Kang GURU Travels to Jakarta
for Australian Scholarships 2007 Alumni Dinner

Kevin traveled to Jakarta in early September to attend the 2007 Alumni Certificate Presentation & Dinner.

Kevin flew to Jakarta to attend the Australian Scholarships 2007 Alumni Dinner on September 6th. It was held at the Gran Melia Hotel in Jakarta. Over three hundred people attended including many hundreds of Australian alumni. One of the special guests was Professor Roemwerdiniadi Soedoko from Surabaya who was an Australian funded scholarship holder many years ago.

Professor Roem (as she is known) is a graduate from UNSW under the Colombo Plan Program which ran from the 1950s until the 1970s. Born in Blitar in 1937, Proessor ‘Roem’ has spent more than 35 years in cancer research and community education. This earns her a title of 'the Queen of Cancer Control' from well-known Director of Cancer Division, WHO, Yan Tsyenwart. With her strong dedication in the cancer research, Professor Roem has received many international awards, including the prestigious WHO Award in Social Medicine, the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Award and the International Star for Quality Award. As a graduate of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and with internships at the Royal Hospital for Women (Sydney) and Prince Henry’s Hospital Melbourne, Professor Roem is committed to continue to educate the Indonesian women in combating cancer. She graduated from UNSW as a Colombo Plan awardee in 1975. Professor Roem spoke of the many wonderful results and long lasting effects that her time studying in Australia.

During the Alumni Dinner, Mr Farmer presented awards to 89 recently returned Australian Alumni and spoke glowingly of the scholarship scheme. As a scholarship holder in Australia many years ago, Mr. Farmer told the dinner participants that he knew personally the benefits that a successful and well run scholarship program can bring to recipients. All Alumni would certainly agree with him on that point. In his speech on behalf of the Australian Government, the Ambassador spoke about the Allison Sudradjat Awards and the extra opportunities the awards will provide for alumni who are prepared to go that “extra step”.

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The next day Kevin met with Karen Taylor, Whole School Development Adviser for the Australia-Indonesia Basic Education Program (AIBEP). Karen is working with schools, administrators and teachers who are involved with BEP-constructed schools across Indonesia. Training of Trainers is one of her priorities as BEP prepares to help schools and their staff to develop strong and efficient schools in which students can learn effectively. Ogi Yutarini from KGRE will take part in the Training of Trainers program set down for Surabaya in mid-September, 2007.