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On 5^th December 2019, we visited the cultural library at UPT Perpustakaan Lontar. We get a chance to learn about the history of lontar, knew the process of making lontar from Enau leaf also we learned a lot about lontar. Our study visit program held on Thursday at 14.00 AM at UPT Perpustakaan Lontar on Pulau Nias Street No.13. The library located in the central of cultural faculty at Udayana University.

In this Millenium era, people become more prone to get depressed. Many factors contribute to the increasing level of depression such as work and study pressure, loss of loved ones, economic reasons, and many more. Depression is a common mental disorder characterized by depressed moods, loss of interest or pleasure, decreased energy, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, and poor concentration. Moreover, depression often comes with symptoms of anxiety. These problems can become chronic or recurrent and lead to substantial impairments in an individual’s ability to take care of his or her everyday responsibilities. At its worst, depression can lead to suicide.

           Trash bank is a great way to reduce pressure on the landfill sites that are growing, contrary to the first impression that probably comes to mind, has nothing to do with individuals’ financial contributions. A trash bank will allow individuals to grow saving account to keep money by recycling trash. The concept of trash bank is simple, residents who are interested or want to be customers collect recyclable trash including plastic bottles and paper to the bank. 

Act Global Fun Run and Culture Exchange is a jogging event on weekends while learning cultures. This event was held at Renon Park in Denpasar by gathering local youth people and foreigners to sharing and spending time on weekends. The purpose of this activity is to stimulate young people to aware of healthy lifestyle and be productive.

“We’ll meet again, Don’t know where, don’t know when, But I know we’ll meet again, Some sunny day.” -Vera Lynn
The quote above reflects the entire project which we spent time together almost 2 years under one unit of Bridge Between Europe and Asia Called Synergy. In July 2019, our Bridge Team from seven different countries met on the last project of the Study Visit Program in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

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Youth exchange program was held by Associação Juvenil SYnergia in Pousada Da Juventude De Guimarães from 8 to 12 July 2019. During the event, the topic that were discussed is about ‘social market’, with total of 30 participants, which came from different countries, such as India, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Indonesia, this program is funded by Erasmus+ and Act Global Indonesia represented by 5 youth participants during this event.

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Represent a young entrepreneur, I was given the opportunity to be assigned for the final meeting and conference in Slovenia at 6th – 10th of May 2019. This meeting and conference gathered committed NGO leaders, youth workers and young entrepreneurs from the Bridge Project.

“Bridge between Europe and Asia called synergy” is long term cooperation in the field of entrepreneurship between Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Poland, Lithuania, and Slovenia. These project started from February 2018 – July 2019.

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I was very happy when I entered December because there were many holidays but I was also a little worried since 2018 will end soon. What have I done in 2018?  Have I used my time well? I felt doubts in myself to answer this question. But I don’t want to be too protracted in this self reflection. So this month I decided to be more relax and refresh my mind by travelling to Athens and  having a good time with my friends.

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Act Global is an organization that focuses on three thematic areas: youth empowerment, poverty reduction, and social cohesion. On May 18th, 2019, we managed to handle a programming workshop for beginners in order to help the youth who are interested in coding or computer science to learn more about it as probably a lot of people actually interested but don’t know how to start and learning all alone is too difficult. Our target was beginners with no prior programming experience or students in non-STEM fields. This workshop mentored by Hermanto from the game developer, Slab Games.

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The first things that come in our mind when we talk about Beijing are The Great Wall of China, Alibaba Company, Made in China Products, huge buildings and  factories. The city has so many wonderful historical and beautiful places to visit, for example the Forbidden City, which is the largest and best-preserved ancient architectural complex in the world, the Temple of Heaven where Ming and Qing emperors performed solemn rituals for bountiful harvests, the Summer Palace the emperor’s magnificent garden retreat, and the Ming Tombs which is stately and majestic mausoleums of 13 Ming Dynasty emperors and the wonders of the world genuinely inspiringly of the Great Wall.

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