A Wee`Bit of Me: ::Counting Blessing::... Volunteer Teacher

I read about this in the daily paper, yesterday.

An article about Volunteer Teachers in Indonesia, called "Guru Sukwan". I'm not sure why they called it "Sukwan", maybe they just make it short from what it supposed to be: "Sukarelawan" (which is mean Volunteer in Bahasa Indonesia, Guru=Teacher).

"Guru Sukwan" usually dutied to teach in suburban or very rural area in Indonesia. Looking at the picture from the daily paper, I can see that the school building are not in very good condition. They are lucky to have half of broken roof to cover them from direct sunlight or rainy day. One school only got One teacher.

It was said that "Guru Sukwan" doesn't even get paid to teach everyday. What do they get is a total combined money from parents (who apparently poor) around Rp. 100.000,- per month (around USD 10). If they were lucky, they'll get around Rp. 300.000,- per month (around USD 30). While to pay home bill and daily life will cause them more than that.

Unlike First-World country, we don't have 401K Plan or Pension Plan, unless we have enough money to pay the plan on our own. One way to get the pension plan is by getting hired to work as government employee.

One of the "Guru Sukwan" even have to work 12 years, till she can get Rp. 1.200.000,- per month (USD 120) as salary. Others have to work part time as construction workers during the night. Yet, according to the daily paper, we still need 89.000 teachers just around West Java Area.

Well, the picture showed below, speak more than what we see.