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IIWC WORK CAMP INFOSHEET

IIWC Indonesia International Work Camp Website: www.iiwcindonesia.org Email for workcamp: [email protected] T: 62 24 7603503 F: 62 24 7601989 Address: Gd. PKBI Jateng Jalan Jembawan Raya No 8 Semarang 50145 Central Java Indonesia

Welcome to IIWC work camp! Here comes some information about our camp, how to get there, what you

need to bring, etc. We hope this information will give you a lot of ideas and enthusiasm to spend your

vacation together with new people in a new place, and doing something worth to others. Get ready for

happy days in the adventurer world with our craziness and passion to ease your cultural shock.

IIWC is acronym of Indonesia International Work Camp. Informally, IIWC was formed in September 1999 by

IPPA of Central Java (Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association), when IPPA held the first work camp in

Mijen, Semarang Residence incorporate with NICE, a work camp organization from Japan.

Seeing the success and positive result of the first work camp, NICE suggested IPPA to form a work camp

organization. The suggestion was followed by an invitation for NVDA (Network for Voluntary Development

in Asia) meeting in Hanoi Vietnam at 9 - 22 January 2000. In this meeting, we discussed how to run a work

camp and everything about it. Since then, IIWC was born and has been organizing around 30 international

and bilateral workcamps per year in Indonesia and many other international voluntary services with

hundreds of either local or international volunteers involved.

The work camp will be held on 10 14 September 2015.

The workcamp will take place in Tegalrejo sub village, Jatijajar village, Bergas Municipality, Semarang

regency, Central Java. It takes 1.5 hours from the city center of Semarang. Tegalrejo consists of 3,582

people (1.717 male and 1865 female). It is 21KM square with 5 RW and 28 RT (RW and RT is smaller

association for the local people in the village). There are 135 prostitutes working permanently

DEAR VOLUNTEERS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF IIWC

DATE AND VANUE



in the area and many more will come at night as temporary workers. Most of them are working in the

karaoke and the owner.

This workcamp aims to support Tegalrejo shelter long term project. Objectives:

1. To celebrate local childrens birthday 2. To organize activities for the children in

prostitution area 3. To exchange culture between participants, local

people, and local students

At the beginning, IIWC organized the project in

cooperation with NOVIB IDO which concerns in the

prevention of STI and HIV/AIDS in Tegalrejo , a

prostitution area in Semarang uptown. Somehow, after the first HIV/AIDS prevention workcamp in

Tegalrejo on February 2007, this project has turned to be more focus on the education especially

highlighting the mental side of the children in the prostitution. This is due to the lack of concern on this

issue from all stakeholders in Tegalrejo prostitution area. Since then 8 out of 9 workcamps organized in

Tegalrejo have been implementing the projects for KIDS.

From regular workcamps at beginning, then on September 2011 IIWC and NICE group Japan special for

Tegalrejo realized the idea to set up a shelter. This shelter is called Rumah Belajar (Learning house centre).

This shelter is used by volunteers during workcamp to teach

children about how to write, read, do their homework and

Basic English class. In addition, volunteers give children

learning session to have a better manner. Volunteer also

improve childrens creativity by teaching them handcraft,

cooking class, and so on. Time management also needed in

this project, since children have too much enthusiasm, and

somehow it makes the volunteers have no rest time. Along

with the workcamp, there are also long middle term

volunteers who come in random month and stay several

months in this house to run the daily activities with children.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

PROJECT & WORK

Playing with children

Session in Tegalrejo Shelter



The project will be held in 5 days. First day will be dedicated for arrival and orientation day, and Last day

dedicated for departure day from project site. 3 days in between will be allocated by discussing, preparing,

and celebrating the childrens birthday. There will be daily teaching activities in shelter which can be

language classes, handicraft, arts, dance, etc.

There is possibility for you to know Javanese tradition that is tentatively organized by local

community in the village.

There will be Indonesian class organized by campleaders to teach you basic Indonesian language.

