A myriad of lecturers, who have experience with teaching in European environment increasingly seek an opportunity to try teaching a language in a completely socio-culturally different environment. One of the options to take advantage of is to travel to the exotic country of Indonesia under the auspices of Kintari foundation.
This foundation offers a unique opportunity to teach English at a state run primary school in the south of the island of Lombok situated right next to the well-known island of Bali. The volunteers do not need to be professional teachers nor do they need to be professionally trained. The only thing they are asked to do is to remain enthusiastic, patient and focused on achieving the goals they set themselves as Kintari foundation believes the only effective way to teach is to make the most of your virtues.
A concise briefing is provided to the applicants every other month before their departure to Indonesia. If you would like to become one of Kintari associates or you are only interested in its activities or you would just like to buy a piece of jewellery and thus financially contribute easier student life of children in Lombok, visit www.kintari.org website.
Kintari was founded in 2006, as the only Czech-Indonesian group in the Czech Republic, in order to present Indonesian art within its composed programmes and to raise financial resources to carry out projects on the island of Lombok, Indonesia. The charitable e-shop Kintari offers unique hand-crafted products from Indonesia. The gain from the sales of the products supports education efforts of poor children from the island of Lombok in Indonesia.
Kintari foundation refurbished a primary school in a village of Ngolang on the island of Lombok, Indonesia during years 2009-2010, which Kintari foundation also equipped with school furniture, textbooks and where it - all year round - secures courses of English taught by Czech volunteers too. Kintari foundation also dug a well in this school and then it built washrooms. By introducing hygienic habits at school we managed to stop the epidemic of childhood skin diseases. In 2011 Kintari foundation also built its own nursery in Kuta Lombok, which it operates and where it provides English courses by local teachers. Since 2013 Kintari also supports an elementary school in the village of Sukadana, which is attended by children for whom education at a state school would otherwise be unavailable. In addition to school supplies, toys and clothing Kintari gives kids extra opportunity to educate themselves during various activities within the school-organised courses, such as dancing, ball games, drawing and others. Volunteers who visit Lombok in development projects organized by Kintari provide English language courses even for adults from poor backgrounds. Kintari thus gives local residents especially the children a chance for a better education and a more prosperous future.
