GLOBAL XCHANGE TEAM 70

where are they now?

2009-03-29T18:06:00.000-07:00

well, now GX 2008 has been over for almost 1 year. March 25th 2009 we are celebrated the 1st anniversary of our first ever meeting, in Lee Valley, Cheshunt, UK. to mark the occasion, we will share stories about what we were doing now, after GX has over.

now, i'm in Jakarta, working temporarily in the British Council office for about 3 months. i had mostly a great time here, especially because my desk is exactly in front of Ilsa's. so, everyday, all i've done so far is just confusing and disturbing her! fun, fun, fun!

Imel

I'm now studying for my BA Hons in Social Work at Bradford University just approaching the end of year 1 but I'm enjoying life. I am still educating people who like to waste electricity when they leave plug sockets on when not needed, I think the message is sinking in slowly for these people. I am also due to do some presentations about volunteering and also Global Xchange in June at a number of academies which should be interesting. I really miss Global Xchange and I think it has made me better for my future life :)

Wainey

i am uus, as you know, the cute girl from Malang.
i'm now still studying in the 8th semester of English Literature in Brawijaya university Malang.
with my friends, i am holding a Leadership Training for the students in my department. i am happy with my life and now trying hard to be rich! hahaha

next week will be holiday!!! yay!!!

Uus

I'm now counting to my last day at British Council while trying to make a perfect handover note for next Global XChange caretaker.

I decided to resign as, if everything goes well, I will start my master degree on Public Affairs this September 2009. I got a scholarship from a French company and will fly to Paris and stay there for two years...

I don't really like cold weather, but being able to see some of Team 70 during holiday would be great..

Take Care

Ilsa

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the angel sides

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Potato Planting

Ron, Waine and Nova's placement's supervisor, has said that he was touched by what we have done. Planting potatoes, which if it's grown properly, would be very usefull, especially for Street2Homes member. And cleaning up the wild grass, which he said, "actually, i have had a plan to do this since many years a go but never manage to do that. And today, you guys done it, it looks much nicer now and hopefully the potatoes will be usefull for Street2Homes. So thank you very much for what you have done, because i will never manage to do this by myself".

Actually, we're not the potato planting experts, so we've made more messes than the proper work. But hey! A process, even it's a bad one, is the part of a work, and the result wasn't too bad though. We've manage to plant about 20 potatoes, and we've cleaned up the 2 ft tall grass. And, the most important thing is, our will to help.

Tree Planting

You can call this team as te green team; we have a lot of discussion and very concern about environment, 1 volunteer have the environmental technique background, we have a green team t-shirt, and we've plant lots of trees.

Our first tree has planted during Stuart and Fauzan's GCD about Deforestation. We've plant the tree at the Meadows Children Centre and has named 'the Singing Bird tree' (for some random reason).

And then, we've also done the CAD about tree planting at Stuart and Judith's placement, Treehouse Children Centre, and have manage to plant about 15 trees. This CAD has included the children, so it was not just about the tree planting, but also about the green way of thinking regeneration.

Anti-Drugs Campaign

Angkots (public cars) and buses are the main transportation for people in Padang because it's affordable. So, they've become our main target for the anti-drugs stickers, so that the people who was in it could see. But, apart from them, we also handing the stikers and flowers to cars, motorbikes, and pedestrians. We also sticking the stickers on the fender's wagon, and wanting to make the shoppers in a department store to be aware about drugs by sticking at the store's wall, but has ended with the operational manager's expulsion to some of us because we've done that withiut permission, haha! Blame our angel side!

Clean-Up the Beach!

Sophie and Karina's GCD become bigger with the action of more than 50 people doing the clean up of the beach, and had been reported by some newspapers and local TV, even the reportation was more about the government and the supporting organisations than Global Xchange, haha! But it really doesn't matter because that wasn't the main point. They can get the fame by claiming our idea, but we're the one who got the bless :).

The activity had started with very unimportant speeches from the other organisations representative, but the cleaning was very good and fun. The beach is one of the places where GX volunteers usually hang out beause it is so beautiful, and seeing the beach without the rubbish is mcuh much much better. But there was still 1 other problem. There's a bin crisis in Padang. We're very rarely to see a bin in any place. So, because we felt that there's no point if we've done the cleaning but there's no bin to put the rubbish so that the beach can stay clean, we will have another action about this. Just wait!

Say No To Plastic Bag campaign

It's a part of Imel and Angharad's GCD, considered to be a small CAD. We're done an action to went to the 3 big shops in Padang, where most of GX volunteers had a bad experiences being forced to take the plastic bag. We went to the shop, buy something with small package (so we have a reason to say no to plastic bag, ask to meet the manager or the person in charge, some made it some are not, to gives a GX petition to encourage the shop to change the bag policy, and then, we've handed out leaflets to the shopper.

