5th February 2020
Volunteering in Lombok
I've been thinking on what's going on, how does it affects in different levels the countries all over the world and its people. .
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Now that the big economies are falling down there are ones that have claimed that this virus is the "great leveller" or the "big equalizer". But, there's nothing more far of the reality, the truth is developing countries are the ones who have been hitted by this in another level. Are the poorest of the world who doesn't have something to eat because they live by they can get day by day. So,If they don't die because of the virus, they die due the famine and the lack of water.
Indonesia is one of the top countries in the world for tourism. But is the people of Indonesia receiving exactly what they have offered to the world ? I can say that is not like that, many of the guys who work in the touristic activities are younger than me (16,17, 18 years old and so on). Once there, I was impressed because once I talked with them, they had the dream to be doctors, lawyers, businessmen... But none of them had the opportunity to study in a university for the lack of resources and they were very far away to have the possibility to hold an scholarship because they don't have the -english- for it. .
But you know what? Miracles happen all the time. So, Mr. Tony, who is an indonesian man, that comes from a rural family and couldn't have access to greater opportunities in his youth, but decided to learn English to enhance his way of life, decided to found "Bright Course Foundation BC" .
He found BC to teach English and give to young people new opportunities to dream about their future.
Nevertheless, the foundation lives by individual donations and they can NOT count with electricity, drinking water, beds for the students (who also sleep there) nor abundance of food.
I still remember that 8 students could eat the 3 meals of a day for only 1€. .