KAMI Conference: The MICo, Best Big Five National Service Project

Indonesian Youth Alumni Conference or KAMI Conference has completed done in 3 June 2012, closed with an activity visiting Sanggar Akar (alternative school for street children conducted by an NGO concerning education and culture in South Jakarta). On the KAMI Conference, Malang Interfaith Dialogue (The Mico) has become one of the best five service projects. On that occasion, the pilot projects presented before the jury to get an appraisal well as feedback on this service project.

KAMI Conference was conducted at @america Pacific Place Jakarta, attended by many visitors as the majority of the American program alumni. With those youth alumni, the conference there was an interesting discussion during the question and answer session. The questions presented include how to order interfaith discussions can get an idea of ​​common ground without having a conflict, how the response from the community toward this forum, and so forth.

The presentation lasted about 20 minutes and got positive responses from visitors. Despite there was a presumption that service project concerning on interfaith aspect in Malang is not urgent as needed in areas such as the conflict in Poso, Aceh, or Ambon, but the MICo is able to participate and as a media in conveying the aspirations and increase mutual respect and understanding in preventing further religious frictions.

The bog five other service projects in the KAMI Conference are: promoting green living for wealth in boarding houses of the college environment, child trafficking, women empowerment in schools, and also English clinic as an alternative school in the remote areas in Aceh.

KAMI Service Project Competition & Conference

Indonesian Youth Alumni (KAMI) Service Project Competition & Conference will be held in Jakarta next week! MICo is one of the many service projects nominated in KAMI Service Project Competition and Conference committee, and will be presented in Jakarta on June 1 to 3 next week. Pilot projects from MICo together with other young alumni from across Indonesia will present our service projects for this weekend.

Not only presentation about service project alone, the pilot projects consisted of young alumni will also be attending various workshops and seminars on leadership, organizational, youth activities, in developing a strategy projects and so on. The core of this three-day activity is that the youth alumni can better develop the potential and resources around them through their service projects.

MICo is also established from the initiative of some young alumni who are members of Indonesia English Language Program(IELSP). Other young alumni joining KAMI Conference Service Project Competition are American sponsored programs such as the Indonesian Youth Leadership Program (IYLP), Study of the United States Institute (SUSI) for student’s leadership and religious diversity, and so forth.

For my friends who are in Jakarta area (Greater Jakarta), if there is an opportunity just to come to the event WE Service Project Competition and Conference held at the Pacific Place Atamerica. For more information, you can access through the site AtAmerica or through social networks at @atamerica.