Sponsorship Waiting List

Our Sponsorship Waiting List of children needing sponsorship is regularly updated. Please see below to see the children and read their stories. You can help change their lives. To sponsor, click here and remember to input the name the child you would like to sponsor. Each sponsorship is set at $40 USD per month.

Important notice: please review the years remaining of school for each student. We kindly ask that sponsors commit to supporting students for this amount of time as we never want to tell students they no longer have a sponsor. If you would like to donate monthly, without a minimum time commitment and flexible amounts, please see our Champions for Children Program.

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Jesita

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 4 months

Fifteen-year-old Jesita is in grade 9 or third year of junior high school in Badung. Jesita is the older of two. She lives with her parents, little sibling, and grandmother. Her father works as a laborer, while her mother only makes and sells Balinese offerings in the market. Their combined income is still less than the minimum wage of one person in Bali. Jesita always helps her mother in making the offerings to earn extra money so she could buy meals at school. Sometimes Jesita has to go to school hungry when her parents cannot give her any money.

Jesita is the older of two. She lives with her parents, little sibling, and grandmother. Her father works as a laborer, while her mother only makes and sells Balinese offerings in the market. Their combined income is still less than the minimum wage of one person in Bali. Jesita always helps her mother in making the offerings to earn extra money so she could buy meals at school. Sometimes Jesita has to go to school hungry when her parents cannot give her any money.

Jesita goes to school by hitching a ride with her friend who rides a motorbike, as her family only has one old motorbike that her father uses to find work and to go to work. Jesita joins the flag raising troop at her school as her extra-curricular activity. She aspires to become a police woman so she could get a stable income.

However, Jesita will have to bury her dream if she does not get sponsored since her family is deep in debt. Her family owes the local bank around USD 3,000 to fix their home and kitchen in since 2017. Even now, they still cannot pay off the debt and mostly could only pay the interest fee every month. The money was also used to enroll Jesita into the junior high school. Unfortunately, her parents cannot take any more loans to afford Jesita’s senior high school enrollment after she graduates from her current school in June. So, Jesita is expected to drop out of school by her parents.

Jesita, as a child, was often sickly and hospitalized due to malnutrition. Fortunately, by the time Jesita hit age 8, she got better and did not get sick as easily. Part of her family’s loan was used to afford Jesita’s medical bills as well. Jesita likes to dance and it has been her hobby since she was a child. She often performs at the village temple during religious ceremonies.

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Nyoman Pera

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 4 months

Pera’s father used to work as a construction laborer, earning less than half of the minimum wage. Unfortunately, he got into an accident and broke his leg, so he had to be put into recovery for six months. Ever since, her sickly mother became the main bread winner for the family. Her mother is sickly as well and had undergone a surgery. She has a chronic disease and could only work by selling various goods in the market. Her mother had to borrow money as well to purchase the goods and to pay for Pera’s father medical bills.

Fifteen-year-old Pera is in grade 9 or third year of junior high school in Badung. This means she has three years and six months left at school as of January in order to graduate from a senior high. She will graduate from a senior high school in June 2028 if all goes well.

Pera is the younger of two. She has an older brother who dropped out of school and could only work as a laborer. She is supposed to have an older sibling but they died after being born.

Due to Pera’s family poverty, Pera will have to drop out of school after completing her junior high in June. Her family cannot afford the senior high school expenses at all. Pera hopes she could get sponsored so she could pursue her dream and break free from the cycle of poverty.

Pera aspires to become a chef. Cooking has been her passion and hobby since she was young. Since her mother often gets sick, Pera is used to cook for herself and for her family. At school, Pera joins the KSPAN (group of students concerned with drugs/substance abuse and HIV & AIDS) as her extra-curricular activity. Since Pera’s family only has one old motorbike, Pera has to hitch a ride with her friend from the same village who goes to the same school.

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Made Riski

Current Grade: 7
Years of Sponsorship Required: 5 years and 4 months

Riski is the middle child. He has an older sister who dropped out of school due to their poverty and could only work as a daily worker. He lives with his father, stepmother, younger half-sister who is in grade two, grandmother and uncle. Riski’s mother passed away when he was two years old. Then his father remarried his current stepmother when Riski was four years old.