the team calendar

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Sunday/ March 23, 2008
-Indonesian volunteers fly to the UK
-Hendry's birthday
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Monday/March 24, 2008
-Indonesian volunteers arrive at the UK, stay at the Lee Valley Youth Hostel
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Tuesday/March 25, 2008
-UK volunteers arrive at the Hostel
-In Country Orientation begin
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Wednesday/March 26, 2008 - Friday/March 28, 2008
-In Country Orientation
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Saturday/March 29, 2008
-In Country Orientation
-Leave for Bishop's Stortford & Harlow, went to host homes
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Monday/March 31, 2008 - Friday/April 4, 2008
-In Community Orientation at Rainbow Services, Harlow
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Wednesday/April 2, 2008
-Phil & Ilsa's GCD at Stansted Airport, Stansted
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Thursday/April 3, 2008
-1st CAD, Multicultural Art Day at Civic Centre, Harlow
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Friday/April 4, 2008
-Sophie's birthday
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Saturday/April 5, 2008
-Bowling at First Bowl, Harlow
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Monday/April 7, 2008
-Start the volunteer placements
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Wednesday/April 9, 2008
-Hannah & Nova's GCD at Rainbow Services, Harlow
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Thursday/April 10, 2008
-Community Welcome at Hilton Hotel, Stansted
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Wednesday/April 16, 2008
-Lindsay & Judith's GCD at Rainbow Services, Harlow
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Friday/April 18, 2008
-Isaac's birthday
-Celebrating Isaac's birthday, do karaoke at The Star, Bishop's Stortford
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Wednesday/April 23, 2008
-Jen & Uus' GCD at Rainbow Services, Harlow
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Wednesday/April 30, 2008
-Imel & Angharad's GCD at Rainbow Services, Harlow
-Watching Champions League semifinal : Chelsea v Liverpool at The Boar's Head, Bishop's Stortford
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Friday/May 2, 2008 - Sunday/May 4, 2008
-Mid Phase Review at Oxford
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Saturday/May 3, 2008
-Went to Classical Music
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Monday/May 5, 2008
-Bank Holiday
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Tuesday/May 6, 2008
-Ilsa's birthday
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Wednesday/May 7, 2008
-Malcolm & Isaac's GCD at Meadows Children Centre, Harlow
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Saturday/May 10, 2008
-2nd CAD, Allotment for Street2Homes, Harlow
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Saturday/May 17, 2008
-Went to London
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Wednesday/May 21, 2008
-Fauzan & Stuart's GCD at Meadows Children Centre, Harlow
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Friday/May 23, 2008 - Sunday/May 25, 2008
-Visiting weekend
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Monday/May 26, 2008
-Bank Holiday
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Wednesday/May 28, 2008
-Waine & Hendry's GCD at Rainer, Harlow
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Saturday/May 31, 2008
-3rd CAD, tree planting at Treehouse Children Centre, Harlow
-4th CAD, Multicultural Art Day at Meadows Children Centre, Harlow
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Sunday/ June 1, 2008
-Lidya & Helen's GCD at Rainbow Services, Harlow
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Wednesday/ June 4, 2008
-Sophie & Karina's GCD at Harefield Hall, Harlow
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Friday/June 6, 2008
-Community Farewell at St. Mary Latton Church Hall, Harlow
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Monday/June 9, 2008
-Debrief at Rainer, Harlow
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Tuesday/June 10, 2008
-Leave the community to Ace Hotel, London
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Wednesday/June 11, 2008
-Debrief at Ace Hotel, London
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Thursday/June 12, 2008
-Joint GCD at VSO office, London
-Dinner with Indonesian Ambassador for the UK, at the Indonesian Embassy office, London
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Friday/June 13, 2008
-Fly to Indonesia
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Saturday/June 14, 2008 - Sunday/June 15, 2008
-Visiting weekend
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Sunday/June 15, 2008
-In Country Orientation at Kebun Wisata Pasirmukti, Citeureup, Bogor
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Monday/June 16, 2008
-In Country Orientation at British Council Indonesia office, Jakarta
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Tuesday/ June 17, 2008
-Fly to Padang, stay at Sentra Pendidikan BRI, Pauh
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Wednesday/June 18, 2008 - Friday/June 20, 2008
-In Community Orientation begin
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Friday/June 20, 2008
-Go to host homes
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Saturday/June 21, 2008
-Community Welcome at the Mayor's Service House, Padang
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Monday/June 23, 2008
-Start the volunteer placements
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Wednesday/June 25, 2008
-Phil & Ilsa's GCD at the district office, Pauh
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Sunday/June 29, 2008
-1st CAD, Anti-Drugs Campaign, Health Council, Padang
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Monday/June 30, 2008
-Imel's birthday
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Wednesday/July 2, 2008
-Lindsay & Judith's GCD at the district office, Pauh
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Friday/July 4, 2008
-Stuart's birthday
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Sunday/July 6, 2008
-Imel & Stuart's joint birthday celebration
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Monday/July 7, 2008
-Team meeting at Sentra Pendidikan BRI, Pauh
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Wednesday/July 9, 2008
-Sophie & Karina'a GCD at Padang beach, Padang
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Saturday/July 12, 2008
-Tracking at Bukit Gado-Gado, Padang
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Wednesday/July 16, 2008
-Malcolm & Isaac's GCD at the district office, Pauh
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Wednesday/July 23, 2008
-Stuart & Fauzan's GCD at YPAC, Alai
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Friday/July 25, 2008 - Sunday/July 27, 2008
-Mid Phase Review at Payakumbuh
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Tuesday/July 29, 2008
- 2nd CAD, Padangku Bersih Abis campaign, Cleanliness and Park Department,Padang
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Wednesday/July 30, 2008
-Jen & Uus' GCD at YPAC, Alai
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Saturday/August 2, 2008
-Judith's birthday
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Sunday/August 3, 2008
-Judith's birthday celebration at the Pizza Hut
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Monday/August 4, 2008
-Day off=went to Pantai Air Manis
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Thursday/August 7, 2008-Sunday/August 17, 2008
-Padang Fair at GOR H. Agus Salim, Padang
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Friday/August 8, 2008
-Lidya birthday
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Saturday/August 9, 2008
-Lidya's birthday celebration at the Gian cafe
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Tuesday/August 12, 2008
-Phil's birthday
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Wednesday/August 13, 2008
-Lidya & Helen's GCD at the district office, Pauh
-Phil's suprise birthday party at the office and Gian Cafe
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Friday/August 15, 2008
-Fauzan's birthday
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Saturday/August 16, 2008
-Fauzan's birthday celebration at Gandoria beach, Pariaman
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Tuesday/August 19, 2008
-Hannah & Nova's GCD at the district office, Pauh
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Wednesday/August 20, 2008
-Imel & Angharad's GCD at YPAC, Alai
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Wednesday/August 27, 2008
-Waine & Hendry's GCD at YPAC, Alai
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Tuesday/September 3, 2008 - Thursday/September 5, 2008
-Debrief at Sendik BRI, Hotel Ambacang and Air Manis beach, Padang
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Friday/September 6, 2008
-Fly home
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the activities

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THE COMMUNITY WELCOME

UK phase
April 10, 2008-Hilton Hotel, Stansted
We've happened to had a posh Community Welcome at the Hilton Hotel, in the BAA Stansted Airport area, because BAA was one of the sponsors for this programme. It was fun; there's speeches from BAA, the community and GX representatives, delicious meals, our presentation-we sang Indonesian song Di Sini Senang Di Sana Senang, and DJ in the end.

Padang phase
June 21, 2008-Mayor's Service House
The mayor of Padang has arranged a Community Welcome for us in his 'white house'. Apart from us and our host family, the guests also includes the people from FKS (Forum Kota Sehat/Healthy City Forum, the main partner of GX in Padang), Volunteer Placements, journalists, and government staffs. After we've had our dinner, there's speeches from FKS, the government and British Council representatives, and then, continued with the entertainment from Korps Kota Padang (Padang City Corps). They do the plate dancing, and in the end of the dance, they broke the plates by stambed it with their bare foot!

THE GCDs
or Global Citizenship Day.

Once a week, all voluteers will meet up as a team to improve their knowledge of the community, or a development issue. And also to help the team to reflect on the experience, to take stock of what they are learning and to plan future events. A different counterpart pair facilitates each GCD. In the end of the meeting, the team usually take an extra 30 minutes to to Bahasa lesson.

UK phase

Phil & Ilsa
Topic : BAA AND THE COMMUNITY
the GCD explored the role of one of the exchange's main funders across the UK and created a debate around Stansted's proposed airport expansion.

Hannah & Nova
Topic : PREJUDICE
including how it feels and how it can be tackled.

Lindsay & Judith
Topic : HUMAN RIGHTS
we discussed specific human rights, how much people know about their righs and ways we can ensure people have their rights. we also looked at some of the current human rights issues in the world, including : torture, the death penalty, religion, and China hosting the Olympic Games.

Jen & Uus
Topic : SLAVERY
about the slavery in general in the world. Our aims were to inform GX volunteers about the slavery in the past and in the modern time and what can we do as young people to prevent this problem. We give tasks to the volunteers to demonstrate the condition of the modern slavery by giving them the scenario in a role play. We also give them videos about the human trafficking which is connected to the slavery.

