Background: Education is essential for children because it lays the foundation for their future development and success. It helps them gain knowledge, critical thinking skills, and the ability to make informed decisions. Through education, kids learn how to communicate, solve problems, and interact with others—skills that are vital for personal and social growth. Moreover, education opens doors to better opportunities, reduces poverty, and empowers children to contribute positively to their communities. In short, education shapes not only a child’s future but also the progress of society as a whole.
The AL AZHAR Pekalongan Islamic School was built in an area of ±5,250 M2 on the outskirts of Pekalongan City and is supported by various modern and integrated infrastructure facilities, making the AL AZHAR Pekalongan Islamic School a comfortable place for students to carry out learning activities. The students not only study from text book, but also informal education such as handicraft, games, sing a songs, and so on. Total of students in this school around 365 students from variety ages. The daily activities started in the morning at 07.30. For those students who take activities, after lunch will have some extracurricular such as scout, sport, singing and arts.

Assisting the English language teachers in the class; Organizing conversation class activities together with the teachers; partner of cadets for practicing English, culture exchange, country presentation, games exchange, sport, field activities etc. The volunteer also welcome to propose any ideas to organize certain interactive activities at the school. The working hours from 08:00 – 15:00 (about 6 – 7 hours per day)

The volunteers will be accommodated in local host family (basic conditions, sleeping bag and mat needed, no air conditioner, no hot shower, bath using scooper & water tank, squad toilet), where they will also receive food. Prefer no vegan (strict vegetarian) volunteer. The daily meals will be based on the local food.
Location: Semarang, Central Java province.

Location: Pekalongan, Central Java province. Leisure Time: Going around the village to interact with local or sight seeing to the city central.

Special Requirement: The volunteers should accept all the rules and condition of the project. Volunteer is recommended NOT to buy flight ticket at least 30 days 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 is 1 people. The volunteer should be open-minded, tolerant, creative, flexible, patient, respect the local customs and local’s rule, sharing, special drive for children, willing to accept basic living condition in the project site, and be confidence. Never been found guilty in a criminal case in volunteer’s home country or in another country. Strictly prohibited posses narcotics, marijuana, opium, stimulants or other drugs. Flexible vegetarian is still welcomed, BUT prefer NO STRICT vegetarian (vegan) in all projects. Drinking alcohol during the project is completely prohibited. Please accept our apology that we are not open for volunteer with mentally disabilities and people with mobility and movement impairments such as limitation on physical functioning, blindness, deft, epilepsy, sleep disorders etc.
Health issues: Volunteers will easily encounters with tropical humidity, heat, and some tropical insects. Unvaccinated travelers are now permitted to enter Indonesia and travel domestically within the country.
Participant fee: 250€ participant (payment in Indonesian Rupiah currency based on the update exchange rate https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/ ). It covers food, accommodation, materials and local transport during the project. The fee must be paid in advance via WISE of Dejavato’s account maximum 30 days before the project started.

vols can take the train to Pekalongan train station