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.

Komang Desi

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 6 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.

Kadek Fiona

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 5 months

Fiona is the second child out of four children. Her older sister is in grade 12 of senior high school and could go this far in her education due to her being sponsored through BCP. Her younger brother is still in primary school and the youngest is not of school age yet.  Her parents dropped out of school and have very limited skills. Her father was imprisoned for five years and they already had loans to afford their living expenses.

Fifteen-year-old Fiona is in grade 9 or final year of junior high school in Jembrana. This means she has three 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 2027 if all goes well.

Since her father was imprisoned, her mother has been working as a laborer by doing laundry for their neighbors. Fiona’s father was being accused guilty by association for transporting drugs, while her father was actually innocent. Her father was asked by his friend to take him to Java. Her father did not know at all that his friend smuggled a drug inside his phone case. He served five years behind bars, but fortunately, was bailed out recently by another innocent person who was convicted of corruption. The other man sympathized with Fiona’s father for being convicted although they were innocent.

Currently, Fiona’s father is struggling to find work as a driver again. And he has to pay off the debt of around $350 USD first, so he cannot afford to enroll Fiona into a senior high school this June. Fiona will have to drop out soon if she does not get sponsored as a result.

Fiona is a smart girl and has always been ranked within the top 10 in her class throughout the years. She aspires to become a teacher since her teachers serve as good role models in her life.

Fiona likes to cook as her hobby since she has to help cook for her family when her mother has to go to work. She joins the swimming club at her school as her extra-curricular activity. Fiona always helps her mother with the laundry work as well when she is from school. She still owes her teacher the textbook for $20 USD, as well as her uniform for around $133 USD. Fiona really wants to continue her education so she could her pursue her dream. She hopes she could get sponsored like her older sister.

Kadek Dia

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 5 months

Diah is the younger of two. She lives with her parents and her older brother. Her parents dropped out of school in primary level, while her brother dropped out in junior high school. As a result, all of them have very limited skills and can only work as laborers, earning less than the minimum wage. Diah will have to follow her brother’s footsteps if she does not get sponsored soon. She is supposed to enroll into a senior high school this June, but her parents cannot afford to take any more loans on top of their current $1,100 USD debt at the bank.

Almost sixteen-year-old Diah 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 2027 if all goes well.

Meanwhile, Diah dreams big and she would love to be able to work abroad. She hopes she could at least finish a senior high school, so she could get a better paying job than being a laborer like her family. She is desperate to break the generational cycle of poverty in her family.

Diah’s family is so poor that they do not even have any affordable smartphones that Diah could use for her school work. During the pandemic and even now, Diah has to go to her friends’ places and borrow their phone when she has assignments that require the internet.

Diah often goes to school without having lunch as well. She would eat at home since her parents cannot give her pocket money to buy meals at school. Fortunately, her friends sometimes share their food with her.

Diah loves playing sports. She loves them so much that she also joins the volleyball club and basket ball club at her school as her extra-curricular activities. Diah likes being active.

Ketut Putra

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

Ketut is the youngest of four. He has two older brothers and one older sister. His oldest dropped out of school and is already married. Ketut often helps his oldest brother in babysitting his nephew, while his brother works as a laborer. His second oldest brother also dropped out of school and currently works as a laborer as well. He earns only enough to afford his living expenses. Both of his older brothers earn less than the minimum wage.

His older sister is the only one who managed to finish a vocational senior high school thanks to being sponsored through BCP. She currently works in a clothing company and earns minimum wage. His sister helps paying off his family debt that they have at the village bank of around $1,000 USD. So, she cannot help to afford Ketut’s school fee.

Fifteen-year-old Ketut is in the first year of junior high school or grade 7. So, as of January, Ketut still has five years and five months left at school until he could graduate from a senior high in June 2029. Ketut goes to a government junior high school in Jembrana, West Bali.

His parents work as laborers and their combined income is still below the minimum wage. Between his parents and his sister, they barely make ends meet. Due to his family’s extreme poverty, Ketut was also late in enrolling into the school. He is older than his peers and classmates. However, Ketut does not mind it and he is already grateful that he could continue to a junior high school. Part of the loan that his parents took was to afford his uniforms. Unfortunately, at this rate, his parents cannot take any more loans and Ketut will be forced to drop out soon if he does not get sponsored.

Ketut goes to school by hitching a ride with his friend who rides a motorbike. He chose volleyball club as his extra-curricular activity since Ketut is passionate with sports. Playing sports is his hobby. It goes without saying that the Physical Education or Sports is his favorite subject to learn at school.

Ketut dreams big. He aspires to work abroad. He wants to break free from the cycle of poverty and does not want to follow his parents and brothers’ footsteps. Ketut is a diligent boy. He always helps his parents with chores and labor work when he is not busy with his studies.

Nyoman Pera

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 6 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.

Jesita

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 5 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.

Nyoman Pera

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 5 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.

Made Ayulia

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 5 months

Ayulia is the younger of two. She has an older brother who is still unemployed and cannot help with her school expenses. Her father is a rice-field laborer, and he only gets paid once every four months. Even then, his income is still less than the minimum wage. Ayulia’s mother is a housewife who makes and sells offerings. Ayulia always helps her mother in making them so they could earn extra money. Both of Ayulia’s parents dropped out of school, so they have very limited skills and can only work as laborers.

Fifteen-year-old Ayulia 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.

Ayulia’s parents also expected Ayulia to drop out of school this year since they do not have the means to afford the senior high school. Ayulia feels sorrowful about this, and she hopes she could get sponsored so she could continue school and earn a senior high school diploma at the very least. Ayulia aspires to become a successful cook or a chef, so she could have her own restaurant or warung. She wants to do better than her parents so they could break free from the poverty.

Cooking has been Ayulia’s hobby since she was in primary school and was allowed to help in the kitchen by her mother. She even joins the Cooking Club at her school for her extra-curricular activity.

Since her family only has one motorbike, Ayulia has to hitch a ride with her friend who goes to the same school. Ayulia likes going to school and she never misses any of her classes

Made Riski

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

Luh Lila

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 5 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.

Kadek Mela

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 5 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.

Juita

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 5 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.

Komang Gopal

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 5 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.

Putu Indah

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 5 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.