Riski does not feel loved by his stepmother at all. She treats him differently and coldly. The only one who cares for him is his father, but his father often has to go to work as a laborer. Riski relies only on his father to get allowance so he could by some meals at school, but he often does not get any money since his father earns way below the minimum wage, and they could barely buy food for the whole family.

Riski sometimes feels jealous with his friends who have mothers or have good relationships with their mothers. However, it makes him even more motivated to do well in life, so he does not follow his parents’ footstep and continue their generational poverty.

Riski aspires to become a teacher. His teachers inspire him a lot, so he feels grateful for their support. Riski likes to play volleyball with his friends as his hobby. That is why Riski joins the volleyball club at his school as his extra-curricular activity.

Thirteen-year-old Riski is in the first year of junior high school or grade 7. So, as of January, Riski still has five years and five months left at school until his could graduate from a senior high in June 2029. Riski goes to a government junior high school in north Badung

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Luh Lila

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 4 months

Lila is the oldest of four sisters. She lives with her parents and three younger sisters who are still in primary school and the youngest is just a baby. Lila often helps her mother in babysitting her baby sister. Her father is a small merchant in the traditional market. Her mother cannot work much since the youngest still needs a full-time care. So, her mother can only make offerings to be sold in the market. Lila and her sisters always help their mother to make more offerings so they could earn more money.

Fourteen-year-old Lila is in grade 8 or second year of junior high school in Badung. This means she has four years and six months left at school as of January. She will graduate from a senior high school in June 2028.

Lila is the oldest of four sisters. She lives with her parents and three younger sisters who are still in primary school and the youngest is just a baby. Lila often helps her mother in babysitting her baby sister.

Her parents also have debt around USD 2,000 at the village bank to afford their living expenses, purchase the goods that her father sells, and to afford Lila’s school expenses. Lila’s parents want Lila to drop out of school after she completes her secondary or junior high in grade 9, as they do not have the means to afford senior high. They cannot take any more loans.

Meanwhile, Lila does not want to follow her parents’ footsteps in dropping out of school. She really wants to finish senior high school at the very least. Lila aspires to become a cook or a chef. Her biggest dream is to own her own restaurant or warung.

Lila has the dance club as her extra-curricular activity at school. Her hobby is singing since it is free and is relieving her stress or boredom immediately.

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Kadek Mela

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 4 months

Mela is the second oldest of four siblings. She has an older sister in grade 11, who receives support from the priest in their district to go to school, as her older sister also works for the priest. Otherwise, Mela’s older sister would have dropped out of school. Mela also has twin little brothers in grade one of primary school.

Mela almost dropped out of school as well last year after she completed her junior high. Her parents dropped out of school, so they asked Mela to not continue school or wait until her older sister graduates and gets a good job to help with Mela’s education. However, Mela appealed to her parents sincerely to continue her school. So, her parents relented and they took loan in the village bank to pay for Mela’s senior high school’s entrance fee, uniforms, monthly fee, and other mandatory fees from her current school. Since July last year, her parents already took loan for about USD 425 just for Mela’s school fees in senior high.

Fifteen-year-old Mela is in grade 10 or first year of vocational senior high school of tourism in Gianyar, where she learns hospitality. This means she has two years and six months left at school as of January. If all goes well, Mela will graduate in June 2026.

At this rate, Mela’s school cannot continue taking more loans to afford Mela’s school. So, Mela will have to drop out of school this term if she does not get sponsored.

Meanwhile, Mela dreams big. She aspires to become a chef in a cruise line. She really wants to be able to work for a cruise ship, so she could earn a lot money and break free from her family’s generational poverty.

Mela has Barista Club at her school for her extra-curricular activity. She likes learning the art of making coffee. When Mela has free time, her hobby is singing. It is free and relieves a lot of her stress.

Mela’s father works as a laborer, earning way less than the minimum wage. Her mother suffers from skin cancer, so she cannot work. Her family also took loan for her mother’s cancer treatment around USD 450. This is also the reason why her family cannot take any more loans.

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Juita

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 4 months

Juita is the younger of two sisters. Although her older sister is working, she earns only enough to afford her own living expenses and cannot help with Juita’s school expenses. Her parents dropped out of school in junior high. Juita will have to follow her parents’ footsteps as well if she does not get sponsored soon.

 

Her parents work as laborers and her mother also makes and sells offerings in the market. Juita always helps her mother in making them every day so they could earn some extra money. However, her parents’ combined income is still less than USD 110 and they could barely afford food.

