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My name is John . I live at Ngadirejo It is located at the center of Central Java, about 3 hours from Yogyakarta. I live with my wife and a son .My eldest son lives in East Kalimantan ( Borneo ) he has married with Dayak Tribe, My daughter lives in Cilacap she works in Immigration Department , she has 2 children 1 daughter and 1 son . I am an English teacher . I taught in Vocational High school and now I retired but I teach at home for the private students . Most of them do not have enough chance to communicate in English in their school. Even they rare see people speak English in their English class. On weekends, we invite you to visit the interesting places around Temanggung and neighboring towns such as Borobudur temple at Magelang, royal palaces in Yogyakarta, Dieng plataeau at Wonosobo,It is not so far from my home when it is short cut it is beautiful hills, traditional arts, dances, exotic resorts, Tea Plantation , do mount climbing, playing music, beautiful waterfall. Near my village. New temple which is now explored by the archeologists of my regency which hasn’t finished yet. Actually it is very huge temple it is the second hindu’s temple after The temple in Dieng Plateau.
Fortunately, most of the volunteers were happy to stay with us . I am a Host of Workawayers since 2013 If you are interested in visiting us you can stay for weeks, or months. If you are a volunteer from Europe who speak English or an English native speaker, I am waiting forward to welcoming you at my home at Temanggung. It is of course, a safe town to stay. It is not tourist area so not so many foreigners ( tourist ) in my town We can have 2-3 volunteers to stay together. in Indonesian houses with friendly neighborhood and wi-fi connection. At school The main job is as a partner to make people speak better at home , at school where I have taught for 38 years now I am teaching private students at home and the students are for the public from the kindergarten to adult
Warmest Regards for all .Thanks
John and Family
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They could study about Indonesian cultural especially Javanese Cultural, they can learn how we live and they can study more about Javanese dance and culture etc.
Projects involving children
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Help
volunteer as a teacher it means teach at my home and help the students to practice their English in order to be able to speak English well. beside you can work in the farm or in the garden I have two location coffee plantation and one avocado and orange plantation or in my brother's Cafe if you do not mind and if you have english books please bring us for studying you can bring English lesson. Reading books story books or whatever books you have please bring them for us. Beside that I am also collect stamps and coins from all over the world
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Indonesian: Fluent
Accommodation
We will provide a room and Javanese food such as fried rice, various Porridge Rice-corn and mushroom soup, fried tofu, tempe . Buntil ( made of ) taro leaf and banana, various fruit and vegetables sometimes bread
What else ...
You can take the flight to Yogyakarta and get the shuttle bus directly to my home because the bus will pass my town, the destination of the bus is to Tegal or Pekalongan it will pass in front of my home
In your daily activity, if you want to go somewhere you Will be taken by my students to wherever you want to go, or you can stay in my student's home, You will be close to all people surrounding by doing sports, playing games, music and visiting nice places. Your coming really makes them happy because they can practice English with you.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
At least volunteer one week or I can say the longer the better
Feedback (19)
Me and my friend had an amazing time here with John and his wife Sus, and even though it was only for ten days, it felt like so much longer because of the incredible and enriching experiences they so willingly shared with us - we genuinely felt like a part of the family.
From the first day of walking barefoot in the muddy… read more
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Me and my friend had an amazing time here with John and his wife Sus, and even though it was only for ten days, it felt like so much longer because of the incredible and enriching experiences they so willingly shared with us - we genuinely felt like a part of the family.
From the first day of walking barefoot in the muddy… read more
Dear John and Sus,
thank you so much for the amazing opportunity to stay in your house, interact with students, visit fascinating places, learn so much about Javanese culture, try so many Javanese dishes (bubur and pisang goreng is my favourite!) and share laugh and joy with everyone! I felt like a part of a family from the moment… read more
Alicia was very pretty, interesting and very kind lady, she was very co- operate with my students, she likes very much staying in my home she was very helpfull, my wife and I like her very much I took care of her like my own daughter, so if you host her you Will be very happy, till when we took her to the travel agent we cannot stop… read more
I devoured every moment spent with you which touched my heart deeply. And also really funny moments.
I tasted so many good things like fruits and food. As well as tobacco and coffee. I loved the motorcycle rides… read more
You get submerged in the real indonesian lifestyle and you will love it.. Teaching combined with visiting cultural heritage in the heart of java surrounded by magic volcanoes and nature and wonderful people...
thank you John and family
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les! It is so good to feel like home while you travelling , John and Susanti are so welcoming and such good cook ! In the middle of the mountains/vulcanos so peacefull , and it's so good to go around with them and who knows better the place than the… read more
This was my first Workaway… read more
John is a funny and welcoming man, and Susanti is very sweet, even though she speaks little English. Both are excellent cooks and I can assure you that you won’t be hungry!
The task at hand, teaching John’s students, is really light, and the students are a joy… read more
They showed me everything; typical Javanese weddings, traditional performances and traditional food!
You meet so many new people, who became my good friends.
I will miss them a lot, but will definitely come back.
For the people who consider going here; do it. It will be… read more
I met many of his former student.
I enjoyed chat and talking with his daily young student.
I learned alot from him and from… read more
I was… read more
Cheers
John susanti and indra
