Ochie

Yoshida Ochie Chandra DeMeulenaere who is the director and co-founder of the Yayasan Cinta Bahasa Indonesia Language School in Bali, Coordinator of Volunteers for Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) and a finalist in the Australia Indonesia Association (AIA) Awards 2017 in the Tourism category talks about her work, her vision and the complexities of womens identity.

Yoshida “Ochie” Chandra DeMeulenaere – Ubud, 2015 Source: Private collection

What attracted a woman from Padang West Sumatera to open a language school for foreigners in Bali? What does she see as the cost-benefits in the current tourism industry in Bali? What does she believe are the complexities that impact on gender identity in Padang? Yoshida Ochie Chandra Demeulenaere answers these and related questions.