Author: Perdana Scholastica
•2:19 AM
Rural Village EduCare Program
Empowering people through education


Introduction
Based on census year 2006, Bali has been populated by 3.431.585 people. It means that life is getting more and more competitive in this small island. In fact, the competition is actually happening in all walks of life, even in education. However, there seems to be some places which do not have adequate access on education. Therefore, those who concern about making a better world should really hold hands and do something. In this case, Karuna Bali Foundation works together with Campuhan College to create a service-based program, known as Rural Village EduCare Program.

The Root of EduCare
Program On 2007, Rural Village EduCare Program, which was initially known as Rural Village Education Assistance Program, started to have educational activities in some small villages of Bali. The first rural village was Jatiluwih Village. There were 33 children participating in the program who received a special English learning as its main subject. It soon became children’s favorite program they ever have on every Sunday morning. The second was Kelabang Moding Village. At this Village, there were 33 school teachers who participated in basic computer training.
Three Elements make EduCare Program Unique

A) It has interesting learning ingredients such as English teaching, story telling, leadership activities, diary writing, as well as regular reflection. All these ingredients lead us to have heart to heart teaching and learning process.

B) The volunteers are mostly recruited from Campuhan College’s One Year students who get scholarship to study at the college, so they pay foreword through this EduCare Program.

C) Volunteering opportunities are also given to university students or people who would like to have a real teaching experience in rural schools. This system brings sustainability to the program.

Goals of Rural Village EduCare Program
· Giving English training to rural school children
· Inserting leadership and living values
· Creating an educative Sunday
· Giving opportunities to volunteers to play some roles through this service-based program
· Giving opportunities to local school teachers to know other kind of teaching styles
· Making a difference for a better world

Conclusion
The success of Rural Village EduCare Program is based on the process, result and relationship between each individual involving in the program. In short, sharing and caring could be ways to have positive changes that we want to see in this world.
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