Kite Festival: Learn to befriend with wind

Saturday, August 8th, 2009--As an archipelago country, Indonesia is a country with great wind. No wonder, almost every single person in Indonesia knows how to play the kite. Some of these people take the kite-flying activity very seriously and held this wonderful kite festival in Ancol on 8th of August 2009.

ISCO children were invited and very much glad to be able to see marvelous kinds and shapes of kites: flying cow kite, big crab kite, peacock kite, garuda bird kite, batman kite, tiger kite, and many one-of-the-kind kites. These kites came from various countries such as Indonesia, Germany, Cambodia, Japan, etc.

Not only became a spectator, the children got the opportunity to make kites for themselves and learn how to fly them. (Not a very easy task, you have to befriend with the wind. Luckily, the wind loves the children, and it was easier for them to fly the kites.)

That particular day, the sky was full with kites and laughter of the children.

Celebrating Indonesian Independence Day

ISCO went to Ancol last saturday, August 16th 2009, to celebrate Indonesian Independence Day (August 17) with around 100 sponsored children. These children are already part of ISCO Family since they were in pre-school, and up to now they are in junior high. We laughed, screamed, learned and played, and we shared great memories together.

In Ancol, ISCO Staff and children teamed up in numbers of very challenging fun games, such as the classic "Makan Kerupuk" (Eating crackers that are hang up with ropes, and we have to use our mouth only to eat the crackers -not allowed to hold with hands), "Balap Karung" (2 or 3 person wears one sarong and race to the finish line), the very unique "Balap Jongkok"(race while squading), "Suap Pisang"(One person closed his/her eyes and spoon bananas to his/her pair), and the calm yet absorb lots of attention is "Dansa Balon"(Two people dance with a baloon in their forehead, the balloon have to be kept up as long as possible).

At the end of the games, children ran to the beach, swam, built sand castles, and took a wooden ship ride (just out of curiosity for the experience). They were all happy and grateful, because they surely believed that one day, they could become great people who would exercise the free education for all principle, and bring this lovely nation to it greatest level.