Taking Responsibility For Children

  Indonesia

• Jakarta: 
Jakarta
• Bali: 
Ubud
• All Other Areas: 
Yogyakarta,  Semarang,  Surabaya

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: ongoing

Description: If you want an experience that will change your life then this is it! If you feel it's important to make a difference and help the world's children then Sacred Childhoods wants to hear from you. You will have one of the most touching and valuable experiences of your life helping Indonesia's children to become empowered and improve their lives one step at a time. You will also find yourself in deep reflection about the substance of life in The West and find your own life's path in these poor but deeply spiritual tropical surroundings. Meeting with other like minded volunteers and becoming a part of this growing movement in collective awareness and action could be just what you are looking for right now.

Highlights: From start to finish, the highlights of your trip are the children themselves. Their faces will etch on your mind's eye forever more, the times that you kick a football around with them, the times that you cook and eat with them, the times that they look at you with thanks and love in their eyes. But in between that there are fantastic opportunities to do a range of activities including white water rafting, scuba diving, horse riding, island hopping, swimming with dolphins, jungle and volcano trekking and much much more.

Qualifications: If you care deeply about the welfare of the world's children and can sing, dance, make people laugh, play, do sports, be in nature, teach, swim, or go on trips then you're qualified to be a volunteer. Equally, if you have experience in IT and web design, accounting, business, project management, research or fundraising you can also be of immense help.

Cost in US$: $1600

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Our volunteers are of all ages from all backgrounds and professions but what they have in common is a love of children and a deep concern that some children around the world are truely suffering. All volunteers feel a desire to make a personal difference to help improve the quality of the children's lives, have a sense of adventure about them, and enjoy working as a team, and using their personal skills and talents.

Age Range: 16-80

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Indonesia Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 2-8

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

The Sacred Childhoods Foundation's Mission Statement: The Sacred Childhoods Foundation is a humanitarian NGO that offers assistance to children whose survival and well-being is at risk due to issues of poverty, child labor, human trafficking and slavery, sexual exploitation, natural disaster and displacement. Our mission is to take responsibility for the safety and well-being of children around the world (without political or religious orientation).

Year Founded: 2008