Harapan Project (Short Film)

The origin of the Harapan project takes place in a trip I made 4 years ago to the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia. In this island, one day a boy approached me wanting to communicate with me, but speaking in Indonesian -a language I couldn't speak at all. I asked him if he spoke English, and he said no, he only spoke a few words. This surprised me greatly because it is the only language they could communicate with the little tourism that exists in the island, and therefore take advantage of the economic resource that tourism could be. So I told him the next day I was going to teach him English, and that he should tell his friends to also come to my classes. The next day I went to the meeting place I had agreed with that child, with a blackboard I had borrowed from one of the few hotels that exist in the area and my books to learn Indonesian from English (I was planning to use the books in the opposite direction). To my surprise I found the whole population of the closest village had turned up, about 150 people among whom were children, parents and even grandparents. At that point Harapan Project was born.

For more information please visit:

http://proyectoharapan.org/english/

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Short Film Project
• Harapan
• Indonesia
• Sumbawa

[PCpride]

eres español?! que guay!! tambien he vivido y enseñado en Indonesia!