Juita aspires to become a chef. She really wants to continue to a vocational senior high school of tourism so she could learn culinary arts. She often helps her mother cooking in the kitchen and it has become her hobby.

At school, Juita joins KSPAN (Kelompok Siswa Peduli AIDS & Narkoba) as her extra-curricular activity. KSPAN is a group of students who are concerned about AIDS & HIV and drug abuse.

Since her family only has one motorbike, they take her to and pick her up from school. Sometimes Juita hitches a ride with her neighbor as well. Juita did not go to the school excursion like her classmates did since her family cannot afford it. She felt left out, but she has accepted that it was inevitable due to her family’s poverty.

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Komang Gopal

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 4 months

Komang is the second youngest of four siblings. His two older sisters dropped out of primary school and got married young due to poverty. His younger brother is in grade 6. Next year, his little brother will also need a sponsorship in order to continue his school.

Komang goes to a government junior high school in Bangli, which is the only junior high school in his area due to its remote location.


Komang almost dropped out of school as well after graduating from primary school, following his sisters’ footsteps. Fortunately, Komang insisted and appealed to his parents, so they enrolled him into the local junior high school in their district. However, they could not and still cannot pay for his uniforms and books, so they still have debt to his school for about USD 125. Komang will have to drop out next term if he cannot pay the debt by then. He also starts feeling ashamed for owing a debt to his school. Since Komang has not paid any of his school fees, he is also not allowed to receive his academic reports.

Komang’s parents are mere laborers who work for other people’s fields. They dropped out of school in primary level as well, so they do not have specific or significant skills that would enable them to seek a better paying job. Their combined income is still less than the minimum wage.

Komang and his brother always help their parents with their labor work after school or when they have a day off from school. The money that they earned is mostly used to buy more food and other basic living expenses. His family lives in a humble shack with two rooms, where Komang shares a room with his brother.

Komang actually aspires to become an athlete or soccer player. Soccer has been his lifelong hobby. He feels the happiest when he plays with his friends at school. However, Komang is aware that it is an almost impossible dream to pursue due to the competition and strict requirements. So, Komang will be happy if he could at least graduate from the senior high school then land a decent paying job in any field. He really wants to grow and improve the quality of his life and his future.

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Putu Indah

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 4 months

Indah is in grade 8 and goes to a junior high school in Buleleng. Since her family only has one old motorbike, Indah’s father takes her to and picks her up from school. Indah is the oldest of three children in her family. She has two little brothers in grade 6 and 2, age 12 and 8 years old respectively.

Indah is the oldest of three children in her family. She has two little brothers in grade 6 and 2, age 12 and 8 years old respectively. Her first brother also needs a sponsorship in order to continue to the junior high school in July next year.

Indah’s family is tremendously deep in debt. They owe USD 2,150 to the bank to purchase goats that they could raise and sell. They do not want to rely on the demand of labor jobs, considering how during the pandemic they could barely eat.

Her parents only graduated from primary schools and are working as laborers by harvesting flowers and moving heavy loads around. Indah always helps her parents in taking care and harvesting the flowers that they can sell. The flowers are needed to make Balinese offerings.

Part of Indah’s family debt was used to purchase Indah’s school uniforms as well. However, now they struggle to buy shoes and bags for Indah and her brothers’ school needs. They mostly receive second hands from their neighbors.

Indah aspires to work in the tourism industry. She does not want to continue her parents’ poverty if she could help it. She hopes she could graduate from the senior high at the very least.

Unfortunately, at this rate, Indah might have to drop out of school before she could graduate from the junior high school.
Actually, deep down Indah wants to become a professional martial arts athlete. She even has martial arts club as her extra-curricular activity due to her passion and hobby in sports. However, she knows that realistically it would be too difficult and it is more feasible to land a decent paying job in the hospitality industry.

Indah is a smart girl. She has always been ranked within the top three in her class since she was in primary school.

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Komang Bagus (nicknamed Oming)

Current Grade: 7
Years of Sponsorship Required: 5 years and 4 months

Thirteen-years-old Oming is the older of two. He lives with his parents and little brother, who is five-years-old. He is in grade 7 or first year of junior high school in Karangasem. This means Oming still has five years and two months left in school as of March until he could graduate from a senior high school and earn his diploma. Currently Oming’s parents still owes the school entrance fee and uniform fee at his school for about $100.