Imel & Angharad
Topic : GLOBALXHANGE GOES GREEN
we looked at the problem of Global Warming and try to do something to help. not a very big thing, simple things that we can do in our daily life, such as not using plastic bags, prefer walking than driving, using electricities efficiently, etc.

Malcolm & Isaac
Topic : SHOPPING RESPONSIBILITY
with buy and selling game, held on Meadows Children Centre, you try to expand the amount of your production, but the big company have full access to arrange the price. how do you feel?

Stuart & Fauzan
Topic : DEFORESTATION
we explored why rainforrest in Indonesia + natural forrest in th UK was experiencing deforestation at a rapid rate. in this GCD, GX team also planted a tree at the GCD venue, Meadows Children Centre.

Waine & Hendry
Topic : RECYCLING
this is a passionate subject of mine which made it easier to talk about. we had guest speakers, fun games and quizes as well as lovely food at dinner time. i think it had a good impact on the team as it had a light hearted feeling.

Helen & Lidya
Topic : RELIGION
we explored the 4 major religions and looked forward at what to expect in Padang during Ramadhan.

Sophie & Karina
Topic : IMMIGRATION
we looked at different types and reasons for immigration, and also some famous refugees, so volunteers questioned their own image of an immigrant. we used discussion, quizes, and roleplay. it was mostly based on Britain and we also looked at media reports and how they differed from the actual situation.

Indonesia phase

Phil & Ilsa
Topic : COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT
explored the different approaches to work in the UK and Indonesia and helped Volunteer Placement teams to bond and stimulate project ideas.

Lindsay & Judith
Topic : EDUCATION FOR ALL
we tried to emphasize the links between education and other global issues, such as health and poverty. we had discussions based around barriers to education, gender & education, and how we can ensure equal access to education.

Sophie & Karina
Topic : RUBBISH
this was more practical, we got Dewan Kebersihan & Pertamanan (the local cleanliness & parks council), Korps Kota Padang youth organization, and Global Xchange volunteers to do a clean-up of the beach. rubbish is a big problem in Padang. the aim was to raise awarness of this problem for local people and there was TV and newspaper reporting of the event. the rest of the GCD looked at problems caused by rubbish disposal methods, and possible solutions.

Malcolm & Isaac
Topic : CORRUPTION
talk about the methods of corruption we faced in our daily life and try to get the ideas to fight the corruption, inspired by the story of many NGOs.
Guest Speaker : Ferry Anshary (lawyer, activist)

Stuart & Fauzan
Topic : DISABILITY
we will explore the situation faced by those who have a disability in Indonesia. we will look at issues, such as education, perception, role in society, access to public places, support from government, etc.

Jen & Uus
Topic : GOVERNMENT
about decision making in both UK and Padang and inform about the political condition in both countries and also try to find out what are the problems of them.

Hannah & Nova
Topic : CHILD POVERTY

Lidya & Helen
Topic : GENDER
about matrilineal and dowry.

Imel & Angharad
Topic : PLASTIC BAG
it could considered as the follow-up of the 3Gs. we will do a discussion and looked into the statistic about the use of plastic bags in the world generally and Indonesia especially. and we also will design a petition for the 3 big stores and franchises in Padang, and a 'say no to plastic bag' campaign leaflet for the people at the shopping areas.

Waine & Hendry
Topic : HIV/AIDS
we choose this topic as Hendry works at PKBI which works with these issues and tries to make people aware in the surrounding area on how to stay safe. we want to use this as our GCD topic because we both know quite a bit about this problem and it will be quite good to see how bad HIV and AIDS is a problem in Indonesia.

THE CADs
or Community Action Day.
A larger-scale community project. Done together by the team and also involve other people. Often a local organization will approach the team and ask them to participate in a CAD.

UK phase

First CAD :
Multicultural Art Day
April 10, 2008-Civic Centre, Harlow

Our very first CAD, show us how diverse Harlow is. There's a lot of cultural exhibitions; Huihui (Native American Arts), Tribal Face Painting, Origami Flowers from Chinese Centre, Patacc Adinkra Printing, and off course, GX's Indonesian Arts. There's also performances by Efua Sey Cultural Academy's African dance & drum, and Chinese dance & music. We are the part of the diversed community now!

Second CAD :
Allotment
May 10, 2008-Street2Homes, Harlow

We plants potatoes in the empty allotment belong to Street2Homes, one of the GX team 70 volunteer placements. We also cutting the wild grass and makes the allotment looks nice for the first time in the last few years.

Third CAD :
Tree Planting
May 31, 3008-Treehouse Children Centre, Harlow

We plants trees with children from Treehouse, one of the GX team 70 volunteer placements. It was very fun, the kids was very excited and get a certificate for their tree planting. We also named each tree with cartoon's characters.

Fourth CAD :
Multicultural Art Day
May 31, 2008-Meadows Children Centre, Harlow

So, we've done 2 CADs in one day. After we've finished our treeplanting, we went to Malcolm & Lidya's work place. It was very fun in the Civic Centre, so we creates our own multicultural art day. There was the African dance & drum and face painting as well, only this time, most of our guests are kids.

Indonesia phase

First CAD
Anti-Drugs Campaign
June 29, 2008-The City Health Department, Padang

We've handing 500 flowers and hundreds stickers to cars, motorcycles, pedestrians, and especially, angkots (public cars), with people from the Health Department, Forum Kota Sehat (Health City Forum), and students from Korps Kota Padang. It was great, although it was began with most of GX team 70 volunteers almost passed out standing for 3 hours under the 7-10 a.m. sun, to listen to 5 or 6 people's speeches, approximate time 30 minutes each. But seeing the stickers sticking on the angkot's door is a pleasure though.

Second CAD
Padangku Bersih Abis Campaign
July 29, 2008-The Cleanliness and Park Department, Padang

It'a a pretty big clean-up event, part of agovernment programme 'Padangku Bersih Abis' (myPadang is damn clean). With about 200peoplefrom the government, Departemen Kebersihan dan Pertamanan (Cleanliness and Park Department), Forum Kota Sehat (Healthy City Forum), Transportation Department, students, police, and off course Global Xchange volunteers participated, we're all divided into 2 tasks; first, want to shops and reminded the owner to keep the shop clean andto having a bin in the shop, and second, went to Sudirman street to sticking campaign stickers to private cars, angkots and busus. The last task are GX's. It's quite similar withwhat we've done in theanti-drugs campaign, butthis time we've got a bonus, a GX convoy withan open truck went around Padang city centre and China Town for about 30minutes!

