Welcome to Songan Welcome to Songan Kindergarten. The broken down building that you see is the designated kindergarten building for Songan village, near to Mount Batur in north Bali. Songan village has been victim to plenty of bad luck, including a deadly landslide a in 2017. The bad luck seemed to continue as the kindergarten fell into disrepair. It's [...]
Twenty One Children Sponsored in June Fantastic news as another 21 would-be drop outs are staying in school, thanks to new sponsorships in June. The sponsorships come at a crucial time of year as students look to moving up a grade. As many students move into junior and senior high, costs kick in. It's a complicated system, with [...]
It's graduation time in Bali! It's a wonderful time of year for many children who finish the academic year, break up for winter holiday and move up a grade or even into a new school! We say goodbye to many kindergarteners, who make the big step up to elementary school, as well as 41 high [...]
Students and teacher’s from QSI International School have helped to completely change a library in the rural village of Batuan, Bali. When QSI International School teachers Adam and Heather visited Bali Children’s Project, they knew their school could help to give students a better quality learning environment. Access to Books in Bali During their visit, Adam and Heather found [...]
Bali Children's Project is so pleased to say that so far there have been a huge 118 packs raised from our 2019 School Entry Backpack Appeal. It's all thanks to kind businesses and supporters from all around the world who have helped to raise funds to send children to school with a smile. The appeal is still getting [...]
Backpacks Raised so far Donors Help us deliver fully equipped backpacks for children in poverty. $100 gives a child all materials needed for a year of school. Donate your Fully Equipped Backpack Here It's a sad fact in Bali that many children go to school [...]
Opening two schools, one library, launching our School Entry Backpack Appeal, 23 children sponsored and more news all in our May Enewsletter.
More delight in rural Bali, as we simultaneously opened to two separate learning facilties, thanks to funding provided by Karmagawa. The two projects, both located in northern Bali are the latest in a string of 15 projects that have now been completed in Bali, thanks to the partnership between Bali Children's Project and Karmagawa. See our videos below of [...]
22 New Sponsorships in May! Wonderful news for 22 children who would have been dropping out of school! They have all been sponsored by kind people from all over the world. Sponsorships are the difference between graduation adn new opportunities in life, or dropping out and becoming basic laborers. As high school costs money, children from families who [...]
Brian's Fundraiser for Leonore Brian Calaustro is on a mission to help fund a third Leonore G. Calaustro Learning Centre in Bali. After his wife passed away, Brian vowed to do all he could to help improve education for children - a cause that was close to Leonore's heart. Since then, Brian has funded two Learning Centres, which [...]
Give Back Give Away Thanks to the kind people at Give Back Give Away, Bali Children's Project have renovated another needy library, this time in one of the most remote villages in Bali. Subaya Village Subaya Village is like the land that time forgot. The village is inexplicably built on the top of a mountain, with access via [...]
HIV and AIDS Figures Increase in Bali The HIV AIDS Situation Report in Indonesia has uncovered some telling numbers for HIV and AIDS in Bali. The latest figures are cause for some cautious optimism, while highlighting the need for effective preventative measures in Bali. The report also shows how improvements in diagnosis and treatment has saved lives. As [...]
April saw a record breaking month for sponsorships, two new school projects commence and the launch of our new Sex Education mobile web application for teens.
27 Students Sponsored In a truly incredible month, people from all around the world sponsored 27 students from our waiting list in April. To put this into context, that is the highest number of students ever sponsored in one single month! What is truly amazing though isn't the number or statistic. It is the new opportunities that these [...]
Wonderful news as we broke ground on two new school projects in rural Bali! Thanks to private donors, funding for the new kindergartens has been confirmed and building work is well in progress already. Turnaround in Fortunes Having been on our waiting list for quite some time, the two schools were in a huge amount of need. Tunas Bangsa [...]
Eight Children Sponsored in March More good news for nine children who were previously on the verge of dropping out of school. It is all thanks to March's new school sponsors of Iman & Bima (Views & Vision), Ilse & Auke, Tom & Jerry and Avary & Stella. Combined, they sponsored seven girls and one boy to finish [...]
One of Bali Children's Project lesser known project surrounds Child Protection in schools. It's an issue that is never really discussed in Balinese society. It's not in the school curriculum and parents rarely talk about it with their children. Recent data has shown an extremely low amount of reported abuse cases to children in [...]
Thirteenth Karmagawa School With funding from Karmagawa, Bali Children's Project built yet another kindergarten in Bali. It's the thirteenth school that Karmagawa has supported in Bali, with more on the way. Bali Children's Project turned an old crumbling building into a fantastic new learning space for young learners in Jehem. [...]
Before After Delight as the Ethan Library Opens in Bali Another library has just opened to serve a low income community in the mountains of Bali, thanks to support from 101 Heroes. SDN 2 Sukuwana Elementary had previously been struggling to educate its children to read. Without a budget, the school could not [...]
Ten Children Sponsored The brilliant start to 2019 brought more good news as ten children from our waiting list were sponsored for school. Sponsorships is Bali Children's Project's longest running program, having started as a small scale support structure for children who could not afford school. These days, Bali Children's Project sponsors 335 children, with 14 co-ordinators all [...]
