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June 2000 NewsletterGallery Progress |
For those of you who have been in closer contact with us at KLUB KOKOS over the past few years, you would already know something of the progress that we have been making in attempting to improve the education facilities and opportunities of the local community here at Bangkiang Sidem. Primary school-age students from this area attend the school a kilometre to the north of Bangkiang Sidem, in the village of Sebali. The Sebali Primary School when we first became involved in an educational aid program, was in a terrible state of disrepair. With the crash in the value of the rupiah over two years ago, many families here were struggling to be able to afford the small amount to keep their children at school. And with our area being very much ‘off the beaten track’, maintenance on the school building had been neglected for a long time even before this. When we were first invited by the teaching staff to visit the school, we were horrified to find that only one of the six classrooms was relatively waterproof, while some had gaping holes in the roof, and two were totally unsafe to use. The toilet block was also totally unusable, and the school lacked any basic library or sports facilities at all. |
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Old unusable toilet block |
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Leaking roof in Sebali classroom - typical of level of disrepair |
Since early last year we have led a running battle with government departments to get something done at the school, while trying to improve the general morale of the school itself, developing a closer liaison between the school and home, something that had really fallen in a hole. After an appeal for financial help from many people who have shown an interest in what we are doing here at KLUB KOKOS, we then embarked upon the rebuilding of part of the school on the site of the old toilet block. We are constructing a two-storey building, with a library and storeroom on the ground floor, and an open-air pavilion upstairs that may be used for a variety of school and community gatherings/events. Once we finished the concrete framework for this building, and partially constructed the walls in the downstairs area, the government then moved in to renovate the roof structure of the classrooms, while the children were able to use the library area as temporary classrooms. Now that the government contractors have completed this work the children have been able to return to their classrooms, and once the gallery is nearer completion we will be sending some of our building crew back to the school to complete the library. | |
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View of school quadrangle |
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Klub Kokos construction staff pouring concrete for new school facility |
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Year 6 class after their final national exams for hopeful placement in junior high. However, a lack of classroom space in the state schools has meant that they usually must enrol in a private school to continue with their education. |
For anyone interested in giving us further assistance in our library project for the Sebali Primary School, please contact us direct at cathy@klubkokos.com for any other details. Once the library is completed we will also be looking for donations of books and other reading materials and sports equipment for the children. We also are continuing with the individual support of a number of families of school children from Bangkiang Sidem, particularly for junior & senior high school students, who were otherwise in danger of dropping out of school due to financial problems. With the new school year starting in mid-July, there will be at least thirteen more students that we will be looking at to give partial or full support, as well as general aid in the purchase of necessary texts and uniforms. |
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Year 3 class |
In the photo to the left, the Year 3 students are busily working on a letter to a primary school in Mandurah, West Australia, who are planning a trip to stay at KLUB KOKOS in a few months. We are organising a day of interaction activities, where the school tour group have the opportunity to experience what it is like to attend a primary school in Indonesia. Cathy will also be introducing English to this Sebali class from July – the beginning of the new school year. She has been teaching English in the Ubud Primary School that her daughters have attended since it was first introduced into the curriculum for Years 4, 5 & 6 in 1994, but with the closer liaison with the community here, has volunteered to develop it in the Sebali school as well now. [next - Staff & Guest News] |
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