Third CAD
Padang Fair
August 7-August 17, 2008-GOR Agus Salim, Padang

It's a big event held by the city of Padang government, officialy opened by the minister of trading, Mari Elka Pangestu, and the mayor of Padang, Fauzi Bahar, exhibited lots kind of thing, such as big companies promoting their product, towns or districts promoting their culture and potential, universities promoting their faculty, and GX promoting and encouraging peole to become a volunteer in PAdang. yeah, we want our work to be continued after we've finished this programme, so we've looking for our 'next generation'. it went very well, and many people come to our stall (the number is 3 times of average of other stalls), eventhough we've just done a very quick and simple preparation, with minimum budget -even the stall is an aid from Universitas Andalas, Padang-, but it worthed, because a lot of people, young and old, single and married, man and woman, interested and registered themselves to become a volunteer n our work placements.

Fourth CAD
School Visit
August 25, 2008-CAD SMA PGRI 6, Padang

SMA PGRI 6 is a school who recruits the children from the street, educates them, and most of times, let them pay after the made their own money. Established 1985, they’ve never had the exact donateur, and they’ve never had guess coming. So, it’s GX volunteer’s privilege to be the first in their history.

2 of the school teacher came to our stall in Padang Fair and told us about their school. They’ve also invited us to come to their stall which is outside the air-conditioned main building and they are the only school opened a stall in the fair. The purpose is to promote their business curriculum thay’ve just created. And they invited us to come to their school to motivate the student, and we did it the next week. We went around the classes, given the performance (poem and music) by the student and the alumnies, and we’ve talked about how things are possible if you want to just try.

Fifth CAD
Fundraising for an Orphanage
August 30, 2008-Universitas Andalas, Padang

We’ve sabotage the Universitas Andalas’ new students event for about 15 minutes to tell them a story and show the photos of Bundo Saiyo orphanage, one of the orphanage related to one of GX placement, PKPU. This orphanage needs about 5 million rupiah each month to run the house and to feed the 18 orphans, and also they need money to continued the built of their new building for the orphanage, because the current house is not proper for living, and isn’t big enough as the 8 boys have to sleep in a room in the mosque next to the house. From about 4000 new students in the Universitas Andalas’ auditorium, GX volunteers, who’s get not a little help from AIESEC’s member, managed to collected 3.709.000 rupiah!

THE MPRs
or Mid-Phase Review.
the whole team leave the host community for a weekend-long, at the half ay stage of each phase of the programme, to celebrate the achievements of your exchange so far, and also to look at the challenges and opportunities ahead.

UK phase

We’ve done the UK phase MPR in Oxford. We’ve stayed at the YHA, was very nice although the room is a bit smell. We’ve done sessions about what achievement we’ve had in the first half of the UK phase and what achievement we want to get in the next half. We’ve also went around Oxford in the free time, to the museum, colleges, and also enjoying classical music at the Saturday night –was unforgettable, as there’s an old lady collapsed in the middle of the playing, thanks God she’s fine-.

Indonesia phase

We've had the MPR in Payakumbuh, it's about 3 hours fromPadang. It's a heaven for UK volunteers becauseit's very cold.We've stayed at a cottage, Echo Lembah Harau, very beautiful place, surrounding by canyons and waterfalls. After theactivities, we went to the waterfall for swimming at friday and made a campfire plus barbeque at saturday night.On the way home at Sunday, we've passed through Bukittinggi, another town which is very famous for 'the Bukittinggi Big Ben' and theplace of birth of the first vice president of Indonesia, for a few hours, townet shopping and photo hunting.

THE DEBRIEFs
a few days to evaluate how the first 3 months has gone and to look at what you need to do to get the most out of the rest of the programme. At the end of the 6 months, there is a final debrief to help the team evaluate the experience the team have gone through, prepare for the returning home and help to talk about experiences.

UK phase

June 9-11, 2008-Rainbow Services, HArlow & Ace Hotel, Kensington, London.
We’ve done the debrief for 2 days; 1 day in Harlow, to evaluated the UK phase, and 1 day in London, to looked forward for Indonesian phase. we’ve done the reflection sessions in Harlow, some of them are just for fun; the GX team 70 award and quizzes, and preparation sessions in London; Indonesian lesson, health and safety, etc. lots of fun; we’ve eaten in a Chinese restaurant, whose the manager are very nice, and in the Indonesian Embassy office in the next day. it was more like we’re having our last great time in the UK before we flew over to Indonesia in a few hours later

Indonesia phase

September 3-4, 2008-Sendik BRI & Hotel Ambacang, Padang.
Started with 'making Stuart', so our lovely member who have left this programme earlier wouldn't missed our lovely debrief, and then, sessions such as Impact, Next Step, blabla....are held in 3 days of the debrief, in Sentra Pendidikan (Training Centre) BRI, Hotel Ambacang, and Air Manis beach.

THE SOCIAL TIMES

- Bowling

April 5, 2008-First Bowl, Harlow
the very first social activity after we went to our host homes. we've divided into 3 groups and most of the winners from each
group not even have played bowling before!

- Karaoke
April 18, 2008-The Star, Bishop's Stortford
it's Isaac's birthday and we went karaoke to celebrate. it was very fun, although there's one little accident had happened to Uus, who have not allowed to enter the pub because the bodyguard thought that she was under 18, and unfortunatelly, she forgot to bring her passport or any ID to proves her age".

- Watch Chelsea v Liverpool
April 30, 2008-The Boar's Head, Bishop's Stortford
our group has divided into Chelsea and Liverpool's supporters. was very very fun, eventhough there are several 'interferences', such as Lindsay who have keep asking where is Ballack, Jen who has been confused which colour is which, etc.

- London Adventure
May 17, 2008-London-off course!

the whole group, minus Helen who have to went home for the funeral of her uncle, went to London to see the famouses. our route: St. Pauls-Tower Bridge-Tower of London-Big Ben-Westminster-London Eye-Downing Street-Trafalgar Square-Buckingham Palace-Covent Garden.

- Stu and Imel's joint birthday celebration
July 6, 2008-Pizza Hut and Grande Resto, Karaoke & Billiard
we have planned to celebrate Imel (June 30) and Stu's (July 4) birthday going to Sikuai island by rental boat, but it's been cancelled because it was considered to be dangerous. so we went to had lunch together and do karaoke, with the birthday boy and girl sang 'Mmmbop' by Hanson. a poor plan B?

- Trekking
July 12, 2008-Bukit Gado-Gado
a very tough journey. we gathered at the post office in the morning and walked into the China town area. then we start to trek the hill and has finished the journey at Air Manis beach. very tired and it was raining when we arrived at the beach, but it was payed-off by experiencing a very thick rainforrest and a beautiful beach, with warm water and sand.

- Judith birthday celebration
August 3, 2008-Pizza Hut
as usual, the sacred place of GX volunteers who has difficulties to poo, Pizza Hut! This our favourite place, because of the most beautiful toilet in the whole Padang, and because of the food which is not rice, is become the venue for Judith’s birthday celebration.

- The Beach
August 4, 2008-Pantai Air Manis
we took a day-off from our placements beacuse we.ve done the GCD at the last wednesday, which is a public holiday, and we went to Air Manis beach. we took the very long and winding road (it is really mean winding!); waiting for the angkot, which is very rare and once we've found it, it's need to be fixed and we have to wait for another 45 minutes. and then, 45 minutes long journey to get to the beach, plus 30 minutes walk to get a private area in another side of the beach. privacy, coconut, and a beautiful sea, it's a very nice day-off!

