Our Charitable Work
Supporting relevant and authentic charities has always held a special place in our hearts; it's actually what first brought Lily to Bukit Lawang! After several years teaching and managing schools in the West, Lily relocated to 'BL' as Head of Education for 'The Bukit Lawang Trust'. The two years Lily spent at the trust changed her life forever, and she will forever be grateful for the complete perspective and trajectory change it afforded her!
Play group
We are so pleased to continue our working relationship with the Bukit Lawang Trust though our free, bi-weekly playgroup sessions. Lead by the wonderful Bukit Lawang Trust staff and volunteers, with fruit snacks sponsored by us here at SEE, each week we welcome 30 + children up onto the sensory explosion that is the Bukit Lawang Trust roof, for an hour-long mixed activity session. We try to provide the children with a very loosely structured session, one which allows them to develop their independence, social skills, and fine motor skills all at their own pace. We try and afford them creative opportunities to express themselves, for example, through arts and crafts sessions, song, free movement and role play. These sessions also provides the community mothers with a chance to get out of the daily grind, and to enjoy each other’s company in a colourful and supportive setting.
We are always in need of creative supplies, however this year (2024-5) we are looking to raise some money for some gross motor skills equipment, to help build the children’s spatial awareness and coordination. If you would like to help out with this fundraising, or if you would like to donate the weekly fruit snacks please feel free to contact Bukit Lawang’s Head of Education Olya (info@bukitlawangtrust.org) and reference ‘Playgroup’ as your mail subject.