About the Program

You will be volunteering at a local public school in a village in the heart of Kengetan, assisting the local teachers with all their English classes from first to sixth grade. The school was part of a big renovation project back in 2013, where 6 different primary schools in the Ubud area were renovated with foreign support. The primary school provides daily teaching for around 80 pupils aged 6 to 12 years old. 

The main goal of all classes is to motivate the children to use spoken English. No prior experience is necessary as you will be accompanied by local teachers and given resources to help you. A local teacher will also be at hand to help you. There is flexibility to get involved in organizing extra-curricular activities for the enjoyment and enhanced learning (on the weekend or after school).

Bali Internships Child Protection Policy

Having worked closely with the children of developing communities and international volunteers since 2007, we understand the importance of protecting children from any harm or abuse. As a professional and responsible agenc,y Bali Internships is therefore committed to ensuring the safety, rights, and freedom of children through effective policies and processes. All volunteers and interns have a responsibility to support the safety and protection of children.

Definition

A child refers to every person below the age of 18 years.

Child abuse refers to sexual abuse or other physical or mental harm caused to a child.

Volunteers and interns refer to every participant who was placed through Bali Internships.

The host project coordinator refers to the person in charge of the host organization, institution or company.

Equality and non-discrimination

Bali Internships is committed to enforcing a policy of non-discrimination. All children who have an interaction with volunteers or interns shall be treated and protected regardless of age, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, sexual orientation or identity.

Roles and Responsibilities

Each volunteer and intern is asked to arrange a copy of their criminal record in their home country. Once they arrive in Bali, they will receive a copy of this Child Protection Policy and the Code of Conduct, which must be understood, acknowledged, and signed.

Code of Conduct for the protection of children

• It is strictly prohibited to take any children outside the project site to an excursion to the beach, to the volunteer hous,e or anywhere else, unless it is confirmed by the host project coordinator (orphanage/ school manager or mum).
• It is not permitted to bring food or presents for the children unless it is acknowledged and confirmed by the host project coordinator.
  
• Photography and videos of children are only allowed with prior approval from the host project coordinator. No pictures or videos are permitted, which exposes the vulnerability of the children in public, to shame or to belittle them.
• Posting pictures or videos online in any form has to be acknowledged by the host project coordinator.- No inappropriate physical contact is allowed that appears to be in a discriminatory or sexual way.
• When dealing with children, volunteers are not allowed to exert inappropriate physical force on the children.
  
• The address or location of the host institution (orphanage, children's home, etc) is not to be communicated to any other person not associated with the program, the host project coordinator, or Bali Internships.

Volunteer visa information

To work as a volunteer in Indonesia, you will need to possess a volunteer visa with a C6 visa index. This visa is issued to applicants who are going to Indonesia for a volunteer visit, for example, visiting social organizations with the same type of activities; for exchange visits between educational institutions, carrying out research, and attending a training program in Indonesia. Volunteer visa holders are not allowed to receive any salary for the visit they do. You have to apply before your arrival in Bali. We will assist you. To be able to volunteer or do an internship legally; you do need the C6 Volunteer Visa. Any other visa type is not sufficient. 

• Time of application: 2 weeks. The visa application process takes some time, and due to other reasons (Indonesian holidays or strike of postal employees, for example), the process can be delayed. Therefore, we recommend starting the application process the latest around 4 weeks prior to your arrival in Indonesia.
• Validity: 60 days after arrival
• Extension: can be extended up to 3 times every 60 days
• Costs: 185 Euro
• Cost of extension in Bali: starting from 1,600,000 IDR via private agency, 1,500,000 IDR non-agency assistance extension

Average Living expenses in Bali

Indonesia is considered to be really cheap to live in. This is something you will find out quickly after your arrival in Bali. Here you will see with additional costs you have to plan during your time in Bali.

Food: The amount of money you will spend on food depends on your eating habits. If you eat at a local warung, you will spend around 2€/2.20US$ for a proper meal with a drink. But if you prefer to eat Western food, you will spend a lot more (at least 5€/5.35US$, but probably even more).

Laundry: In our accommodation, you won’t have laundry facilities. So you have to bring your laundry to a laundry service somewhere around your living area. Average laundry costs are around 0.50-1€/$ for one kilogram of laundry.

Phone Credit: In all our accommodations, you will find wifi. Therefore, 2GB of mobile data plus some credit for calling your friends should be enough per month. This will cost you around 5€/5.25$.

Scooter Rental + Petrol: Renting a scooter will cost around 55€/60$ per month. Petrol is quite cheap in Indonesia, and 1 litre will be around  0.50€/$. In practice, this means that you won't need more than 4 €/$ per week for petrol unless you intend to do a bike trip around the island.

Trips: How much money you want to spend on trips to explore Bali is eventually up to you. You can minimize expenses if you spend a bit more time organizing as much as you can by yourself instead of using a travel agent or trip packages.