- Lidya's birthday celebration
August 9, 2008-Gian Cafe
we went to Gian Café, one of the café GX volunteers usually go, to celebrate Lidya’s birthday. Some of us were went there straightly from Padang Fair, so with the smell bodies and tired faces we went to the café to meet Lidya’s host family who’s very kind to held this party to their temporary children. But the tiredness paid-off, especially with the delicious foods and the GX volunteer’s favourite activity which is quite random, karaoke.

- Phil's surprise birthday celebration
August 13, 2008-Kantor Camat Pauh
it’s in the day after and it was Helen and Lidya’s GCD. Before the GCD started, we’ve managed to surprised him with the sudden singing of Happy Birthday, the present and the card. And then, the audience ask him for a demonstration with his pinky present, the 87th of his favourite gadget collection.

And then, in the end of the day, Ilsa came out from another room with a cake, and, poor Phil, very innocently he was surprised, again!

- Fauzan's birthday celebration
August 16, 2008-Gandoria beach, Pariaman
Fauzan took us out from Padang for his birthday celebration, and we took a train for 2 hours to Pariaman, a small town outside Padang, and stop at the station which is exactly outside Gandoria beach. We’ve spend the whole day in the beach and been doing the regular things that usually people do in a beach : playing UNO, posing for cameras, and hid someone’s flip-flop.

Others

Bahasa Lesson

For the preparation before gone to Indonesia, the team has agreed to do Bahasa lesson every wednesday after the GCD. Different work counterpart pair each week have to prepare the material to teach the UK volunteers. It was still continued until now when we've already lived in Indonesia. But the lesson in Indonesia is more about revision and practical phrases.

African Dance and Drum

Sophie, Karina, Hannah and Nova's host parents are the owners and teachers of Efua Sey Cultural Academy. So, they gave us a special discount for a class to learned the dancing and drumming every thursday. Some of us even done the performance at some events, such as in the multicultural art day and the community farewell, and also got the certificate for that.

Self-Defense

Every monday, Hannah and Hendry's placement, YMCA, held a self-defense coaching for some staffs and GX volunteers. The coach, Francis, teach us how to face the unexpecting danger. It was very fun, and, because sometimes we're all very excited, it was hurts...

Joint GCD

All the Global Xchange team who’s doing the programme in March-September period has gathered in London, in the middle of each team’s phase transition. 7 exchange teams; Malawi, Kenya, South Africa, Syria, Egypt, Philippine, and Indonesia has given a presentation each, and then divided into 7 big discussion groups. brainstorming with volunteers from other exchanges, meeting people from 7 different countries and had a big lunch together at the VSO office is a very good experiences.

THE COMMUNITY FAREWELL

UK phase

June 6, 2008-St. Mary Latton Church Hall, Harlow
Was very fun and sad in the same time. We have to had fun with people that very important in our last 3 months lives, for the last time. And also, it has happened in our last day in our placement, where we've had our placement's farewell earlier. God, gives us a break!

Same as the welcome, we've had speeches from GX, the host homes, and the volunteer placement's representatives. And we've had nasi goreng(fried rice, our food icon for the last 3 months) that we've cooked ourselves for dinner. And there's also the entertainments; GX team performs the African dance, sang So Long, Farewell and I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, and the disco (but this time without the DJ).

Indonesia phase

September 6, 2008-Hotel Ambacang, Padang
Dinner tables, presentations, and speeches. this was the second sadiest day in GX team 70's history and those 3 things was definitely not the best memory to built in our mind.

Just remember about the on-the-spot fundraising and the money giving to Ibu Syamsi from Bundo Saiyo orphanage, and her inability to stop crying and smiling in the same time. It will makes us feel better, and that we're still having an impact for the community until the very end of the programme.

And, also, just remember, FRIENDSHIP IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN IMAGINATION AND KNOWLEDGE.

the volunteer placements

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Volunteers will also be pair up as a work counterpart pairs. each work counterpart pairs will be working together in a volunteer placements.

STANSTED PHASE

Lidya & Malcolm RAINER and MEADOWS CHILDREN'S CENTRE

RAINER
Shield House
Pinnacles
Harlow
CM19 5AR

Rainer is a national charity that offers under-supported young people a range of services designed to give them the emotional and practical support they need to lead secure and fulfilled lives.

MEADOWS CHILDREN'S CENTRE
Harberts Road
Harlow
CM19 4DL

Meadows Children's Centre offers support, play and learning opportunities for families with children under five. This is a Sure Start government-funded project which aim to provide integrated education with childcare and family support to help achieve good outcomes for children and parents.

Helen & Karina WOMEN'S AID

WOMEN'S AID
16-22 Bush House, 2nd floor
Bush Gair
Harlow
CM18 6NS

Women's Aid aims to promote the protection of women and children who have suffered from or been exposed to domestic violence. Women's Aid does this through prioritising the safety and confidentiality of abused women and children; to support empowerment and self=help so women can regain control of their lives and to challenge discrimination and promote equal opportunities.

Fauzan & Angharad BISHOP'S STORTFORD MUSEUM AND RHODES ARTS COMPLEX

BISHOP'S STORTFORD MUSEUM AND RHODES ARTS COMPLEX
South Road
Bishop's Stortford
CM23 3JG

The museum is dedicated to the hostory of Bishop's Stortford and birthplace of Cecil Rhodes, who has links with Southern Africa. The museum offers many exhibitions, including on African culture, and arranges events for the wider community. The museum also undertakes educational workshops with scholls and weekend craft activities for children.

Waine & Nova STREET2HOMES & RAINBOW SERVICES

STREET2HOMES
2 Wych Elm
Harlow
CM20 1QP

Streets2Homes aims to provide practical support, a listening ear and social interaction for those who are homeles and vulnerably housed. It does this through providing practical support with paperwork, hot meals and washing facilities and through games and activities and talking with clients.

RAINBOW SERVICES (re-use and recycle project)
2 Wych Elm
Harlow
CM20 1QP

Rainbow Services works to alleviate the effects of disavantage, deprivation and social exclusion through imaginative projects that stimulate change in the local community.

Hannah & Hendry BISHOP'S STORTFORD YMCA

BISHOP'S STORTFORD YMCA
4 Northgate End
Bishop's Stortford
CM23 2EX

YMCA offers supported housing to enable vulnerable youg people move towards independence. It also conducts educational outreach work and links with the community to break down negative perceptions of young people.

Uus & Sophie THE MAYBURY CENTRE & RAINBOW SERVICES

THE MAYBURY CENTRE
St Paul's Church
College Square
Harlow
CM20 1LP

The Maybury Centre is managed by able bodied and disabled people working together to develop social opportunities and community interaction. It is part of the Michael Roberts Charitable Trust.