There will be session to learn how to organize project with the children

Workcamp participants could arrange any activities in their daily free time. Somehow, there will be one full

free day. For free day it will be excluded from participant fee, so the campers should bear every expenses

by their own during free day. The camp leaders will provide you any information needed about how to

spend the free day easily. Enjoy!

1. We expect all volunteers to have read and understood this information. Be in time and stay the entire length of the camp.

2. We expect all volunteers are aware the basic concept of international voluntary service, especially international workcamp which is not a cheap way of spending your holiday time but a voluntary activity that needs your high motivation and will to achieve a certain goal together with your team.

3. Realize that the living conditions in Indonesia is different than at home (no warm water/ not clean/no air-conditioning/not easy access to international phone or internet/not easy transportation all the times/ no soft beds/ bugs/mosquitoes, different food etc.etc.).

4. All volunteers should understand the aims of the workcamp and realize that learning about the Indonesian way and the social contact is more important than the manual work.

5. We expect all the volunteers to be open minded, leave prejudice behind and show initiative. 6. We expect all the volunteers NOT TO LEND your gadgets to children. Because we expect children to

study rather than playing with gadget in our Shelter. 7. English should be spoken with other volunteers in the camp, even if these people do not join the

conversation. 8. Volunteers should understand the situation to spend times with local people who do not speak

English very well. Volunteers should make the effort in trying to communicate in basic Indonesian or other ways of communicating (work, pictures, gestures, etc.) If you will try, you will be amazed how quick you will learn basic Bahasa Indonesia!

FREE TIME

WHAT WE EXPECT?

STUDY PART We usually collaborate with Rumah Pintar Bangjo (Smart house) Organization, so that we combine the schedule with them. The main work will be creating, organizing, doing non-formal educational games with the children under the age 7-18. We will have different schedules with different age group for the children. Your ideas for this will be helping the methodology of the activity.

The activities

can be break

down as follows

;

1. Provide information about health to children

2. School visit doing campaign or organizing worksho



9. Because the people are quite religious islamic here,in addition it will be dangerous around campsite if behavior and dress should be noticed the local culture, especially when in the village or offices. (No tank tops, knees should be covered).

10. Our side project is introduce voluntary service in school and universty, so please bring your formal wearing. (trouser, shoes, shirt, etc.)

11. Flexibility is expected from everybody as well as the realization that the Indonesian way of life and work is less stressed and should always be fun, no matter how hard the work is!

12. Dont complain because the schedule might be changed throughout the camp, depending on conditions and situation. So bring some flexibility and stay relaxed and you will avoid a lot of stress and frustration for yourself.

13. Creativity and ideas for the work, discussions, the campsite, excursions and free time are expected to come from the group during the camp. Share your thoughts and ideas!

14. Please bear in mind that you area volunteer .

1. Eternal friendship with IIWC volunteers

and local community

2. Intercultural Learning

3. Find a natural life

4. Innocent children nearby the campsite

5. Wonderful family

6. Funny words

7. Funny games and energizers

8. Sun burnt

9. Mosquito bites

10. Beautiful sceneries of Indonesia especially during free day

WHAT WILL VOLUNTEERS GET?



The volunteers will stay in Tegalrejo Shelter (Called Rumah Pintar Tegalrejo) or IIWC Volunteer house at Tegalrejo with shared toilet and bathroom. Beds are not provided. Need sleeping bag or mattres. The house is located in Tegalrejo Sub village RT 6 RW 4, Kecamatan Bergas Semarang Regency Central Java Indonesia.

ACCOMODATION

Bathroom/Toilet

Living Room

Kitchen

Bedroom



Meals are not provided; volunteers will join the daily team (Cooking, washing and

cleaning team every day) which will be in shifts. The washing team should wash

dishes and the cleaning team should clean rooms in the accommodation. Foods

will be responsible for cooking team. For this, when you become cooking team in

certain dates, youre free to cook your own traditional foods, just make sure you

bring your own special recipe which might not be found in Indonesia. If you are

vegetarian you should inform the camp leaders previously, so we can arrange it.

