Gheesuke English Academy (GEA)

Students and volunteer native speakers in GEA

Gheesuke English Academy (GEA) is an English course located at Jl. Pendidikan No. 19A Kelurahan Ilir Gunungsitoli 22815 Nias, North Sumatera Indonesia. It was founded on February 9th, 2012 by Mr. Yafaowoloo Gea, SS, who graduated his Bachelor Degree in English Language & Literature from The Methodist University of Indonesia Medan North Sumatera. The Founder is also work as a civil servant in the Tourism Culture Youth and Sports Service of the City of Gunungsitoli.

Gheesuke English Academy has started its first class on May 7th 2012. Students are from Primary School Level, Junior High School, Senior High School, College & professionals. Students are form various schools around the city of Gunungsitoli. Most of College students are from English Department while professionals are from Educational Department and Industrial Service. Gheesuke English Academy (GEA) offers 20% discounts to students who got the 1st up to 3rd ranks in their school, and free course fee to orphans and needy students. All students are treated in the same way in learning English.

Students are studying English in GEA

GEA supports the child protection and concerns about education for all levels. We also have a program named "Teaching English for the Needy Students" (TEENS) which aimed to support orphans and needy children in learning English for free in our English Course, GEA MENGABDI (Teaching English in the remote villages) by sending English tutors to remote villages where children can get the English lesson for free, Inspirational Class by organizing various professionals to visit schools in order to motivate and inspire children to achieve their dreams. We also conduct some outdoor activities, such as sports (soccer game, swimming) and field study held once a month in order to build our students' emotional relationship with nature and society.

Students in GEA MENGABDI project

We have created a Facebook Account for Gheesuke English Academy. Most friends are Students from Junior High, Senior High, and College students. This facebook is aimed to build communication with GEA's students and all people who are interested in English. GEA uses the Facebook to promote its English Course and to share any information about English learning. We have good responds from our friends and students here.

Activities during the teaching in the class are so interesting for students. We try to build  interactive circumstances with them in order to make them feel like home. We teach about general English (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) through the attractive methods although medias are still limited in, we don't have labs and LCD projector to teach them for audio-visual, we only use small speaker (for the listening) and a laptop (for the visual).

Students are required to learn actively during the class. All of them are treated in the same way, they have to be able to practice the lesson received in the last minutes of the class. It is aimed to motivate students to give their full attention during the lesson and they are given opportunities to improve the English.

The main problem in our English course is the difficulties in having the native speakers. Students need to have the direct meeting with the native speakers so they can be motivated and know how the real English is spoken. We really expect the visit of native speakers in our English course who can spend their 1-2 hours time in giving the motivation or lesson to our students. We will provide free transportation from and to the airport as well. We will provide accommodation to internships who would like to be the temporary English teachers in our English course.

Volunteer native speaker in GEA

Gheesuke English Academy also provides translation service from English to Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Indonesia - English, interpreters and tour guide.

If you are interested in using our service offered above, please kindly contact us through:

Address:

Jl. Pendidikan No. 19A Simp. Sisobahili

Kelurahan Ilir - Gunungsitoli 22815

Gunungsitoli - North Sumatera - Indonesia

Landlines phone: (0639) 22200 or mobile phone: 0853-7323-5771

email: gheesuke@gmail.com

We also need funds to finance our projects for needy students and children who live in remote villages. All generous donors are welcomed to take a part in helping us to pursue our students dream in learning English.You can transferred your donation through our official bank account on:

Bank name : Bank BNI, Branch Medan

Bank address : Jalan Pemuda, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia

Swift Code : BNINIDJA

Recipient Account Name : Yafaowoloo Gea

Recipient Bank Account Number : 0057509919

Recipient phone number : +6281-370-1635-76

Recipient Home Address : Desa Helefanikha, Kec. Gunungsitoli Idanoi Kota Gunungsitoli

Best regards,

Yafaowoloo Gea, SS
(Director of GEA)