In Bali, elementary school is free. However, children are expected to have their own supplies, uniforms, shoes, backpacks and stationery.
For children living in poverty, they have to make do with old tattered supplies.
Providing a fully equipped backpack not only gives children the physical supplies needed for school, but a huge psychological boost too.
Children become inspired to learn, going to school with new confidence and determination.
It is an instant change in children, who go from having little to be smile about, to having a something to finally call their own.