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.

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Ketut Dian

Current Grade: 11

Years of Sponsorship Required: 1 year and 9 months

Dian is the younger of two. She lives only with her father and older brother, as her mother passed away in 2022. Her mother’s departure was traumatizing for her. For months, Dian had to sleep with her father, as she missed her mother so much. Her father dropped out of school, and he works as a laborer in the rice-field. He earns money when it is harvesting time, which is once every four months

Kadek Ayu urgently needs a sponsorship, otherwise, her school will drop her out for being unable to pay off her school debt. Her father dropped out of school, so he lacks notable skills. He can only work as a seasonal laborer, working for a construction project or rice field when harvest and planting time are in season. Her mother works for a kindergarten, earning below the minimum wage. Their combined income is not enough to afford Kadek Ayu’s school fees. Meanwhile, Kadek Ayu’s brother works and earns the minimum wage, but his income is mainly used for their family’s debt payment and for his living expenses. He cannot help with Kadek Ayu’s educational expenses. Kadek Ayu’s mother also got into an accident, so she has a disability in her legs and eyes, which she still gets regular treatment to this day and they cost a lot for their family.

Kadek Ayu is a diligent girl. She never skips her classes. Her favorite subject to learn is History. She joins English Club and Disaster Response Residents Club as her extra-curricular activities. She goes to school by foot when her father or brother cannot take her to or pick her up from school.

Kadek Ayu is passionate in her studies since she aspires to become a secretary or a manager for a company in the future. She thinks they are such cool jobs, and she believes the salaries would be much better than being a laborer.

Kadek Ayu’s family is so poor that she never purchased any new school supplies. All of her school supplies were second-hands from her brother, relatives, or neighbors.

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Komang Ardhini

Current Grade: 11

Years of Sponsorship Required: 1 year and 9 months

Komang is the younger of two. She lives with her older brother and mother, as her father passed away when she was a baby. As a sole breadwinner who raises two kids, Komang’s mother struggles to feed the family, and it is even harder to keep them in school. As a result, Komang’s older brother had to drop out of school in junior high. Komang’s mother also dropped out of school, and has been working as a small merchant re-selling vegetables and staples in the traditional market. 

Dian’s father earns around US$60. Dian’s brother is a merchant who sells roasted chicken for ceremonies, so his occupation is also seasonal when there are ceremonies in their village. When it is the season of ceremonies, Dian’s brother could earn up to US$180. Due to their unstable income, it is hard for them to keep Dian in school.

Meanwhile, Dian really hopes to be able to graduate from a senior high school and earn her diploma. It is also her mother’s dying wish to have her graduate from senior high. Unfortunately, without a sponsorship, Dian will have to drop out of school next term, as her father and brother cannot keep up with her educational expenses. Dian goes to school by foot, as her family only has one motorbike that either her father or brother use for work.

Dian is a talented girl. She won second place for a Balinese scripture competition in her village. Her favorite subject to learn at school is arts and culture. For her extra-curricular activity, she participates in the wagana (warga siap bencana) or disaster preparedness club. Dian loves to dance and considers it as her hobby. She often performs in her village’s temples and school by dancing Balinese traditional and sacred dances.

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Kadek Ayu

Current Grade: 11

Years of Sponsorship Required: 1 year and 9 months

Kadek Ayu is the younger of two. She has an older brother, who graduated from senior high school, as her parents took loans to afford his school expenses. Unfortunately, they have maxed out their loan appeal limit, so they cannot take any more loans to cover Kadek Ayu’s school expenses. As a result, Ayu has had outstanding fees ever since she began her 11th grade or second year of senior high.

Kadek Ayu urgently needs a sponsorship, otherwise, her school will drop her out for being unable to pay off her school debt. Her father dropped out of school, so he lacks notable skills. He can only work as a seasonal laborer, working for a construction project or rice field when harvest and planting time are in season. Her mother works for a kindergarten, earning below the minimum wage. Their combined income is not enough to afford Kadek Ayu’s school fees. Meanwhile, Kadek Ayu’s brother works and earns the minimum wage, but his income is mainly used for their family’s debt payment and for his living expenses. He cannot help with Kadek Ayu’s educational expenses. Kadek Ayu’s mother also got into an accident, so she has a disability in her legs and eyes, which she still gets regular treatment to this day and they cost a lot for their family.

