Sex Education in Jembrana
Our next phase of 2015’s HIV/AIDS & Sex Education is complete! We visited multiple schools in Jembrana – one of the neediest regions in Bali – to deliver our flagship sex education workshops. […]
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04, 2015
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04, 2015
Nila’s Special Visit from her Sponsor
Do you remember Nila Warsiki, who we appealed for school sponsorship in February? Well since gaining sponsorship from supporter Marte Haraldsen, Nila has been loving going to school. She also received a great surprise when she was visited by Marte! Nila lives together with her parents, brother and sister. The 5 family members all live together in a simple a one-roomed house. Every day, [...]
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04, 2015
Putu Dea’s Progress in School
We are immensely proud to see the change in Putu Dea, who was our very first ‘Child of the Month’. Putu Dea is such a bright young lady, who is relishing her school work thanks to her new sponsorship. […]
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03, 2015
NI LUH RASMIATI
NI LUH RASMIATI is an adorable 7 year old first grader. She’s a sweet young girl who always wears a smile, even though she is going through difficult times. Ni Luh’s father works at a wood factory and her mother works really hard as a laborer, digging ditches to help support the family. Despite both working extremely hard, they struggle [...]
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03, 2015
February 2015
Things are really picking up steam. We’ve had a record number of children being sponsored for any month to date. Our brand new preschool officially opened and we launched our first 2015 workshop to teach children about sexual health. […]
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02, 2015
Komang Sukayasa
Komang is an 11 year old boy who had to stop school after first grade. His widowed mother had no money to buy him shoes, uniforms or school supplies and so, like his older brother, he stopped. This year, at the urging of the local government, Komang went back to school. He’s been really happy to have this chance and, even [...]
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02, 2015
Life Saving Workshops Begin!
We are very excited to say that this years HIV, AIDS and sex education workshops have begun! Lead by BCP’s Opy Sulaeman and our fantastic team of staff, we visited our first schools of 2015 for the engaging workshops. […]
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02, 2015
Dinda – Our Brochure Cover Girl
For those of you who have seen our brochure, you may have been intrigued as to the story of young Dinda. Dinda is our brochure cover girl, picked because she encompasses everything that BCP stands for. We heard about Dinda after a village leader told our staff of a 6 year old girl desperate for access to school in 2013. [...]
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02, 2015
Sex Education Funding Success
Bali Children’s Project has received a second one-year grant for educating Bali’s children in Sex Education/HIV&AIDS from the Mel Wolf Foundation. The grant of US$13,500 will allow Bali Children’s Project to continue and expand its program of educating Bali’s youth about the sometime-taboo subjects of HIV/AIDS and sex education. […]
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02, 2015
BCP School Opens in Ubud!
There were jubilant celebrations from children and parents in Ubud as Bali Children’s Project opened our first permanent pre-school and library. After operating for over 10 years from a small office that doubled up as a pre-school for local children, we finally opened our dedicated new school on 8th January. […]
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02, 2015
Sofianti Agustini
UPDATE 27/02/15: SOFIANTI HAS BEEN SPONSORED! THANK YOU! Sofianti Agustini, age 8 and in third grade, works in a laundry after school to help support the family. Her father was paralyzed from the waist down 8 years ago after falling from a coconut tree, and her mother must stay with him and attend to his needs, as well as care [...]
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02, 2015
Gamelan Style!
Sister and Brother Made Emas and Wayan Anon have a special story – and it all revolves around music. The two were taught traditional Balinese music ‘Gamelan’ by their father from a very early age. Sadly, Made and Wayan’s beloved father passed away in 2014, leaving a huge hole in their life. They are looked after by their mother and uncle [...]
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01, 2015
Nila Warsiki
Nila Warsiki is 9 years old and lives together with her parents, brother and sister. The 5 family members all live together in a simple a one-roomed house. The roof leaks and space is incredibly limited – living conditions are tough. Nila is in fifth grade, wakes up at 6am and walks 6km to and from school each day. Her family struggles to keep up [...]
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01, 2015
SPONSORED: Putu
GREAT NEWS for a Friday afternoon – Putu has been sponsored! Putu Dea Pebri Adnyani is an adorable 8 year old third grader who lives with her mother and grandfather. Her father passed away and so they had to move back home in order to survive. Now her whole life will be changed thanks to sponsorship through BCP. [...]
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01, 2015
Swimming Day Joy at The Mansion
We had a fantastic morning field trip with the children from our Pre School in Ubud. The Pre School children were rewarded for all their hard work after our friends from The Mansion Baliwood Country Club invited the children for a day in the pool. […]
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01, 2015
Teddy Bears come Home!
We’re always amazed by the individual efforts to support our work and the children of Bali. In January, Nick Bradman, an 11th year student at Pembroke School in Adelaide, South Australia, brought our Pre-School two teddy bears hand made by the students as part of their Community Care Program as gifts during his trip to Bali. […]
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01, 2015
Suwisni’s New Job
We met Ni Made Suwisni years ago. She was unable to access school as her family were unable to pay the associated costs. Life in Bali can be tough. We helped Ni Made Suwisni by giving her sponsorship so that she could access school. After years of sponsorship, Suwisni blossomed into an amazing young lady. […]
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01, 2015
Australian Midwife Group Visit
BCP received some lovely visitors this week – Australian Midwife group from the University of Technology, Sydney. The group spent the day finding out all about Bali Children’s Project’s work, seeing our brand new preschool and learning exactly what we do to help children in Bali. […]
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01, 2015
Eat what you like, Pay what you like…for BCP!
Our kind friends at Banana Leaf by Villa Nirvana are kindly donating all their payment for food on every single Friday! If you are in Ubud on a Friday, please come along. It is a great way to support our work and satisfy your appetite. […]
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01, 2015
The Birds and the Bees in Bali – Bali Children’s Project Provides Education on Sex and HIV/AIDS
Bali Children’s Project has received a second one-year grant for educating Bali’s children in Sex Education/HIV&AIDS from the Mel Wolf Foundation. The grant of US$15,000 will allow Bali Children’s Project to continue and expand its program of educating Bali’s youth about the sometime-taboo subjects of HIV/AIDS and sex education. Teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in [...]