However, vegetarians should not expect several different dishes besides

vegetables and eggs, as it is not so common to eat vegetables and fruits only

in the village.

In general, Indonesians get three times meals a day with some side dishes. Only

basic meal will be provided (rice, side dishes, fruits, not much of meat nor milk)

Drinking water as well as tea and coffee are provided in our camp). Alcohol or

any other drugs are forbidden and cigarette should be very limited, not in

front of children.

1. Shoes and formal clothes (t-shirt or shirt with collar for school/university visit) 2. Sporty costume for outdoor activities. 3. Your traditional clothes (such as hanbok from Korea). 4. Mosquito repellent (mosquito net if it necessary for you because there will be many mosquitoes). 5. Recipe and spices (you will cook your traditional meals) if you want to cook traditional food. 6. Your own medicine though we will provide general medicines (i.e: icthy powder or any allergic drugs). 7. Ideas for games, and campaign activities for raising awareness. 8. Bring educational books or toys for kids. 9. Any info from your sending organization and country (leaflet, brochure, poster, sticker, book,

newsletter and so on). 10. Lots of loves, motivations, and smiles.

WHAT SHOULD YOU BRING?

FOOD AND HEALTH



Tentative schedule will be sent via email 2 or 1 week before the workcamp starts by your campleaders.

Please send your confirmation of arrival when you get welcoming email from your campleaders and

youre freely to ask everything about project, Indonesia in general, some nice places, and so on.

HOW TO GET SEMARANG CITY & Meeting Point ?

HOW TO GET SEMARANG CITY?

You need to land in Soekarno Hatta airport at Jakarta, then you need to continue the travel to Semarang city, it is

about 600 km away western of Jakarta:

1. By Plane

There are some daily flights from Jakarta to Semarang that you should book before you Will leave your country or if

you are lucky than you can get the seat in the airport.

Below are some flight companies that you can take to and from Semarang.

Garuda Indonesia airlines (www.garuda-indonesia.com)

Air Asia airlines (http://www.airasia.com)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

IIWC Volunteer house at Jalan Jembawan Raya No.

9 Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia 50145. The

house is located in front of PKBI building/ white blue

building. (IIWC Office is at Jalan Jembawan raya no.8/

IIWC office in the white blue building of PKBI at 1st floor

in the right corner next to car garage).

T: +62-24-7603503; F:+62-24 - 7601989.

You can arrive anytime, but the deadline of arrival time for Tegalrejo Camp should be on September 10th 2015, before 12 o'clock (mid day), so please inform us about your date and time of arrival at the latest one week before workcamp starts by sending confirmation slip via e-mail to [email protected].

Urgent Call; Sany Mardlotillah/STV co (+6285 226 522743)

IIWC office is at Gd. PKBI Jateng Jalan Jembawan

Raya No 8 Semarang Central Java Indonesia 50145.

T: +62-24-7603503; F:+62-24 - 7601989.

The deadline of arrival time for Borobudur Camp should be on July 13th 2010 at the latest 12 o'clock, so please inform us about your date and time of arrival.

Don't hesitate to call us at +62 - 24 - 7603503 or for any urgent calls:

Stefan/ Co-Campleader (62-8985547757)

Ismi STV Coordinator (62-81575346417),

MEETING POINT

PARTICIPATION FEE

The local volunteer participation fee should be paid 2 weeks before your workcamp start via IIWC Bank Account 100,000 IDR covering the foods, accommodation, local transport for project, IIWC T-shirt, IIWC certificate of participation, membership fee and material for the camps. Volunteers are requested to bear their own health and travel insurance. Please keep it in your mind that all personal expenses and free day expenses are excluded.

*All the expenses except these items above

will be paid by participants.

*Volunteers are requested to bear their own

health and travel insurance.



