All the kids are moving up a class, they all did very well this year in school. From our oldest group Dani was number 3 of the school!!! And can go to a very good high school with a scholarship. Fina was number 4. The kids all realise that they did so good in school with help from Indoshelter, and are very grateful, especially to Keyko who has motivated them all year!
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This month we have program called VEGGIES NICE LHO!!! So for June we have cooking classes that focus on vegetables things. We make all kind of food with these materials. First we have PECEL made from Kangkung, spinach, cabbage, long bean, taoge. The Second week we made KERIPIK BAYAM or Spinach crackers. The third week : carrot cake. And the last week : Veggies Juice We learn the kids that vetgetables are nice and healthy, and that you can do many things with them. So maybe in future they will try some more new things instead of the candy… We had a nice afternoon with a lot of dancing and lovely presents… Why? Emmy is leaving for Holland to deliver her baby-twin! Emmy is involved in Indoshelter from the beginning and responsible for PR and as a secretary. She will move to Australia after the birth of the kids. This means she will not be active in the daily management anymore and won’t be teaching English as she did before. But she will stay active in running the website, newsletters, and doing paperwork. So we didn’t realy loose a member of the team! Mirella Coolen will become a new member in the daily management after the school holidays! But more about her later…
Marie-Josee, pk Saigun and Koko, THANKS! Pak Saigun has done a terrific job! The rain has almost stopt and he has made a beautiful playground at the back. The children love to play outside. We are busy with the walls which we will make of bambu and are looking for toys to play outside. But we have already had many dance performances and music lessons outside in the fresh air! Monday 23rd of March was a big day for the Indoshelter children. All of them gathered eagerly around 2; they were dressed by Keyko and Tanti and loved all the makeup they were allowed to use. Of course real artist need to look beautiful! This was their very first outing. These children do not leave their neighborhood very often; only when their parents take them to the street corners to beg. But this was a real outing. They were going to perform in an orphanage; situated in the outskirts of Semarang. To get there Gita (???Ik weet niet of ik de naam goed spel) provided two orange buses. Thank you Gita!!! It was like I remember my very first school trip! All the children as well as the mothers who joined were so exited. The trip took around half an hour. After some time we could get into the biggest class room where the orphans sometimes get sewing and computer lessons. Our children prepared some dances and songs. They made it a nice and colorful performance. It was so good to see the joy on their faces. They love dancing and singing and were very happy. The children from the orphanage had a great time as well. They do not often get performances like this one. Their only “distraction “are the Koran lessons, apart from their school work! So silently they watched and smiled especially when the little ones made their mistakes! We –the Indoshelter board- brought a bag filled with goodies for everybody: a drink, some chocolate, cookies and peanuts. Of course they loved this treat. Keyko had organized some gifts for the orphanage as well: she brought some notebooks from Kangaroo and she prepared origami figures: one for each child. This afternoon gave a lot of joy to some 100 children, 50 orphans and 50 Indoshelter kids: look at the faces in the pictures and you will see it. All the way back the children sang the English songs they know: it was an exiting experience! We have had a pleasant meeting with the Semarang Rotary club about the basic medical care we provide in the shelter;
We will work in 2 steps; Step 1 Keyko will check the weight of all the children monthly Keyko will check the height of all the children 3 monthly After comparing these figures with the growth table make a list of children who need special attention. Have consultation with these children with doctor and parents.
Step 2 List of children who need extra medical attention even after the consultation get further examination. Doctors try to find a volunteer nurse to take their blood in the shelter. After blood results we look if they need more examination. These actions have to be paid by donations!
Dental program The doctors will try and find a dentist who is willing to come and check the teeth of all the children
Vaccinations These are given by the ‘Puskesmas’. It is not sure if there is a Puskesmas in our neighborhood which is fully equipped. Keyko will ask around. The doctors will ask in their network. If the children don’t get their vaccinations, we will have to look if they can get them somewhere else.
So we have big plans, and will keep you informed about the progress!
As the older children are getting extra English lessons for the past few months they asked for some kind of exam! We thought this was great, this means they feel confident enough to test their learning’s. We are not a school, we support education, so exams are not in our program. But as they asked, and we want to stimulate their self esteem and knowledge we made a simple exam from the the English books we provide. They where very serious, and now waiting for the results!
Who was there? Martien; she runs the finance in Indonesia Catur; he does craft with the children on Tuesday afternoon Koko; he cooks with the children on Tuesday afternoon Ratna; she teaches English on Friday afternoon Ina; she teaches traditional and modern dance on Thursday morning Ritu; she teaches math on wednesday morning Emmy; she does the website, newsletters, PR and fundraising Mardian; she does the daily management of the shelter And of course Keyko: our head teacher, also communicator with the neighborhood Tanti; the aassistant teacher, doing the todler group, reading and writing classes and teaches gitar So you can see, we have already a serious team, of which we are very proud! We discussed the program, who is doing what, and made a set up for the creative program. Also made plans for the garden, as soon as the rainy season is gone we will start working on this. We will then also start with the paint-work inside. The house could use a lick of paint here and there. We will place a sign, so everyone can find Indoshelter. It was a very useful afternoon, we had a lot of laughs and had some yummy pisang goreng (fried banana)
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As the rain has stopt most of the time, we have decided to give the inside a new lick of paint. Marie-Josee from the Netherlands was here on holiday and wanted to contribute by painting. She had a great day, togehter with Pak saigun and our cook Koko they painted all day long. Telling stories, and eating nice masakan padang food for lunch. The shelter look brand new, and the children are very proud of their ‘new’ classrooms!
We have had a very busy week. As we had pak Leon coming and have planned our first teacher meeting in the shelter. There are quite a few people involved at the moment, so we thought it was a good idea to have a talk together!
Today pak Leon from PT kievit came to the shelter. He was there very early, already at 8.00am! Happily all the kids were already there, and ready to do a little performance. They of course did their dancing and singing, which looked lovely. Leon had a look around, and was impressed with the shelter. After the little show of the kids he gave a big check. (As PT kievit had a opening of a factory last year and the donations they got during this ceremony where for 2 charity projects, Indoshelter is one of the lucky ones!) All the kids came to say thank you, and then gave a painting which Leon will hang in his office!
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