June Enewsletter
Our appeal reached an amazing 556 Food Relief Packs for families who have been struggling to make ends meet, along with a record breaking month of single sponsorships for children to stay in school.
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07, 2020
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07, 2020
EnviTours Donates Food Supplies in Bali
Hot off the renovation of a brand new kindergarten in central Bali, supporters EnviTours have generously donated Food Relief Packages to 35 families in the village. Ayu Trisna, Schools Support Manager was there to deliver the supplies. “The people were so happy to receive the food packages. You can see how much it means to them. It has not [...]
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07, 2020
31 Students Sponsored in June
As June comes to a close and the new school year also ends, Bali Children’s Project is thankful to June’s 31 new sponsors. June and July are some of the most important times of the year for children. They have finished their school year and look on to their next year. In Bali, moving up a year also is [...]
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06, 2020
Karma Group Help Teenagers Study From Home
Long term supporters Karma Group have once again gone above and beyond by helping students in Bali access education. With schools closed since March, students have been told to study at home, using online studying tools of Zoom, email and Google Classroom. It’s not ideal but has been one of the solutions to maintain learning during the pandemic. It [...]
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06, 2020
Kindergartens Graduate in Bali
Coronavirus can’t keep Balinese kindergarteners from celebrating their graduation! Under strict hygiene standards, students were invited back to the Bali Children’s Project Kindergarten in Ubud to celebrate their achievement. 28 students were split into smaller groups of 3-5 students each. They were greeted by their dedicated teachers, who handed over their graduation certificates. It’s the first educational achievement in [...]
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06, 2020
Bali’s Plan to Reopen Schools
The big educational news this week was that Bali has set out its plan to start reopening schools. With the 19/20 school year formally over in June, schools should be starting for the new year again in July. The measures were announced by Bali Education Board on a live YouTube feed. Green, Yellow, Orange and Red Zones On the [...]
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06, 2020
Coronavirus Creates More Sponsorship Cancellations
With an influx of sponsorship cancellations, Bali Children's Project is seeking new sponsors to help keep students in school. As the world continues to grapple with coronavirus, children in Bali are seeing their futures affected too. With a new school year starting soon - and therefore even more increased school costs, students are relying on sponsorships to keep them [...]
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06, 2020
May Enewsletter
May Enewsletter: See the latest from our COVID-19 Food Relief Appeal as well as how we've been continuing to help children with less all over Bali, despite the pandemic.
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06, 2020
14 Children Sponsored in May
Despite the difficult times, Bali Children's Project is so grateful to have received 14 new sponsorships in May. It means that 14 children now have a brighter future to look forward too. With almost every area of Bali affected by the pandemic, families are finding it even harder to find work. For families that were already living in poverty, [...]
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05, 2020
Donor Community Library Complete
Despite the pandemic, Bali Children's Project donors have helped to renovate a Mangesta Library in anticipation for schools to reopen once again. Early this year, we asked supporters to help contribute to help us reach our target of 3,500 USD to transform Mangesta Library. By the end of March, we were able to reach our target, thanks to several [...]
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05, 2020
COVID19 Appeal Update
Thanks to supporters, we have already raised 324 Food Relief Packages for families impacted economically by the COVID19 pandemic.
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05, 2020
Bali Children’s Project Prepare Food Relief Packages
The Bali Children's Project team is getting ready for a busy week on the front line, distributing much needed Food Relief Packages. Our ongoing Bali COVID-19 Appeal has been a great success so far, with over 10,000 USD raised to provide Food Relief Packages for Bali's most needy. It's meant that we have already raised over 270 food packages. [...]
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05, 2020
COVID-19 Appeal Raises Over 10,000 USD So Far
An appeal recently launched by Bali Children's Project has so far raised 10,854 USD for Food Relief Packages in Bali. Having seen tourism ground to a halt and a slowdown in the economy, many families who were already living on the brink are finding life even more difficult. Even basic labor work is harder to come by, with a [...]
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05, 2020
Bali Children’s Project Delivers Masks to Frontline Workers
Thanks to supporters, Bali Children's Project has been able to donate critical protective equipment (N95 masks) to healthcare workers on the frontline of the pandemic. While there are relatively low numbers of official COVID-19 cases in Bali, there are fears that many have never been identified. Schools in Bali have been closed and the borders effectively shut, meaning Bali's [...]
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05, 2020
April Enewsletter
COVID-19 is dominating most people's lives and in Bali it has been the case too. With tourism effectively cancelled, the economy has ground to a halt. It has left many people without an income and made poverty even more of a stuggle. Join us in our campaign to deliver food packages to the most needy in Bali. [...]
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05, 2020
Bali Children’s Project Launch COVID-19 Appeal
Bali Children's Project has just launched our appeal to help families who are struggling to cope during the COVID-19 crisis. A result of decimated tourism and all around job availability, even families in poverty before are finding life more difficult. Now, Bali Children's Project team is asking for help to donate Food Supply Packages to families to help ease [...]
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05, 2020
21 Sponsored in April
In an incredible show of support from donors, April helped us to sponsor 20 children to complete their schooling! In Bali, there are various fees for high school and despite the COVID-19 pandemic closing schools, costs have not changed for the majority of students. Most students have to pay money upfront, including semester fees or annual entry fees. It [...]
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05, 2020
UPDATED: Coronavirus Response in Bali
A summary of the latest updates relating to COVID-19 and how it is affecting the work of Bali Children's Project. The current Situation ***Updated 1st May 2020*** Up until recently there were very few cases of COVID-19 in Bali. However, recent tests of 1,210 people showed a 37% positive rate, with suspicions things could get a lot worse. With [...]
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04, 2020
Sex Education App Helps Teens Study at Home
Balinese students have taken their learning online thanks to new mobile phone web application recently launched by Bali Children's Project. Times have been tough to students in Bali, as schools are closed, but classes continue online. It's not easy to learn but we've seen so many children committed to their educations and trying their best to study from home. [...]
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04, 2020
EnviTours Funds a Kindergarten in Bali
Time for some good news to cheer everybody up! Our next new project is almost complete - thanks to support from the kind people are EnviTours. EnviTours had gotten in touch with us last year to ask about which school they could help support. We took them to see this kindergarten in Taro. Shocked at it's condition, EnviTours committed [...]