I love ojeks! Driving past the traffic at a standstill on Jl Pejaten Barat
Waiting at the lights at Jl Pejaten Barat
For some reason I enjoy being stuck with hundreds of motorcycles... only because it never happens in Australia! The novely hasn't worn off after two years!
Waiting patiently at the lights in an angkot...
Mobile tailor... got to love that!
Taking a nap on the side of an extremely busy street
Taking a smoko break....
Musicians taking to the street to busk on the buses...
Health & Safety what??? No boots required when smashing up concrete and wire here!
Relaxing in the back of the truck in the steaming heat
Late at night at the local tailor on Jl Jati Padang, Pasar Minggu
Outside their home at the landfill site
Young boy enjoys his milk while playing at the site
Sweet young girl
At a local shop
AIS students on a tour of the site
Students prepare to sing a song in the school hall
Performing for the AIS students - very sweet...
Young boys select food from the donations
A young girl watches from the doorway
Answering questions at the quiz
AIS students and teachers with some of the local students and teachers
Young boy with his new bag, stationery and food donations
My beautiful sister Treen has been teaching her students about poverty and together they decided to make a difference to some beautiful children’s lives who live at the landfill site in North Jakarta. The AIS students have been very active writing newspaper articles and wanting to make a change so they raised funds by holding lunch time food stalls, selling sweets, carrying out Starbucks coffee runs, and collecting both monetary and food donations.
We were given a tour of the site on arrival, and the living and working conditions for these people was truly heartbreaking and it’s difficult to know where to start to make a real difference for their future. The local children who live and work at the site attend school during the day before helping their parents rummage through the trash and sell their collections once classes are over.
All the students gathered together at the school hall and sang songs and held a quiz before the AIS students handed out their donations of food and drinks and new school bags and stationery to everyone there. It was very touching to watch and to see the faces of the young children light up and I pray that one day they have a true chance for change.
Young local boy outside the Primary School
Mother and child who live at the landfill site
Young boy outside his home - the living conditions are heartbreaking
The AIS students take a tour of the site
Young locals
The site outside the school
Elderly lady who lives and works there
Ladies sort through the piles of plastic collected at the site
A man works to sort out plastic cups and bottles
Workers take a break in the heat
Keisha at the site
A lady sorts rubbish outside her home
An old man cutting a new style hair do outside the Temple in China Town
Old school man with a young cool teenager in the background..
Old taxi... new sunglasses!
New style 4WD and old style gerobak (food stall) compete for space on the road
Old houses and new apartment tower along the rubbish filled canal... not really prime waterfront property..
There's old polluted bajaj's.. then there's deluxe cars on the roads too! Is David Beckham in there?? ha!
Jakarta is.... full of motorbikes in every spare space on the road... and off the road!
Jakarta is... a maze of alleyways and poverty..
Jakarta is.... filled with beautiful children everywhere!
Jakarta is... a mix of many friendly people always ready to pose for the camera!
Jakarta is... filled with rubbish, so there's many rubbish collectors throughout the city
Jakarta is... filled with loving families all hanging out together...
Jakarta is... full of traffic so there's parking attendants everywhere....
Jakarta is... the land of the chess board!
Jakarta is... the land of the never ending smile...
another smile....
Jakarta is... full of bajaj's!
Jakarta is... a place of incredible wealth.. and incredible poverty
Jakarta is.... MACET (traffic)!!!
Jakarta is... full of strange transport... A Kopaja bus....
Jakarta is... filled with security men!
Jakarta is full of wonderfully patriotic people... Saya senang disini!
Live crabs at the market in China Town...
Vegetables in China Town
Frogs trying to escape...
A refreshing iced tea anyone?
Roti (Bread)...
Soto on the side of the road...
Rambutan being sold in the traffic...
The new flyover being built on Jalan Prapanca, Kemang
View of the flyer over beams from the back of my ojek on Jalan Prapanca
What really needs development is the solution to the black polluted smoke pouring out from Bajaj's all over Jakarta...
Releasing sparrows at the Temple in China Town is believed to bring you good luck...
The entrance to Dharma Bhakti Temple in China Town
Candles burning inside the Temple
A beautiful young Muslim girl xx
Thanks to Joe, the young edgy designers, and the models from C’s Model Management for a fun night at the Grand Kemang..
Looking gorgeous in this little dress..
Pretty in pink....
Anyone for make-up?
So beautiful...
More make-up and cool clothes..
Lipgloss and a sexy dress
Cantik sekali...
Great collar!
suuuuuuuuuiiiit suuuuuuuuuuuuuiiiit!
Edgy formal wear