| In January 2010 the Cultural Affairs
section of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta invited
Kang Guru to participate in a student activity at Taman
Mini. The activity was for students from a school in
Tangerang to visit the ‘Strike A Chord’
exhibition at Taman Mini. Kevin went to meet students
of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Nurul Huda in Tangerang, a AIBEP
school in Indonesia.
Fifty students from Madrasah Tsanawiyah Nurul Huda
in Tangerang visited the Strike A Chord Exhibition at
Tanan Mini on Feb. 22. Staff at Taman Mini presented
a few spectacular science experiments to the students
while Kevin from KGI gave them a special English/Indonesian
Quiz. The students were so clever with excellent answers
given to all questions.
Madrasah Tsanawiyah Nurul Huda is just one of 2000
schools being built by the Australia Indonesian Basic
Education Program (AIBEP). KGI worked together with
the Cultural Affairs section at the Australian Embassy
and AusAID to present the activities at Taman Mini.
Strike A Chord - The Science of Music has attracted
tens of thousands of visitors each month since December
2009 at Indonesia’s National Science and Technology
Centre (PP-IPTEK), Taman Mini. It has been sponsored
by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade in cooperation with the Australia International
Cultural Council.
The activity was great fun and the students completed
their English/Indonesia Quiz very well. Many thanks
to Sanchi Davis, Cultural Attache at the Embassy and
her wonderful staff including Pk Sulis – thanks
for the great pics Sulis. Also thanks to Jo Dowling
from AusAID Jakarta for her support. In fact Kevin and
Jo had a chat about the days when Jo worked with ISELP
in East Java and how KGI and ISELP worked together in
those days back a few year ago.
After the event Kevin returned to Jakarta and had dinner
with the Australian Ambassador at his residence in Jakarta.
Mr. Farmer has a been an avid supporter of KGI and we
have always appreciated his interest and support. Kevin
returned to Bali on Wednesday morning and back to the
office.
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