HISTORY OF YAYASAN
written by Ni Luh Suriani, Ni Luh Karyani and
Ni Nyoman Winda Amani
Yayasan
Widya Sari was founded by Mr. Wayan Widiana, Mr. Ketut De Sujana
Mahartana, Mrs. Luh Kerti, Mr. Gill and Mrs. Cherie on the 5th
of May 2008. The idea came from Mr. Wayan Widiana and Mr. Ketut De
Sujana Mahartana. Back then most of the children in Tianyar were too
poor to continue with their studies at school and had to support
their parents by working in the cities at a young age. The Yayasan
should give the children an opportunity to go to school and continue
with learning. In the beginning the school only had one room for
studying and an office with one computer, which was in Mr. Ketut's
house. The room was very simple and only big enough for 35 students,
but got improved with time.
After
a while more and more children came to the Yayasan and the space
wasn't big enough anymore. So a new building including a classroom
and an office was built. This classroom was completed by adding
tables, a whiteboard, a cupboard and books for reading. As time went
by the Yayasan got more and more tables etc. that were sponsored by
Bob Romijn (Holland).
First
new building including classroom and office
Because
the school kept growing the Yayasan increased their amount of
teachers. Mr. Gede Sutapa, Mrs. Luh Sutiani, Mrs. Utami Handayani
taught us English, Mr. Nyoman Sita Setiawan taught us Indonesian,
Mrs. Sri Wahyuni taught us Mathematics and Mrs. Puput taught us
Japanese. But nowadays the Yayasan focuses only on English and
Computer courses, because the subjects just mentioned are already
taught at the local school and English and Computer literacy are a
very important issue in times of globalization.
Volunteer
Flur (England) with the B2 class
As
the Yayasan kept getting bigger volunteers from Holland, France, New
Zealand, USA, South Africa, China etc. came to share their knowledge
with the students.
They
came from four different organisations. The first was WINS, the
second Helpx.net, the third Direct Volunteers and since Summer 2013
Vp Bali, which now supplies the most volunteers. Mostly there are 6
to 7 volunteers at a time that teach English.
The
Yayasan has to cope with some challenges while it is growing. Improve
the ability, knowledge and confidence of the students as well as the
spirit to study are challenges inside the Yayasan itself. To make the
conservative people in Tianyar realize what a chance this new
institution is and to assure the safety and comfort of the volunteers
are big challenges as well. To face those challenges you should
always always give motivation and explain that there is only one way
to fled from poorness: Education. The communication between the
Yayasan and the society is still going on and has to be improved. Not
just the teachers but also the students should share the information
with the society and spread the message of the Yayasan across the
community. It seems to work. More and more parents in Tianyar want
their children to come to Yayasan. Right now the Yayasan has a 110
students!