RAINBOW SERVICES (Play Bus)
2 Wych Elm
Harlow
CM20 1QP

Rainbow Services works to alleviate the effects of disavantage, deprivation and social exclusion trhough imaginative projects that stimlate change in the local community.

Lindsay & Isaac CORNERSTONE

CORNERSTONE
1 The Stow
Harlow
CM20 3AH

The Cornerstone Trust aims to improve the quality of life for socially and economically disavantaged peple acros East Herts and West Esex. This is done through practical ation, advocay and training for single mums, mums returning to work, people with mental health issues and others.

Jen & Imel BISHOP'S HOUSE DAY SERVICES & GROVE COTTAGE MENCAP NURSERY

BISHOP'S HOUSE DAY SERVICES
Windhill
Bishop's Stortford
CM23 2 NF

Bishop's House Day Services encourages independence among physically frail and those with mental health problems in a supportive and stimulating environment.

GROVE COTTAGE MENCAP NURSERY
151-153 Grove Cottage
Bishop's Stortford
CM23 3JX

Mencap Nursery provides activities for children with special needs and respite care for parents and carers. The nursery also provides care for children with complex medical needs. The OFSTED (goverment) registered nursery can take up to 8 children up to 5 years. Staffing is one-to-one so they can provide a safe and stimulating environment.

Stuart & Judith TREEHOUSE CHILDREN'S CENTRE & INTEGRATED SUPPORT SERVICES

TREEHOUSE CHILDREN'S CENTRE
Parnhall Road
Harlow
CM18 7NG

Treehouse Children's Centre offers support, play and learning opportunities for families with children under 5. This is a Sure Start government-funded project which aims to provide integrated education with childcare and family support to help achieve good outcomes for children and parents.

INTEGRATED SUPPORT SERVICES
2 Wych Elm
Harlow
CM20 1QP

Saturday Centre:
Threehouse Children's Centre
Parnhall Road
Harlow
CM18 7NG

Integrated Support Sevices works to help ethnic minorities including refugees and asylum seekers to integrate into the town and promote community cohesion.

In Padang phase, there is a bit change about the work conterpart pairs concept. GX team 70 now divided into work conterpart teams, with 3-4 people in each team.

PADANG PHASE

Hannah, Malcolm, Nova & Judith POS KEADILAN PEDULI UMAT (PKPU)

POS KEADILAN PEDULI UMAT (PKPU)
Jl. Ujung Gurun no. 87
Padang

Was founded on December 10, 1999, PKPU learnt that zakah, infaq, and sadaqa (Islamic compulsory and voluntary alms) could play a very significant role in Indonesia, a country with the biggest Moslem population in the world. Having gained more and more trust from the people, in 2 years time after it's establishment, PKPU was then appointed as one of National Zakah Collectors by Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Stuart, Waine, Karina & Uus YAYASAN PENDIDIKAN ANAK-ANAK CACAT (YPAC)

YAYASAN PENDIDIKAN ANAK-ANAK CACAT
Jl. Bakti II no. 14 Parak Kopi
Alai
Padang

Was established in response to the polio epidemic that occured in Indonesia in the early 1950s. YPAC currently operates 16 branches throughout Indonesia with it's core activities include giving rehabilitation services for children with phisical disabilities which includes special school programs.

Jen, Helen & Hendri PERKUMPULAN KELUARGA BERENCANA INDONESIA (PKBI) & KOPERASI SYIRKAH MUAWANAH NAHDLATUL ULAMA (KOPSIM-NU)

PERKUMPULAN KELUARGA BERENCANA INDONESIA
Jl. Sutan Syahrir no. 50 Seberang Padang
Padang

Currently focuses on 5 major issues; youth, abortion, HIV/AIDS, Welfare Advocacy and HEalth Services, and also have established their own youth centre called CEMARA. Cemara Youth Centre runs weekly discussions on youth related popular issues, such as pornography among youth, drugs, and well as HIV/AIDS. Cemara also organize school outreach on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS awareness. The volunteers in Cemara has just established the CareForce, which is targeted at gathering more than 1500 students on Wolrd AIDS day, December 1, 2008.

KOPERASI SYIRKAH MUAWANAH NAHDLATUL ULAMA
Jl. Ciliwung no. 10 Padang Baru Timur Kel Alai
Parak Kopi
Padang

Nahdlatul Ulama is a large moslem association in Indonesia. 1 of the organisation's services to the community in Padang is a co-operative. The Co-operative focuses on giving mocrofinance to less-fortunate people who wants to start a business of their own. The co-operative has a small counter in Alai area near a traditional market and it's main members have been merchants local market.

Lindsay, Imel, Sophie & Fauzan KOMUNITAS SIAGA TSUNAMI (KOGAMI)

KOMUNITAS SIAGA TSUNAMI
Jl. Cindur Mato no. 9 Rt.02/Rw.10
Kel. Gunung Pangilun, Kec. Padang Utara
Padang

Was established in response to the big earthquakefollowed by devastating Tsunami that struck Aceh in 2004. Based on the information released in National Geographic, Padang is a city with the highest risk of Tsuami damage provided that more than half of it's population live in coastal area (less than 5m above the sea level). Therefore, disaster preparedness should be introduced to the public. Several activities conducted by KOGAMI are education and training for school children, evacuation mapping for several coastal cities in West Sumatera, policy recommendation, and public campaign.

Lidya, Angharad & Isaac PENDIDIKAN LUAR SEKOLAH (PLS)- DINAS PENDIDIKAN KECAMATAN PAUH & PUSAT KEGIATAN BELAJAR MASYARAKAT SITI NURBAYA

PENDIDIKAN LUAR SEKOLAH - DINAS PENDIDIKAN KECAMATAN PAUH
Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan KEcamatan Pauh

A programme established by Ministry of Education to overcome illiteracy problem faing Indonesia. PLS reaching those who are not able to go to school or those who are no longer at the school age. Under this scheme, drop out students as well as illiterate adults are encouraged to go to informal class where age and uniform no longer matter. They are being taught functional literacy, life skill and simple math.

PUSAT KEGIATAN BELAJAR MASYARAKAT (PKBM) SITI NURBAYA
Jl. Kmp. Batu Kel. Batang Harau
Seberang Padang
Padang

Assist the community by conducting matriculation programmes for drop out students. Located in the fisherman community, this PKBM faces more challenges in convincing both parents and their children on the importance of education as parents usually encourage their children to go to the sea rather than school.

the host homes

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Volunteers will be pair up (1 UK volunteer and 1 volunteer from the exchange country) as a counterpart pairs. Each counterpart pairs lives with a local host home in both the UK and the exchange country host communities.

UK phase

BEN SATCHFIELD
hosting : Stuart & Fauzan
"can cook delicious apple crumble. and he was the only host home who danced at the community welcome!".

NIKE DANIEL
hosting : Lindsay & Judith
"was probably the worst UNO player we've ever met. that aside, she always ensured we had 'proper dinner' and listend to all our problems of the day. she kept us entertained with her singing while cleaning the bathroom and always looked after 'her ladies' very well. we miss you Nike!".

