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STEPS OF HOPE
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I.Introduction II. About -Medan -Geography -Weather -People and Language -Safety and Currency -Transportation
III.Culture -Cuisine -Festival in Medan -Lifestyle
Content IV.Tourist Attraction V.Reception -Visa -Insurance -Living Cost VI.Tips For Trips -Useful Phrases -Important Stuffs -Living Cost Personal VII. Projects and Info
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WELCOME TO MEDAN,INDONESIA
Dear EPs.. AIESEC In Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), takes the pleasure of delivering you our warm greetings into Medan and also The Steps Of Hopes Project The project itself was made by us for supporting the SDG’s which initiated by The United Nations and we also aimed for you to raise the awareness and helping to increase the formal and non formally educational of children in medan at schools and publics Besides The project,we assure you that this project will give you an unforgettable experiences with its own “project experiences package” such as the project,beauty places,peoples and yet,the international cultural understanding This booklet will show you some brief explanations about that you might need to know and have to know.. At last, we are waiting you to come and feel the “Steps Of Hope”experiences together..Here..In Medan,Indonesia
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MEDAN and its Geography Medan is the capital of North Sumatra province in Indonesia. Located on the northern coast, and with 2,097,610 inhabitants at the 2010 census, Medan is third largest city in Indonesia (behind Jakarta and Surabaya), and the largest Indonesian city outside Java.
Its built-up (or metro) area made of 18 municipalities or districts was home to 4,103,696 inhabitants at the 2010 census. The city is bordered by the Deli Serdang Regency to the east, south and west, and the Strait of Malacca to the north.
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Medan is a city which located 3,58 latitude and 98,67 longitude and it is situated at elevation 26 meters above the sea level.
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Medan also was dubbed by the Dutch Parijs van Soematra due to the city's resemblance to Paris Lamudi, a worldwide real estate portal, recognized Medan as one among six cities in Asia to feature and preserve several colonial architectural sites, while accompanying its growth as a metropolitan city
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Weather,People and Language
Medan,Indonesia is located at 3°34N, 98°40’E,25m (82ft ). Medan has a tropical wet climate (Koppen-Geiger classification:Af)with no dry or wet season as it is constantly moist (year-round rainfall). According to the holdridgelife zones system of bioclimatic classification of Medan;Sumatra is situated near the tropical moist forest biome
People in medan is very unique,because it has a lot of ethnics and other different backgrounds such as Bataknese,Javanese,Chinese,Malay,Minangnese and a lot more ethnics and yet still sticks as one and united one to another
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INTRODUCTION
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Transportation 
There are many kinds of public transportation that can be used here,such as : Taxi, Angkot[Public car transportation],Motorcycle pedicab, Go-Jek[Online],and Bus. And those are relatively cheap
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Safety and Currency
As a big city,medan is one of the safest city,but “one of the safest”doesnt mean zero crime.There is nothing to worry about as long as you dont be too “over”and careless. And yet,Medan has 24 hours Police and Hospitals in order to prevent something bad happen at any time The currency used here is Indonesia Rupiah [Rp].And the comparison against the USD is 1$= Rp.14.000. You can easily converted your own money currency here by using the authorized money changer or at banks in Medan
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CULTURE
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Cuisines 
Medan is the heaven for every food hunter,because Medan have tons of delicious food with tons of flavors,And also A lot of reccomended place,where Western,Eastern and Traditional Foods available in a affordable place..
Blu Apple Frozen Yoghurt restaurants If you want to eat a tasty but healthy icecream without the fat and calories, visit one of their two branches in medan, at sunplaza or cambridge square.
Kesawan Square restaurants Ahmad yani st, (before merdeka walk). Open from 6pm everyday. numerous vendors provide various kinds of cuisine, the majority of which are chinese. each vendor has "halal" or "non halal" label on their stand. however, the toilet facilities provided in the area are abysmal.but now kesawan square is closed and moved to merdeka walk
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Festivals in Medan 
Medan got so many kinds of festival,such an Art,Culinary,Ethnical and others,but some of the most popular festivals are...