Sri Wijaya airlines ( www.sriwijayaair.co.id)

Lion air (www.lion-air.co.id)

Batavia airlines (www.batavia-air.co.id)

Mandala Airlines (http://www.mandalaair.com/)

Each domestic airlines located in different terminal, please be aware of this. In case you do not take Garuda for

your domestic flight to Semarang, you need to change from terminal 2 to terminal 1 or 3.So, after taking your

luggage, go out from the airport, follow the departure sign, go to the 2nd floor gate and catch the yellow subtle bus

driving between terminal 1, 2, and 3. This is a free bus. For domestic flights, we recommend Garuda Indonesia or Air

Asia.

Tell the driver which air company you are flying with and he will let you off there. Then you just need to check in.

Please note that the public bus operates only up to 10 pm. After this time, you need to get a taxi to go out from the

airport. For taxi, We recommend Bluebird taxi.

2. By Train

Check the schedule and prices of the train; please check at http://www.kereta-api.co.id/ (Bahasa Indonesia only)

You need to buy the ticket directly in the locket in the train station. But, we notice, oneday if you do not get

your ticket to Semarang, then you could not get ticket on the same day. So, we recommend to you to change

your transportation. Or, if you arrived in Jakarta just for arrival transit, you can use the plane to go to

Semarang.

To take train from Jakarta airport, you need to reach Gambir Train station (Central Station of Jakarta). There are some

connections or train route to Semarang City. You can check on information board in the train station or directly ask

ticket person in locket.

Checked ticket by

Gambir train station

gate guard



How to get to Gambir train station from Jakarta Airport?

a. By Bus

From Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta) Airport

On your arrival day in Jakarta, you need to go out of the arrival gate, and look for DAMRI Bus Shelter. Follow the sign

of BUS/DAMRI. Or if you cannot find it, ask the airport officers or security. If you arrive at the Terminal 2 in Jakarta

airport, you need to go down stair go out of the arrival gate and find the elevator/lift, go down and again find the

direction of BUS/DAMRI.

Once you find the DAMRI BUS shelter, enter straight the shelter and found the DAMRI ticket Box. Buy ticket for the

direction GAMBIR. You will get ticket and you must keep it until get off as ticket check is random.

And there is no exact Bus Schedule. You will need to check the information at the DAMRI BUS shelter. And you can

also ask about the bus schedule to the BUS DAMRI officers (DAMRI UNIFORM is normally in light blue color). They

inform the arrival of DAMRI buses by shouting when the DAMRI BUS is approaching the shelther.

Your bus have a route Route : Gambir

Pasar Baru Jalan Garuda Kemayoran

Tol Kemayoran Tol Sedyatmo Bandara

Soekarno-Hatta Slipi Jaya Gambir. The

Bus departs one time in every 15 30

Minutes.

It will be charge 25,000 IDR per trip. (up to

date)

DAMRI BUS tickets can not be booked

online

DAMRI Bus Stop Waiting Room DAMRI Ticket Box

Picture of Damri Bus



So, in this case, you have to pay attention to the direction of Gambir.

DAMRI Bus Operating Hours:

04.00 19.30 WIB (from Gambir),

05.00 23.30 WIB (from Air Port)

+ 02.00 WIB (from Air Port)

DAMRI Bus Stop

Bus Price List at DAMRI Bus Station



b. By Taxi

You can also go to Gambir Train Station by taxi, but it will cost you more (around Rp. 150.000,-). The taxi is always

available. It takes you around 1 hour to the train station based on the traffic condition. You can order/booking taxi via

on line. For further information and detail contact please kindly check in http://www.bluebirdgroup.com/id/.

What if your flight arrives quite late in Jakarta??? Where should you stay???

In case your flight arrives in Jakarta quite late, you can stay in the airport hotel or you can go to Jalan Jaksa for cheap

accommodation. The transit hotel in Jakarta airport will cost you arround US $ 40. In Jalan Jaksa, you can get the

place to stay from the range of Rp. 100.000,- up to Rp. 180.000,- for one night.

