ESC has a very active social work program. Sometimes this involves visiting a local orphanage where the club members teach the children English through fun activities such as songs and games.
However, after the May earthquake the club went to Jogjakarta area to help with the clean up. They worked alongside other volunteers from Wahid Hasyim University and Pondok Pesantren Sunan Kalijaga. They spent time in Sleman and then in Klaten, helping the local people in man ways. They divided themselves into four teams: the reconstruction team, the medical team, the psychological team and happy team. They also did live radio reports from the site for the interactive English program on RRI Pro 2 FM Semarang and helped with fund raising.
Here’s what Keyko – PR Division of ESC - from the English Society Club commented to KGRE ‘Through this disaster we would like to say our gratitude to all the victims of Central Java earthquake since they have taught us to be grateful, accept the condition whether it is good bad and how to handle it. Here, we also learn how to share with others as although all the survivors were in such a terrible condition, still they share food with another place, which was in worse condition and out of reach from government’s help and also for us. Even though they were in difficult moments they still have time to think of others. What wise people’.