The Jong School has never run on a budget — it runs on whoever shows up to help that season. It started with Nikoi Island and the island foundation, who funded the first race to get things going. Since then it’s been friends, sailors, players, and the occasional visiting resort putting in what they can, alongside what Michel puts in himself.
“I personally invested quite a bit — but passion drives it all really.” — Michel
None of it is complicated. A sponsor covers one thing — a session, a race day, a repair — and that thing happens. Here’s where the help is needed most.
S$400 covers a half-day session for twenty kids — materials, lunch, and transportation, so no family pays a thing. The Residence Bintan sponsored the most recent one, timed the afternoon before the Selatan race.
Race days need a beach, a committee, food for everyone who shows up, and small prizes for the kids. Nikoi Island funded the very first one this way — it’s still the simplest way to put a whole event on the water.
T-shirts, posters, photographs, and small 1.2-metre jongs — made and sold to help keep the school going. Reach out below and we’ll sort out what’s available.
Whether it’s a session, a race, or just a question — the fastest way to reach the school is WhatsApp. Everything is run out of Planet Samudra, on the beach at Teluk Bakau.
WhatsApp: +62 853 6521 4554
Email: michellippitsch@gmail.com
Find us: KM37 Jalan Pantai Trikora, Teluk Bakau, Bintan Island, Indonesia — at Planet Samudra
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