Kadek Ayu is a diligent girl. She never skips her classes. Her favorite subject to learn is History. She joins English Club and Disaster Response Residents Club as her extra-curricular activities. She goes to school by foot when her father or brother cannot take her to or pick her up from school.

Kadek Ayu is passionate in her studies since she aspires to become a secretary or a manager for a company in the future. She thinks they are such cool jobs, and she believes the salaries would be much better than being a laborer.

Kadek Ayu’s family is so poor that she never purchased any new school supplies. All of her school supplies were second-hands from her brother, relatives, or neighbors.

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Kade Sri

Current Grade: 8

Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 9 months

Sri is the youngest of three. She has two older brothers. Her brothers dropped out of school, and Sri almost followed their footsteps last year when Sri was supposed to enroll into a junior high school. However, Sri pleaded sincerely to her parents to let her continue her education, as she wishes to pursue her dream as a police officer. She thinks it is the most stable job, where she could earn good enough money to help her break free from her family’s generational poverty. Sri’s parents relented and they took loan to their neighbors for Sri’s uniforms and school supplies. Even now, they are still unable to pay off the loan.

Sri’s family is so poor that they also received support from the government to build a home, as they used to live in a shack. However, the government only built a two room house, where Sri’s parents use one of the rooms, and her brothers are using the other. As a result, Sri has to sleep in her friend’s house, sharing a bed with her friend, as it is inappropriate for Sri to share a room with either her parents or her brothers. As the youngest and only girl in the family, Sri often feels sad about her circumstances. That is why she is determined to get educated as much as she can so she can get a better chance in getting a good job.

Sri’s parents and brothers all work as laborers. Each earns less than US$100 per month, and their wages are enough only to provide the basic supplies and necessities for the whole family. Sri helps her family earn some extra money by making and selling offerings, and she uses the money that she earns to afford her own personal supplies like toiletries.

Sri goes to school by foot, and her school is about three kilometers away from her home. Her favorite subject to learn at school is science, while she joins dance club as her extra-curricular activity. Dancing has been her hobby since she was little, and she often performs for her village temples as well during ceremonies.

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Ayu Seri

Current Grade: 9

Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 9 months

Ayu Seri’s father passed away from renal failure when Ayu was five years old. Ayu’s mother struggled to raise four children on her own by working as a laborer and making Balinese offerings to be sold in the market. Unfortunately, the most she can earn in a month is around US$80. Her labor job is seasonal, depending on the project. She usually works in a construction project or in the rice-field.

Ayu Seri is the youngest of four. The oldest is married, and the second oldest is her older brother, who works as a cook for a hotel in Gianyar. He earns the minimum wage, and is the breadwinner for the family, while paying off their family’s debt. The third child in Ayu Seri’s family is her older sister, who is in her final year of senior high school.

After her father’s passing,  Ayu’s mother prioritized her older brother’s education first, so he could later on help to support the family (traditionally, girls marry out of a family, whereas males stay within the family). Ayu’s mother only graduated from primary school, and it has been her mother’s biggest regret due to her family’s generational poverty.

Ayu’s mother also wishes for her and her sisters to be able to get educated at least until senior high school. Unfortunately, with their limited resources, they struggle so much to keep the girls in school. Even Ayu has never been able to wear any brand-new school supplies, always getting second-hand bags, shoes, and uniforms from her older sisters. Her older sisters also got them second hand from their neighbors and relatives. Without a sponsorship, Ayu will have to drop out of school.

Meanwhile, Ayu dreams big and her ambition is to be able to work for a cruise line, earning a lot of money to break free from poverty. That is why she chose to join the English Club at school as her extra-curricular activity, as she knows the importance of mastering foreign language in order to get a decent job. Interestingly, Ayu’s favorite subject to learn at school is Chemistry. Her teacher is great in engaging with the students and sharing the knowledge.

Since her mother is rarely at home during the day, Ayu and her sisters learnt to cook from a young age. Now, Ayu considers cooking as her hobby. She loves it when people enjoy her dishes, and she looks up to her brother. Ayu goes to school by hitching a ride with her friend or by foot when her friend is unable to take her. She shares a room with her mother and sister, as their home only has two rooms.

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