MARY & MALCOLM DUCKWORTH
hosting : Imel, Angharad, Jen & Uus
"Jen and Uus has stayed with Mary & Malcolm in the first 2 weeks. while Imel and Angharad is in the first 1 week and the last 2 1/2 weeks. 2 of a lot of best things we experience in the UK has happened with them; Mary's cooking and Malcolm's kindness to take all of us went kayaking!!".

PAM & PAUL BURRELL
+ son RICHARD
hosting : Imel & Angharad
"they're very nice and musical! Richard was playing guitar all the time, that made us automatically became the real death metal rockers! and also, Paul, Rich, and I teaches Angharad about football and what offside is".

SUE & MIKE HAWORTH
hosting : Jen, Uus, Imel & Angharad.
"Imel and Angharad has stayed at Sue & Mike's for a few days before going back to Mary & Malcolm's. incredibly cool! and very funny; always up for a laugh. thank you so much Sue & Mike! also: Sue cooks amazing chocolate brownies!".

COLLETE & MIKE O'SULLIVAN
+ daughter RONNIE
hosting : Helen & Lidya
"a very entertaining and welcoming family. Collete is a truly inspiring woman!".

EFUA & MICHAEL SEY KOI-LARBI
hosting : Hannah, Nova, Sophie & Karina
"they're so generous to put up 4 volunteers. it was a new experience for some of us to eat so much spicy food, do african dancing and watch soaps all the time! not sure if the last bit is Ghanaian culture?! they're really busy running three different african cultural academics, but still found time to make us feel at home. Efua can't be forgotten and we will always remember Michael's blakent cheating at cards!".

NOELLE & PAUL TAYLOR
hosting : Malcolm & Isaac
"Noelle is so good at singing and piano, she also a brilliant housewife, we recommend Noelle to be the first female bishop in church of England! Paul is an expert on singing-same as Isaac in tenor voice of the choir, haha-and trumpet. he also a good cook, i miss his sunday roasting".

MAGGIE LAWLOR
hosting : Waine & Hendry
"really nice woman and isn't afraid to put us in her place. enjoyed living with her and had many great debates on the sofa".

Indonesia phase

SYUKRIADI & YUNI
+ son FUADRA & ANDRE, daughter NIDIA
hosting : Phil
"it has been a great experience to live with a Muslim family and learn more about the ethnic group of Minangkabau -and also sample the delicious local food-. my host family and i also like to sit down and watch Indonesian Idol every week, Aris is a firm favourite in our household. luckily, i'm not the only focus of attention in our host home as there is another new arrival, 4 month old Nia-daughter of my host brother, Fuad-. i enjoy being 'om Phil' without having to do any of the hard work".

ARNO HAMIDI & ETI
+ sons ENDO & EDRAL
hosting : Stuart & Fauzan
"all very kind and ibu Eti is the best cook in the world".

EMZALMI & ROSMAWATI
+ 1 mom, 2 daughters, 1 son, 1 son-in-law, 2 granddaugters, and often some young nieces and nephews too. (at least 11 people in the house!)
hosting : Lindsay & Judith
"they have made us feel very at home and look after us like our real mum and dad. we have a very big family, so there's always lots going on. 2 year old Aisya loves her new CU Jimmy hat, and 10 year old Ami has been practicing her English. Mama always makes sure there's non-spicy food and plenty rambutan! we love our new family!"

ABDI DHARMA & MACHDALENA
+ daughter ANDINA
hosting : Imel & Angharad
"very nice and intelligent family! our host dad is a professor, host mum is a doctor, and Dina is the president of AIESEC (an international organisation in Padang). the first 2 weeks, we have already made Dina a half vegetarian. vegetarians are the best!"

YENDRIWEL & FATMAWATI
hosting : Lidya & Helen
"probably the nicest people we have ever met! the parents of team 70. we feel very lucky to live in the Little House on the Prairie".

SALDI ISRA & LESLIE TAUFIK
hosting : Malcolm & Isaac
+ parents ILHANDI TAUFIK & wife, daughters WARDAH & AISYAH, son HAIFAN, sister ANNI, brothers YAHYA & DAYAT, students FERRY & DONALD.
"they have a lot of rambutan and durian trees on their home village!".

HILDAWATI IWAK
+ daughter ROZA & sons IWAN and FADLI
hosting : Waine & Hendry
"we think this family are very welcoming to us. the whole family are trying to use as much English wherever possible as it's difficult for me to speak Bahasa all the time. Ibu cooks really lovely food and they have really nice house which we have all of the second floor to :)".

ALWIS & NINI
hosting : Jen & Uus
"they are very nice! try very hard to speak English and always surprise us-like our host sister wants to be an aerobics teacher! we always chat in the lengthy powercuts, or last night, there was no powercut, so we watched Harry Potter".

YULISMAN & YESMITA
+ daughter MELLA & son RIDHO
hosting : Sophie & Karina
"they do so much to make us feel at home, we are very cosseted. all the other volunteers comment on out huge lunches with different food every day. Mama is a very good cook. even though my Bahasa Indonesia is limited, we can have a good time and manage to understand each other, eventhough Papa made me do a speech in Bahasa the first day I got there".

EDDI & EVI
hosting : Hannah & Nova
"we're been made very welcome in Indonesia by our mama and papa here. They have four children, but just the two youngest live at home. Although mama is always busy, there's delicious food every meal. The house is always full of family and friends and we'vw met lots of interesting people".

the team

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The Programme Supervisors

Name : Phil Hanks
From : Doncaster, England
Alter Ego : Skipping Phil

"where are you on the Mountain of Feeling today?".

Name : Ilsa Meidina
From : Padang, Indonesia
Favourite Colour : purple

"there are two kinds of people in this world; those who walk into a room and say 'there you are' and those who say 'here i am' ".

The Volunteers

Name : Lindsay Robertson
From : Aberdeen, Scotland
Degree (s) : M.A. (Master of Art), M.J. (Master of Joke)

"mudah-mudahan tidak hujan...".

Name : Imel Hartono
From : Pasuruan, Indonesia
Allergy : plastic bag

Name : Malcolm Harris
From : Edinburgh, Scotland
Also.Known.As. : Bond, James Bond

"basically, GX might be great for character building-you can learn how to be a true global citizen, or maybe even a land crocodile".

Name : Jen Mills
From : Wadebridge, England
Skill (s) : music playing, writing, singing, dancing, drawing, catwalking, running, falling, waking

"gue suka gaya loe, gue beli! berapa?".

Name : Hendry Nanlohy
From : Ambon, Indonesia
Strength : very famous

"working together with totally strangers is really difficult, but it is not impossible to do".

Name : Stuart Guthrie
From : Glasgow, Scotland
Strength : very excited and happy about everything

"i am happy!".

Name : Karina Primadhita
From : Bandung, Indonesia
Former Job : kid model

"cheese!!!".