Oming’s father works as a laborer and only earns about $200-300 every six months after the harvest season. He cannot find a better paying job since he dropped out in primary school. Meanwhile, Oming’s mother is HIV positive with an open status, and only graduated from a junior high school. She works as a part-time staff in the local hospital as a companion for HIV patients. She earns about $100 month, so Oming’s parents combined income is still less than the minimum wage.

Oming is a diligent and filial boy. He always helps his parents with their labor work in the rice field and forages grass and veggies to feed their livestock. He also helps his mother in making offerings.

Oming aspires to become a chef. So, he hopes he could continue to go to school and graduate from a senior high school at the very least, in order to help his parents break free from their cycle of poverty. However, it will be impossible for him to continue his education, unless he gets sponsored. He still has an outstanding fee at school and his parents cannot take any more loans to keep him in school.

Oming likes to swim and it is his hobby. He likes all kinds of sports, so he joins the volleyball club at his school as his extra-curricular activity. Oming’s favorite subject to learn is Hindu religion since he likes the philosophy of Hinduism.

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Nyoman Pera (nicknamed Pita)

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 4 months

Pita is the older of two. She lives with her parents and her little sister, who is still in primary school. Her father used to work as a construction laborer before the pandemic. Unfortunately, since the pandemic hit Bali in March 2020 until now, her father has struggled to get his old job back and could only work odd jobs as a laborer. Her mother can only earn money by making and selling Balinese offerings in the market, which Pita has always been helping to do every day, so they could earn extra money. Both of Pita’s parents dropped out of school, so they have very limited skills. Their family income is still less than the minimum wage.

Almost fifteen-year-old Pita is in grade 9 or third year of junior high school in Badung. This means she has three years and six months left at school as of January in order to graduate from a senior high. She will graduate from a senior high school in June 2028 if all goes well.

Pita is asked by her parents to drop out of school after she completes her current junior high school in June this year. Unless Pita gets sponsored, she will not be able to continue her education. Meanwhile, Pita really wants to continue school and to earn at least a senior high school diploma, so she would not follow her parents’ footsteps.

Pita aspires to become a chef. She likes to cook ever since her mother asked for her help in the kitchen when she was in primary school. Cooking has been her hobby and she loves it when people like the food that she makes or compliment her food. Pita joins the Youth Red Cross Club at her school as her extra-curricular activity since she likes to learn about public health and first aid, especially after seeing how the pandemic affected public health badly.

Her family is so poor that they got support from the government to fix their house and build them a simple toilet. Even then, her family still owes money and has debt in the village bank to afford their living expenses and Pita’s school needs.

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Komang Sri (nicknamed Koming)

Current Grade: 7
Years of Sponsorship Required: 5 years and 4 months

Thirteen-year-old Koming, orphaned, is the youngest of three. She in grade 7 or first year of junior high. She lives with her paternal uncle’s family, while her older brother and older sister live with her paternal aunt, as they are still in senior high school and college. Her older brother got a scholarship for his college, while her aunt who houses them pays for Koming’s older sister’s school expenses.

Unfortunately, Koming’s paternal uncle does not have enough funds to also pay for Koming’s school fees. They still have their own kids who are also in senior high school and have much bigger school expenses than Koming. At this rate, Koming will have to drop out of school if she does not get sponsored soon. Her uncle really struggles to afford their living expenses.
Koming’s father passed away in 2016, when Koming was still in kindergarten, due to a heart attack. Meanwhile, Koming’s mother was suffering from breast cancer for four years since 2019, until she tragically succumbed and passed away in March last year.
Prior to her parents’ deaths, her parents used to work as contract workers, earning the minimum wage. Koming is a diligent student and a good daughter. She always helps her uncle’s family with their chores and work. Her uncle is a blue-collar worker, while her aunt is a primary school teacher.
Koming aspires to become a sports teacher since she has the talent in sports and physical education. She won several competitions of various sports branches when she was in primary school, such as running, calisthenics, and shot put. Koming is also interested in participating in the martial arts club in her school. Naturally, sports or physical education is her favorite subject, and her hobby is calisthenics.
Currently, Koming is part of the KSPAN club (Kelompok Siswa Peduli AIDS & Narkoba or a group of students who are concerned about AIDS & HIV and drugs) in her school as her extra curricular activity.
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Julia

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 4 months


Fourteen-year-old Julia is in grade 9 or third year of junior high school in Gianyar. This means she has three years and two months left at school as of March in order to graduate from a senior high. She will graduate from a senior high school in June 2027 if all goes well.