Lake Toba Festival
Multi Ethnics Culture Show
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Gondang Naposo Festival
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Customs and Lifestyle Handshakes is the customary greetings among individuals
Saying Thankyou
FIND OUT MORE! Giving Smile in every occasion
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Tourist Attraction
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There are so many breathtaking places u can found in Medan.. Here are some of them
Maimun Palaces
Sipiso-Piso Waterfall
Maha Vihara Maitreya
Linting Lake Velangkanni Church
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Reception
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Visa
The type of visa that you have to apply is “Socio-Culture Visa or Socio Cultural Visa”,Which has some conditions :
A.Validity 60[Sixty] days calculated from the date of admission to Indonesia,and extendible An Admission permit for the foreign nationalin posesion of a visit visa shall also be valid as a visit during the stay at Indonesia B.Requirements A Visit Visa application should be submitted by the applicant concerned or his/her sponsor to the overseas visa officer after fully complyingwith the general visa requirements. Passport must be valid for at least 6[Six] months from the date of entry into Indonesia Visa shall be used within 90[ninety]days calculated from the date of issuance.Any foreign nation who fails to use visa within this designated period of time must submit a new visa application
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C.Applicant must provide the following documents:
An application form,completed and signed ,one passport size photograph attached. A passport with the validity date at least 6 months beyond the date of entry into indonesia Copy of return tickets,or to continuing the journey to other countries A sponsor letter from institutions of Indonesia or form applicants family member or friend in Indonesia with his/her ID[KTP] attached [For tourist visa without sponsor letter]
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Insurances 
Insurances are very important for you,since insurances are helping you to cover all things from something bad that may happen anytime while you are here.Here are some forms of insurances you need:
Credit Card
Life Insurance
Health Insurance
Rental/Homeowner’s Insurance
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Tips For Travel
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Usefull Phrases
English : Indonesia Hi Hi What is your name? Siapa namamu? How are you? Apa Kabar? My name is.. Namaku adalah.. Where are you going? Kamu mau kemana? Im going to.. Aku mau ke.. Can you pick me up? Bisa jemput aku? How much? Berapa banyak? How much is the price? Berapa harganya? Thankyou Terimakasih
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Important Stuffs There are some important things you need to prepare and bring it when you come such as: Other Personal Needs stuffs
Dual Sim-Card Cell Phones
Casual Clothes
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Living Cost Personal
Daily Food: Rp.30.000-100.000 Mineral Water 600ml:Rp.5000 Mineral Water 1,5L: Rp.8000 Bread : Rp.5000-20.000 Milk: Rp.20.000-30.000 Indonesian Instant Noodles: Rp.3000 Tooth Brush:Rp.10.000-15.000 Tooth Paste: Rp.10.000-15000 Liquid Soap:Rp.20.000-30.000 Shampoo: Rp.20.000-30.000 Movie Tickets: Rp.50.000-70.000[Weekend] Karaoke/Hours: Rp.35.000-100.000 Indonesian Sim Card: Rp.50.000-150.000 Cafe/Restaurants: Rp.100.000-150.000 Public Transportations: Rp.5.000-100.000[For Taxi]
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Steps Of Hope and Info
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Project At A Glance
Indonesia has the fourth largest education system in the world yet in a landmark education report of 50 nations Indonesia ranked last. For a country that has been experiencing a stable 5 to 6 percent annual economic growth rate and is classed as a middle income country by the World Bank, it is sad that it’s education system and thus it’s youth are not benefitting. So why did it rank so poorly? The answer, as is often the case with developing countries still finding their feet as a democracy, appears to be corruption. Even more tragic. The funding is there but it ends up in the pockets of corrupt civil servants and not in classrooms.
One of the Indonesian government’s responses to these findings has been to restructure the Indonesian curriculum, including postponing teaching science, geography and ENGLISH until students attend secondary school. According to that situations,we AIESEC IN USU would like to make a STEPS that Might be A HOPES for THEM and also in order to support the SDG No.4 which is about the Education Quality by doing English Teaching in Several Schools In Medan
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Main Activities
Teaching English Orphanage Class Getting Lost With AIESECer Language and Culture Class Alusi Tao Toba Foundation Global Village Exploring Indonesia / Sports Day English Drama Contest
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Main Activities
Teaching English This is the main of this project,that you gonna teach english to students at some schools and stimulating them to use english
Orphanage Class Here we will visit some public orphanage and try to teach them things such as basic english,songs, and doing fun games
Getting Lost With AIESECer In this event you will be ordered to go to some places in medan but without any guide from the AIESECer Team.You just go by using the public transportations to reach the place which have been stated befoe
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Main Activities Language and Culture Class In this event,we AIESECer Team will teach you Indonesian Language and some Medan Cultures each week
Alusi Tao Toba Foundations Here,we will go to Samosir Island,exactly at Lonttung village to teach the children there english and introducing them with other culture which not from indonesia[Eps Culture]
Global Village You will show your own country cultures to AIESECer Team and other Eps such us a ppt about it,dance,songs etc
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Main Activities Exploring Indonesia / Sports Day A week off for you to go wherever you want to go in Indonesia and dont forget to bring your insurances,passport etc.But,if you are stay at Medan,we gonna have Sports Day . Besides of that we also permit you to go if you want to spend it with your HF,Or Buddy
English Drama Contest It is the biggest event in quantity,because here you will performed a drama from each of your fairytail or myth and will be watch by every TN and AIESEC Team
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Schedule
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FEE
You need to pay arround USD 100 for the Project Fee.Where this fee will be used for:
Getting Lost With AIESECer Road To Alusi Tao Toba English Drama Show Marchandise
For Further Details about the Fee Project,You may contact the Contact Person
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Contact Person
Antasari Malau [LCVP ICX] antamalau@gmail.com 082361820901 Skype: antamalau
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SEE YOU IN MEDAN ď Š