate to control larvae.

The use of 'sleeping net' was also introduced as part of dengue prevention. The key point for participants to remember is that prevention means preventing people in their family from mosquito bites and reduce mosquito populations. Knowing as many as possible any simple actions that can be done at home to reduce the occurrence of dengue fever, is one among important steps for junior students to have it ingrained in their mind since as early as possible.

Encouraging final touch was celebrated on Friday 11th of September 2015, in Jakarta, outdoor at a nice neat school-yard of SDN 11 Pejaten Timur, a state-owned primary school who was awarded as the best performer in "Jumantik Cilik", a program for junior volunteers in preventing dengue fever. Trophies, cash grants, along with special merit certificates were also awarded to winners of photo competition as well as other creative activities in boosting youth resilience against dengue fever. ***

Million thanks to Husein Habsyi of IAKMI HQ, for his kind encouragement by immediately posting my original report of this memorable event onto his [FB Group]. Really appreciated!