Julia is the older of two. She lives with her mother, little sister, and maternal grandparents. Her father passed away in 2014, when Julia was merely five years old, from a rare bone cancer in its fourth stadium after receiving two chemotherapy sessions. Unfortunately, currently her sister, Kadek Noviana, who is also in need of a sponsorship, also suffers from the same type of cancer.

After her father’s passing, Julia, her mother, and her sister moved back to her mother’s maiden home in a different district. Since Julia’s family does not have any boys to continue their family line, her paternal relatives treat her indifferently, making their lives more difficult. So, her mother took them back to her own family, who fortunately accept the girls and treat them as their own. This is a rare gift.

Since Julia and her sister are fatherless, while her mother is a laborer and only makes $50-60 per month, they are supposed to receive support from the social agency. However, the incentives were sent to Julia’s late father’s and the relatives there never told them until last week; the social worker had to contact Julia’s mother directly to give the social support package. Julia’s mother also has $400 debt for the transport to go to the hospitals and for the daughters’ school needs. She cannot take any more loans at this point and cannot afford Julia’s upcoming senior high school expenses in July, so Julia will have to drop out of school if she does not get sponsored.

Julia’s mother has no intention to remarry since she would have to leave her daughters if she chooses to do so. She does not trust her late husband’s family in raising her daughters, and her late husband also asked her to raise their daughters until they are grown up. So, Julia’s mother is keeping her promise to her late husband as well.

Julia understands that her younger sister is facing so much difficulty with the disease. She never feels jealous toward her sister or feels neglected by her mother, as her mother has to take greater care for her little sister. Instead, Julia is doing her best to be of support for her mother and sister. She makes offerings with her mother for sale in the market. The grandparents are elderly and cannot work anymore, so they cannot support Julia’s family aside from housing them. Julia’s uncles are also kind enough to let their sister, Julia’s mother, back to their compound, but they are not well enough to support Julia and her sister’s schooling.

Julia’s mother dropped out of school and does not have any notable skills, so she could only work as a laborer, earning less than half of the minimum wage. Julia hopes she would not have to follow her mother’s footsteps in dropping out of school. However, it would be impossible without a sponsorship.

Julia aspires to become a chef, preferably for a cruise line, so she could earn good money and support her family back. She thinks being a chef is a cool and a versatile profession that she could work either in the hospitality or food industry. Cooking has been Julia’s hobby and she always helps her mother and grandmother to cook for the family.

Julia participates in the basketball club at her school for her extra-curricular activity. She likes learning Bahasa Indonesia the most out of all subjects taught at school.

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Dina

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 4 months

Dina is the younger of two. She lives only with her older sister, who is in grade 12 or final year of senior high at the same school as Dina. Her older sister just got sponsored. Their parents separated but did not legally divorce when Dina was in kindergarten. Her mother left the family and never looked or went back, leaving Dina and her older sister to fend for themselves since their father was also absent.

Dina’s father rarely goes back home or gives money to Dina and her sister. They had to rely to their neighbors for food. Over time, Dina started to work as a laborer or daily worker to earn money so she could afford her school supplies. She even works for a villa in Denpasar during her weekend and when she gets a day off from school.

Unfortunately, she still could not pay about $235 USD of her school outstanding school fees. So, she was kicked out of school a couple of weeks ago for having a debt. BCP had to intervene and used the emergency fund to help Dina stay in school. It would be a shame if she had to drop out of school after attending the school for eight months already and lose her chance to get a diploma.

Dina and her sister might as well be orphans due to the severe neglect and abandonment by their parents. They live on land that is granted by the village. So, her father is supposed to live there and performs his traditional custom duties and responsibilities to the village if he wants to maintain his status as the villager and to keep using the land. Unfortunately, her father has been living with his affair partner for years, so the duties and responsibilities fall onto Dina’s older sister’s shoulders to continue.

Dina’s father often abuses Dina and her sister physically and verbally when they ask him some money to buy food, school supplies, or their other basic needs. Before her parents’ separation, Dina and her sister often bore witness to their parents’ physical and verbal altercations. As a result, Dina and her sister always got the brunt of their conflicts as well.

