(Cancelled) Community Outreach Program (COP) 2020 - Indonesia
Update on 10 March 2020:
On 6 Mar 2020, the HKSAR Government Department of Health issued advice for the public to consider delaying all non-essential travel outside of Hong Kong. In response to the rapidly evolving global health situation surrounding COVID-19 and holding the health, safety and best interests of our students as our highest priority, the University decided to suspend all outbound student activities to take place outside of Hong Kong during the Summer Term. Hence, all Service Learning Trips organized / coordinated by HKUST Connect this Summer Term will be suspended. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Community Outreach Program (COP), organized by Petra Christian University, is an inter-discipline educational activity set to give an international service learning experience to university students. Through living in the community with people of different nationality, participants can develop their global perspective and enhance interpersonal skills.
COP has been running for more than 20 years. Every year, students from various countries in Asia and Europe including Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Netherlands will join hands to solve community problems. The program provides an excellent opportunity for students to mingle with people from all over the world. During the intensive 2-4 weeks' time, students will have chances to handle several major and minor projects. They can learn to work and live together with people from different backgrounds which in turn widen their cultural exposure and strengthen their communication skills.
If you want to step out of your comfort zone and get in touch with the wider world, this is the golden chance for you. You will be able to explore the world from a social perspective, as well as work on various projects based on the needs of the community in the rural area.
For more details, please visit the website of COP and the program highlights of 2019 in the videos here.
As the global COVID-19 situation is changing rapidly, please check the HK Security Bureau website from time to time for the latest Outbound Travel Alert information of the program destination.
Student's Sharing
The most beneficial gain to me is the determination to oppose biases. Before I came to Indonesia, Muslim for me is very mysterious. They are always paired up with negative news. After living with my Muslim family and working with Muslim villagers for 3 weeks, I finally realize that those negative parts cannot stand for the whole group. People I met are lovely, open-minded and easy-going in fact.