Does ACICIS help organise accommodation with a host family or are participants expected to find their own accommodation?
A. For security reasons, for the January 2010 program ACICIS will not be congregating students in a hotel for the initial two weeks of the program, as was the case in previous years. ACICIS will place students into pre-booked residential accommodation (kos or boarding houses) that provide convenient access to both Atma Jaya University and their work placements. These residential neighbourhoods are far removed from the types of locations that DFAT bulletins advise foreigners to avoid. As neighbourhoods they are populated almost exclusively by local Indonesian families and workers. Most kos employ 24 hour security guards and access is limited to residents and their guests. ACICIS staff will personally survey all accommodation options and record contact details.