Dina shares the same hobby as her sister and she likes to play badminton. However, she could only borrow her friends’ badminton equipment to do her club activities since she does not have the money to afford it. Dina and her sister also make and sell Balinese offerings in the market. They often eat cheap junk food or instant noodles to appease their hungers. It’s not a healthy diet, but it’s all they can afford.

Dina simply wants to survive, so she and her sister will not have to live this miserably anymore. Dina aspires to work in a hotel. She thinks her parents’ lack of education most probably affect their tragic lives. Dina does not want to repeat her parents’ footsteps, and she hopes she could at least graduate from a senior high school.

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Ketut Dyah

Current Grade: 6
Years of Sponsorship Required: 5 years and 4 months

Twelve-year-old orphaned Dyah is in grade 6 or final year of primary school in Denpasar. This means she has six years and two months left at school as of March in order to graduate from a senior high. She will graduate from a senior high school in June 2030 if all goes well. Dyah is the fourth child out of six. She has three older half-siblings and one little brother. Her father passed away in 2019, when Dyah was merely seven-years-old, from cardiac arrest. Her mother passed away earlier in 2016 from kidney failure. Prior to marrying her mother, Dyah’s father married her step-mother, who also passed away in 2009 from a cervical cancer.

Now, Dyah lives with her older-half-sister, who is in grade 12 and is sponsored through BCP, her aunt, and her little brother, who is still in grade 3. Dyah’s aunt divorced and has no kids, so she took in Dyah and her siblings to live together by renting a house.

Her aunt could only work as a laborer since she dropped out of school and has no notable skills. Her aunt earns way below the minimum wage every month. Dyah’s family also still has debt from when they had to cremate Dyah’s father, so they cannot take any more loans to support Dyah’s school expenses.

Dyah goes to school by foot since, rarely, her sister or aunt could take her to and from school. Dyah’s two oldest half-sisters are married and cannot help with Dyah’s school expenses, as she will have to continue to a junior high school in July this year, after graduating from her primary school. Unfortunately, Dyah will have to drop out of school if she does not get sponsored, as no one in her family is financially stable enough to support her school expenses.There are many costs to attend Junior High School, and even more for Senior.

Dyah is a shy girl, but she likes to play badminton so much with her friends as her hobby. She also joins the badminton club at her school as her extra-curricular activity. Naturally, Physical Education or Sports is her favorite subject to learn at school.
Dyah actually aspires to become a doctor, considering her family’s history with health issues. She hopes she could help people like the medical workers who had been helping her family, although realistically, she is aware of how expensive a med school is and how hard it is to get a scholarship for a med school.

Dyah is a diligent girl. She always helps her aunt and half-sister in making offerings that they would sell in the market every day.

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Komang Desi

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 4 months

Desi is the middle child of five daughters. Her two younger sisters are still in primary school, while her second oldest sister just graduated from senior high school last year. Her older sister could continue school since she was being sponsored through BCP. Currently, her older sister works, but she has to pay for her family’s debt on top of her living expenses. So, her older sister cannot help with Desi’s school expenses. Her oldest sister is married and lives separately.

Fourteen-year-old Desi is in grade 8 or second year of junior high school in Jembrana. This means she has four years and five months left at school as of February in order to graduate from a senior high. She will graduate from a senior high school in June 2028 if all goes well.

Her parents dropped out of school in primary level. Her father works as a truck driver, but he has heart disease and is still recovering from it. Last time, a few months ago, he tried to work, but he lost consciousness while working, and his friend fortunately could stop the truck. Her mother became the sole breadwinner then, and can only work by making traditional woven plate from palm leaves. Desi always helps her mother in making the woven plates every day to earn extra money.

Her parents also took a loan to afford Desi’s uniforms, text books, and so on. Unfortunately, they could only pay half of it even now. They also cannot take anymore loans on top of their existing $200 USD loan at the village bank. So, Desi will have to drop out of school if she does not get sponsored soon.

Desi is passionate with dancing. Dancing has been her hobby since she was in primary school. She even joins the dance club at her school as her extra-curricular activity, along with girl scouts. Desi loves dancing so much that she aspires to become a dance teacher.

Desi’s family only has one motorbike that her older sister uses to go to work. So, Desi usually hitches a ride with her friend who rides a motorbike to go to school.

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