january-2010

The Surabaya Education Enhancement
Project (SEEP), supported by StarKids, was
introduced to 10 government schools and two
private Muslim schools, between 2006 and
2008. The project promotes learning through
active, joyful, effective and creative teaching
techniques and encourages family and
community participation in the schools.
Continued support from World Vision staff
gave teachers confi dence to understand and
embrace the techniques, and helped motivate
them to continue training. Students are now,
in turn, being encouraged and motivated to
achieve better results.
Parents are now participating more in
activities, school committees and other
groups to support their children’s school.
Principals, teachers, students, parents, school
committees and the community have all
collaborated to support the new ideas.
National Elementary school BU 8 is now
a cheerful-looking building, decorated
with murals, fl owering plants and colourful
banners. School supervisor Moenisha
proudly shows a once-bare classroom, now
adorned in decorations and posters. Brightly
painted chairs and desks are arranged into
learning clusters and a small, improvised
library occupies a corner. Sitting in an area
well-known as a centre for prostitution and
drug use, few people would have considered
school BU 8 had the potential to become a
benchmark for quality education.
But BU 8 is now a model school. Teachers
visit the school from as far away as
Kalimantan and Bali to participate in training.
BU 8 students have gone on to represent the
school in national education competitions;
one student was ranked 31st in the entire
country in science. Moenisha — who
supervises eight schools — now regularly
trains teachers in other districts
and provinces, and presents her work to
the Ministry of Education. She’s proud to be
a voice, not simply for schooling but for
“good education”.
In supporting SEEP, the StarKids program
has helped teachers and students learn new
skills and begun a process of cultural and
educational change in these communities.
Offi cials from the area’s Education
Department have discussed the project
enthusiastically as a proud collective
achievement. The local community is now in
charge of the ongoing training and support
program for the school, and the lessons
learned have been used to support other
schools throughout Indonesia.
SEEP has been extremely successful in
improving the quality of schooling, and in
turn, creating far-reaching benefi ts for the
children and families of these areas.
Moenisha remains hopeful that a new
generation of Indonesian teachers will be
creative and open-minded, so that more
schools can create change. “Everything
needs to change. Without change, we can
have no life.”
YOU CAN HELP
Vulnerable children need our help.
The StarKids partnership between
Jetstar and World Vision was
formed to help children enjoy a
brighter future.
You can support StarKids by
donating loose change in the
donation envelope located in your
seat pocket.
Let your small change
create change!
ABOUT STARKIDS
Tim Costello, CEO World Vision
How did StarKids come about?
StarKids is a humanitarian partnership
between World Vision Australia and Jetstar.
Th e partnership supports community-based
development projects in Australia and across
Asia and aims to improve the lives of families
living in poverty. It’s about giving children a
brighter future.
What does StarKids aim to achieve?
StarKids aims to raise AU$3 million
in three years. Th e support given to
World Vision through StarKids will
go towards transforming the lives of
vulnerable children.
How can Jetstar passengers help?
Your donations would be most welcome!
Please place your small change (all currencies)
in the StarKids envelope located in your seat
pocket. Th e money collected from Jetstar
passengers will be given to World Vision
Australia for community development
projects in Australia and Asia. You can also
donate online at www.jetstar.com/starkids
Where can I get more information about
World Vision projects?
Visit www.worldvision.com.au
or www.jetstar.com/starkids for
more information.
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