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Can We Count You In?
The future is in our hands. The first step starts from helping people in need around us. The world is our stage and big changes start from small actions. Check out the volunteer opportunities below...
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Clean Up Jakarta Day Aims to Get the Entire Community on Board
Pluit, North Jakarta. (Photo Courtesy of Angela Richardson) While Angela Richardson isn’t exactly familiar with the law of diffusion of innovations, she is a walking example of it. Richardson is an...
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An Educator’s Heroic Journey to Change Gender Relations in Papua
Although far from Manokwari, Edera is not forgotten. (Photo courtesy of Els Tieneke Rieke Katmo) Esteemed mythologist Joseph Campbell is famous for breaking down “The Hero’s Journey,” a template by...
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Count Me In Delivers Stuffed Toys To Cancer Kids in Need of Company
Stuffed animals collected at the Count Me In in office. (JG Photo/Count Me In) Success comes in many forms. It can come from inspiring someone or being inspired by someone. Some people measure success...
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Local Businesses Get Help Kicking Their Plastic Habit
Several businesses in Sanur have signed up for the PlastikDetox campaign, which founder Anna Sutanto hopes to bring to Jakarta. (Photo courtesy of PlastikDetox) The resort island of Bali produces 890...
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A Mother Helps Families Navigate the Childhood Cancer Nightmare
Yanie Mulyan Ingsih Dewi with cancer patients. (JG Photo/Kriti Aggarwal) Yanie Mulyan Ingsih Dewi Cancer evokes a mixture of pity and sadness in most people. Never does one think that it is a...
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Petition Set Up to Save Sulawesi’s Bangka Isle
‘Any island … less than 200,000 hectares cannot be mined. And this is only 4,700! – Kaka, frontman of rock group Slank. (Photo courtesy of Change.org) Imagine if a piece of heaven on earth, home to...
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Victims of Sex Abuse Find Guidance and a Voice Through Organization
Speakers at one of the seminars organized by Lentera Indonesia, which seeks to promote greater awareness about the issue of sex abuse. (Photos courtesy of Lentera Indonesia) When Sophia Hage, a medical...
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Determined to Live Out His Dream, Biker Helps Charities Along the Way
Bruce Smart of England has so far traveled to 36 countries on his superbike in the name of charity. He is currently visiting Indonesia. (Photo courtesy of Teapot One) When 37-year-old Bruce Smart...
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Two ‘Movember’ Events Remind Men to Check for Prostate Cancer
Show your mo’ and enjoy some great entertainment. (JG Photo/Maya Martini) Every November, all across the globe, Movember campaigners, also known as Mo Bros, unite to grow a mustache to raise awareness...
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To Learn the Language, Research Options Then Jump in and Volunteer
The writer, Nicola Menda, center, with children from Yayasan Sahabat Mulia. (JG Photo) “Halo, apa kabar? Hari ini, aku bicara bahasa Indonesia ya” (Hello, how are you? Today I’m going to speak in...
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Less Twitter, More Bird Song: Rewards Of Teaching English on Flores Island
The author, with children from Roe, Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara. (JG Photo/Lukas Beermann) Are you one of those people who desperately needs a shower and a piping-hot cup of coffee to start the day?...
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Teenage Volunteer Shares His Passion for Snakes
Fifteen-year-old snake enthusiast and volunteer Nathan Rusli handling a king cobra. A handler with a python. (Photo courtesy of Nathan Rusli) When we encounter enthusiastic young people like Nathan...
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Komunitas Taufan: A Pillar of Support to Sick Children
Yani, second from left, with families receiving aid from Komunitas Taufan. (JG Photo/Maya Martini) When it comes to volunteering a few hours every month, especially in your first few visits, you may...
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Nursing Home Taking in The Elderly Off the Streets
Farah Darojani, left, with residents at Tresna Werdha Budi Mulia 4, a state nursing home in South Jakarta. (JG Photo/Olga Amato) “Children are like the sunrise, elderly people are like the sunset of...
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Explaining Schizophrenia To Sufferers and Families
The KPSI has regular activities for its members. (Photo courtesy of KPSI) When searching for meaning of schizophrenia, this is what you would find in the dictionary: mental disorder caused by the...
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Ignorance to Blame for Incessant Jakarta Floods
A flood-affected area in Manggarai, South Jakarta. Recent floods call for long-term solutions. (JG Photo/Maya Martini) When floods arrive, issues forgotten during the rest of the year, tend to...
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Libraries the Real Thing, Coke Says
Lidianingsih and her friend hard at work to help local communities develop their skills. (JG Photo/Olga Amato) When we talk about finding solutions for providing access to education and information in...
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Spreading the Green Creed From an Early Age
Humanities teacher Angela Kilbane with some of her students. Angela practices what she preaches. (JG Photo/Olga Amato) When talking about the environment, we might all have very different ideas of what...
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ANZA, IKJ Add a Splash of Fun to a Children’s Ward
Painting a children’s room at Fatmawati Hospital. (JG Photo/Maya Martini) Jakarta. When pondering on ways to contribute to alleviating the tension children feel during a hospital stay, answers are...
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