Teaching Teachers in some of the most remote villages in Kalimantan

Education is one of the key disciplines in development cooperation, aiming to provide marginalized communities with better access to progress and protection from exploitation.
Indonesia’s education system and curricula are fundamentally sound. Teacher training has also seen major progress over the past 30 years.

In reasonably well-connected areas, it is not very difficult to find qualified teachers. However, this is not the case in Kalimantan and especially in some of the extremely remote villages. Enormous travel costs combined with poor access to telecommunication, internet, and electricity are major obstacles to filling vacant teaching positions.

By contrast, there are people in the villages who are genuinely interested in working as teachers at local schools but are unfortunately almost always completely underqualified and inexperienced.

The Eco Hapakat Foundation has developed a program specifically aimed at reaching this target group—providing better training, motivation, and ongoing support.

We are open to offering special training and coaching sessions upon request from motivated school principals, with the goal of strengthening and encouraging local contract teachers.

Beatrice Brönnimann is a kindergarten teacher with decades of experience in early childhood and elementary education. She is capable of introducing alternative teaching methods that enable educators to provide meaningful, holistic, and uplifting lessons—even when essential teaching materials are lacking.