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Goducate gets leader for its Indonesian expansion

Dr Paul Choo — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:39:01 +0000

Mr T Sihombing will join Goducate to lead its Indonesia expansion.

Goducate has always wanted to expand its work in Indonesia. Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands that stretches from the Indian Ocean on the west to the northern shores of Australia on its east, is the fourth most ... ... Read More

Goducate’s expansion plans for Indonesia

Dr Paul Choo — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:04:03 +0000

For the past 3 months I’ve been in and out of Indonesia visiting educational institutions in different parts of Indonesia (Java, Sumatra ,and Batam).

Indonesia is one of the emerging economies of the world and there is a new sense of excitement and hope among Indonesians across the different ... ... Read More

Kids in Sumatran plantations need schooling

Dr Paul Choo — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:17:31 +0000

Last week I visited a friend’s palm oil plantation 2 hours from the city of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia.

My friend is an Indonesian who has started about 10 schools in different parts of Indonesia. Each of the schools she has started is a proper school offering standard education to ... ... Read More

Goducate invited to help teachers in Medan

Dr Paul Choo — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:21:23 +0000

Recently I was invited to speak to teachers in Medan. Medan is the largest town in Sumatra, an island in Indonesia.

These teachers were from 3 private schools that cater to students with “special” needs. As these schools are private, non-profit schools, their teachers do not get the benefit ... ... Read More

Goducate trains Batam teens

Dr Paul Choo — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:52:55 +0000

For the past 2 months, approximately 30-40 Indonesian teenagers gather each Saturday for a Goducate Teens’ training session.

Goducate staff pick the teens at 230 pm and bring them to a local school with nice facilities for their training.

A small team from Singapore leads the training program, assisted ... ... Read More

Learning to run youth camps in Batam

Dr Paul Choo — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:09:28 +0000

Last month 3 Americans from an established youth camp in America came to Batam to teach us how to run youth camps. The 3 Americans were accompanied by 3 Filipinos from Goducate Training Center in Iloilo, who are also experienced in running Goducate youth camps in the Philippines.

The ... ... Read More

Goducate visits Sumatra schools

Dr Paul Choo — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:36:57 +0000

Recently, I was invited by a friend to visit some private schools in the city of Pekan Baru in Sumatra, Indonesia. He had heard from a fellow Indonesian about how Goducate was helping the private schools in Batam and wanted me to do a “survey” of the school situation ... ... Read More

Corporate Social Responsibility project of Kindercampus Childcare Center

Jennifer — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:59:06 +0000

I gathered we are going to Batam for our staff retreat as well as to visit a learning centre there. The first thing that struck my mind then is the last time I did volunteering work was closed to 20 years back. I was still studying in NTU, and ... ... Read More

Sumatra is back in the news again

Dr Paul Choo — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:25:45 +0000

Last week I visited some needy schools in Sumatra (Medan and Pekan Baru). This week I received an invitation to visit a very needy school in Nias Island (Pulau Nias) which is an island off the west coast of Sumatra.

For many of us, Sumatra is not on our ... ... Read More

Sumatra schools request Goducate’s help

Dr Paul Choo — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:20:28 +0000

I just returned from a trip to Sumatra, Indonesia today. I visited Medan (Indonesia’s fourth largest city) and Pekan Baru (the oil capital of Indonesia and the city with the highest per capita income in Indonesia).

I had been invited by an Indonesian co-worker with whom I have cooperated ... ... Read More