gap year opportunities

[Voyageur]

Our 19 yr old son may come with us for a year as a break from college. Any ideas of jobs/volunteer things he could do?

[marcus]

It is very difficult to do volunteer work in Indonesia because to do any kind of work it is required to have a tied "Work Permit"/"Temporary Residency Permit" which is very difficult and expensive to get . Be aware that working (even for free) in Indonesia without those 2 documents may result in up to 5 years in jail + a fine of up to Rp500 millions .

http://www.expat.or.id/business/jobseekers.html

http://www.livinginindonesiaforum.or...596#post244596 (Requirements for teachers)

[kingwilly]

But there are plenty of other things you could do, that are not work.

[harryyy]

But there are plenty of other things you could do, that are not work.

For a year? Unless you have a lot of money to travel around Indo, I don't know what you'd do for a whole year without work.

[Puspawarna]

For a year? Unless you have a lot of money to travel around Indo, I don't know what you'd do for a whole year without work.

I know lots of foreigners who spend a year or more in Indonesia living very cheaply in Solo studying gamelan. Of course, that wouldn't appeal to most people.

[OomBen]

For a year? Unless you have a lot of money to travel around Indo, I don't know what you'd do for a whole year without work.

So far it's been about 9 months with my occupation as being "Husband." (meaning I don't work).

Hobbies help...

gamelan sounds nice... so do those fake ones that the monkey people play...

[naughtygab]

dunno if this would help, what about joining NGO as volunteers? unpaid ones probably ..

or if you can send his pictures to some modeling agency .. who knows it could be a start of another journey.