Name : Nova Ulhasanah
From : Padang, Indonesia
Current Job : guide for GX team 70

"we're different in every way, but instead of it being a problem, it's taught us independence, open - mindedness and trust. We complete each other".

Name : Fauzan Wardhana
From : Padang, Indonesia
Current Job : land crocodile

"imagination is more important than knowledge".

Name : Hannah Jenkin
From : Cury, England
Don't try this : add a 's' in the end of her surname

"we're different in every way, but instead of it being a problem, it's taught us independence, open - mindedness and trust. We complete each other".

Name : Sophie Hughes
From : Brighton, England
Don't try this : make her angry, or she'll break your computer

"er, excuse me, sorry to trouble you, but could you help me, i think i've set the kitchen on fire".

Name : Helen Isley
From : Leeds, England
Don't try this : compare woman with man in front of her

"hmm...menarik!".

Name : Uus Hasanah
From : Trenggalek, Indonesia
Memorable Moment : help the police to catch the robbers in Harlow

“awareness is my favorite word, I know that!".

Name : Isaac Sikoway
From : Manokwari, Indonesia
Favourite Gadget : his headphone

"you eat more banana than me".

Name : Waine Pybus
From : Keighley, England
Favourite Gadget : his moptop

"dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow".

Name : Lidya Ndoen
From : Kupang, Indonesia
Motto : say it with violences

"cheers mate!"

Name : Judith Rutumalessy
From : Ambon, Indonesia
Hobby : collecting her own portrait

"can you take my picture?".

Name : Angharad Preston
From : Aberystwyth, Wales
Status : married to David Tennant

"that just doesn't cut the mustard".

the about

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Global Xchange is a programme run in partnership between the British Council, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and national partner organisations around the world. Based on a programme called Canada World Youth, it was adapted by VSO first as International Volunteer Exhange and then as World Youth. In 2004, VSO entered into partenrship with the British Council and Community Service Volunteers to the programme as Global Xchange. Over 6 months of the programme, 18 young people will gain new skills through volunteering and community development work in the UK and an exchange country.

This exchange is supported by the funding partner, BAA Communities Trust and V, the youth volunteering charity.

For more about the exchange partners visit: http://www.vso.org.uk/globalxchange/about/partnership.htm

For information about Global Xchange visit:
http://www.vso.org.uk/globalxchange/

Team 70 is the UK-Indonesia exchange. The team worked for 3 months already in the UK, volunteering at different placements in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and Harlow, Essex, which both are parts of Stansted community. The Indonesian phase has started at June and took place in Padang, West Sumatera.

About Stansted

BAA Stansted Airport, a major airport and the third-busiest in the UK, is just 2 miles from the border of Hertfordshire's Bishop's Stortford. So, places where we lived, Bishop's Stortford and Harlow, plus Puckeridge and Hoddesdon, has happened to be considered as Stansted community.

Bishop's Stortford is a market town in east Hertfordshire, on the county boundary with Essex. It is situated just west of the M11, is the closest town to London Stansted Airport, and is part of the London commuter belt. It is within the London Fringe. In the 2006 edition of the Channel 4 'Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK', East Hertfordshire was the seventh best district to live in. The town has a population of about 35,000 (United Kingdom Census 2001) and is administered by the East Hertfordshire district council.

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley. The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London communter belt. The district has a current population of 78,768 (2005 estimate).

Puckeridge is a village in East Hertfordshire. The earliest settlers in the area were the Belgae, who arrived around 180 BC. A Roman town existed just to the north of the existing village and the village is at the cross roads of two major Roman roads, Ermine Street and Stane Street. The neighbouring villages of Standon and Braughing are recorded in the Domesday Book but Puckeridge is not although it was probably in existence. It survived the Black Death in the 14th century. A number of charities were established in Puckeridge in the 17th century, which gave grants of land that enabled the expansion of the village. The village developed and thrived because it was on the coaching route between London and Cambridge, Samuel Pepys records that he stopped at the Falcon (now the Crown and Falcon). Eventually the coming of the railway in the 19th century led to a decline in the fortune of the many Taverns and Inns in the village. The village is now a popular place to live close to good road networks leading into and around London. The village shares its name with HMS Puckeridge, a Hunt class destroyer, which was lost to enemy action during World War II.

Hoddesdon is a town in the English county of Hertfordshire, situated in the Lea Valley. The town grew up as a coaching stop on the route between Cambridge and London. It is near Cheshunt, and a few miles from Bishop's Stortford. At its height during the Eighteenth century, more than 35 coaches a day would pass through the town. It saw a boom in the mid Twentieth century as gravel was extracted from the area to be exhausted by the 1970s. The lakes and water pits left behind have been used for local leisure amenities. Today Hoddesdon has a little light industry but is mainly a London commuter belt town. Hoddesdon hosted the eighth Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in 1951. It is twinned with the Belgian city of Dinant. The town is served by Rye House railway station.

About Padang

Padang (means field) is the capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located on the western coast of Sumatra at 0°57′0″S, 100°21′11″E. It has an area of 694.96 square kilometres (268.3 sq mi) and a population of over 750,000 people.

Padang is famous for a few things.

First, the cuisine. The cuisine of the Minangkabau people is commonly called Padang cuisine, due to it being the capital and largest city of the region. Padang restaurants are common throughout the country and are famous for their spicy food and their unique way of serving it. Padang food is usually cooked once per day, and all customers choose from those dishes, which are left out on display until no food is left. It is served in small portions of various dishes, but constituting, with rice, a complete meal. In a Padang-style restaurant, the table will quickly be set with dozens of small dishes filled with highly-flavored foods such as curried fish, fried tempeh, stewed greens, chili eggplant, curried beef liver, fried chicken, and of course, sambals, the spicy sauces ubiquitous at Indonesian tables. Customers take - and pay for - only what they want from this array of dishes. Food safety is generally a concern, as customers take food out of communal dishes with their hands, dishes which will be served to subsequent customers. The best known Padang dish is rendang, a spicy meat stew. Soto Padang (crispy beef in spicy soup) is local residents' breakfast favorite, meanwhile Sate (beef satay in curry sauce served with ketupat) is a treat in the evening.

Secondly, the tourism. Padang is a common transit point for surfers travelling to Batu Islands and Mentawai Islands, and for tourists visiting the West Sumatran highlands. Padang beach (known as Taplau or Tapi Lauik) which located from Samudra Street until Puruih, is well-known for its beautiful sunset and hundreds of food stalls. Bungus bay, to the south of Padang, is suitable for swimming and boating.

Third, crazy angkots and buses! The full music and full colour & decoration public transportations. Get on any angkots (public car) and buses, you will get a massive sound speaker, played various music; R&B, Hip Hop, Ballad, Indonesian, English, Korean, Minangese, you name it. And also the full coloured body, pictured random things, and a lot of decoration inside the angkot or the bus, sometimes makes the driver seems uncool.

Last, the Tsunami potential! Based on the information released in the first edition of National Geographic Indonesia, Padang is the city with the highest risk of Tsunami!