To go to Jalam Jaksa, catch Damri bus to Gambir for Rp. 25.000,- and take traditional orange cab called bajaj for Rp.

15.000,- from the station to Jalan Jaksa. You can find room easily there and just ask the bajaj driver to take you to

some hotels and guess houses available. Then, if you need to go to the airport the following day, just take bajaj to

Gambir and take Damri to Sukarno Hatta airport. Please consider the time because it is quiet long distance and traffic

jams occur in day time.

3. By Bus

From Sukarno Hatta Airport you need to take DAMRI Airport bus with the last destination of either PULOGADUNG

bus terminal, LEBAKBULUS bus terminal, or RAWA MANGUN bus terminal. It costs Rp.25.000 and takes about 1 hour.

> From PULOGADUNG bus terminal

> From LEBAKBULUS bus terminal

> From RAWA MANGUN bus terminal

You may take any brand of bus; just make sure that you take executive or super executive class (with Air conditioner).

It takes about 8-10 hours by bus. It costs about Rp. 200.000 or less. Your destination is SEMARANG, and your stop in

Semarang city is COYO KALIBANTENG. Once you arrive there you will see a big banner of PKBI Jateng, about 10

meters high in the left side of the street, follow this banner, because that is the building where IIWC office is.

We can recommend you one trusted night bus it is NUSANTARA. It has morning bust from Jakarta to Semarang

depart at 7 am and night bus depart at 4pm. It costs Rp. 150.000. You may check the website at

http://www.nu3tara.com/



After arriving in Semarang then you can follow the below direction:

1. From Semarang airport

You can walk from the airport to the office or you can go by taxi. It is only 15 minutes walking from the airport to the

office.

To go by walk: (see the picture in the last page from left to right follow the arrow)

If you go by taxi, tell the taxi driver to take you to kantor PKBI Jawa Tengah Jalan Jambawan Raya No. 8 Semarang. It

will take you not more than 10 minutes to reach office and you need to pay Rp. 25.000,- up to Rp. 35.000,- (US $ 3)

2. From Tawang Train Station

It takes around 25-30 minutes from the train station to the office. You need to take taxi and just tell the taxi driver to

take you to kantor PKBI at Jalan Jembawan Raya No 8 Kalibanteng Semarang. You need to pay around Rp. 25.000,-up

to Rp. 30.000,-

It is better for you to go out first from the train station and grab a bluebird taxi. This taxi is using Argo meter and they

will not cheat you somehow and very recommended one. To get to know this taxi company, please check them at

http://www.bluebirdgroup.com

3. From COYO KALIBANTENG bus stop

Once you arrive there you will see a big banner of PKBI Jateng 50 meters turn left, about 10 meters high in the left

side of the street, follow this banner, because that is the building where IIWC office is.

For the travel in Indonesia and "breathe taking" destination in this exotic country, you can visit

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/indonesia/

Another way to Semarang is via Denpasar, Bali:

1. Take the airplane from Denpasar to Surabaya. 2. Take a taxi to the railway station of Surabaya (you should pay a toll for the taxi driver). 3. Take a train to Semarang. There are only two trains in a day. 4. Take a taxi to PKBI office.

We recommend you to take the morning train rather than the night one because it is much more convenient to get a

taxi then.

PS. PLEASE TAKE TARE OF YOUR OWN LUGGAGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN ANY AIRPORTS, TRAIN STATIONS,

OR BUS TERMINALS IN INDONESIA, OTHERWISE, THE INDONESIAN PORTERS WILL EXPECT SOME MONEY/ EXTRA TIPS

FROM YOU. IN CASE YOU NEED A PORTER, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THE TIPS NOT MORE THAN 1 USD.



Map Capture How to get Meeting Point

---------- : Nearest way to IIWC Volunteer House.

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