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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Kadek Dharma

Current Grade: 8

Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 2 months

Dharma is the younger of two. He has an older sister, who’s already married and lives with her husband’s family as is the tradition. Dharma comes from an impoverished family. Both his parents and his sister dropped out of school due to poverty. They did not have enough money to stay in school and graduate from a senior high at the very least.

As a result, Dharma’s parents can only work as laborers, earning below the minimum wage even with their combined income. Dharma’s parents had him after being married for 17 years, when they were in their late 30s.

Dharma has been prone to asthma attacks since his birth. So, his parents also have to spend extra money to afford his medication and hospital trips, as not all medical costs are fully paid by the free health insurance from the government.

As a result, Dharma often stays at home, and he picked up the hobby of cooking after watching his mother cook for the family for years. Since Dharma loves to cook, he’s inspired to become a chef in the future if he can get the opportunity. Dharma dreams of owning good cooking appliances and equipment, so he could cook to his heart’s content.

Unfortunately, his parents still struggle to bring food to the table, as they are older now and less productive. They cannot do heavy labor work that they used to do. Dharma and his family sometimes eat only once a day since his parents cannot bring more money or food home. They live from paycheck to paycheck, and they still even owe money to the village bank to afford their living expenses.

Dharma and his parents do not even have a phone, while his current school often sends homework to the students through applications on the phone, or wants them to share their assignments online. Dharma has to go the extra mile to reach out to his teacher personally, unlike his peers, to catch up with his school’s assignment and club activities. A sponsorship would also provide Dharma with a phone for school.

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Agus

Current Grade: 8

Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 2 months

Agus is the oldest of four brothers. His parents had him when they were 18-years-old, and as a result they dropped out of school in junior high. Agus’ younger brothers are in grade 7 (first year of junior high), grade 2 in primary school, and the youngest is in kindergarten. His parents struggle to raise four boys, as his father is the sole bread winner for the family. His mother takes care of the house and his little brothers, while making and selling offerings to be sold in the market. With his family’s impoverished situation, Agus will not be able to continue to a senior high school.

Ardiasa always works as a daily worker along with his parents when he has day off from school or during school break, so they can earn extra money to afford some food. Ardiasa is rarely able to get meals during his school time, and has to eat at home to save money. After experiencing extreme poverty throughout his life, Ardiasa promises himself to do better and to at least graduate from a senior high school, so he can land a better job and break the cycle of his family’s generational poverty. Unfortunately, even now his parents have to take loans to afford Ardiasa’s junior high uniforms and fees. They cannot take anymore loan and are expecting Ardiasa to drop out of school soon, unless Ardiasa gets sponsored and supported. Ardiasa has seen some of his fellow villagers who became successful after working for a cruise line. He wishes to be able to do the same like them, so he can afford a better housing for his family in the future. Ardiasa is really passionate in volleyball. He even joins the volleyball club at school as his extra-curricular activity since it is his hobby as well.
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Novi

Current Grade: 7

Years of Sponsorship Required: 5 years and 2 months

Novi is the oldest of four sisters. She is the second child, but her older sibling passed away as a baby. Her younger sisters are in primary school, kindergarten, and the youngest is not of school age yet, still a baby. Her parents dropped out of school, only managed to complete primary school. Her father is the sole bread winner, working as a construction laborer, while her mother still has to nurse her baby sister and take care of her little sister, so her mother cannot work. As a laborer, it is a common knowledge that they cannot earn the minimum wage. So, her parents really struggle to even afford food for the whole family of six.

Novi almost did not continue to junior high, but she pleaded and her mother relented, taking a final loan in the village bank to afford her uniforms, entrance fee, and school supplies. However, their debt is at the limit, so Novi will have to drop out of school soon at this rate. In Novi’s hometown in Karangasem, it is common for girls to not continue school, as they are expected to marry young, leave their maiden families, and stay with their husbands’ families. Fortunately, her parents are supportive enough and doing the best that they can to not let Novi end up like some girls in her hometown. There are very limited job opportunities in their hometown, so Novi’s parents moved to Badung years ago, where the job opportunities are more available.

Novi often goes to school hungry, but that does not deter her determination to go to school and never skips any classes. Her favorite subject is physical education or sports, as Novi likes all kind of sports as her hobby. She joins the girl scouts as her extra-curricular activity.

Due to her family’s extreme poverty, Novi dreams big. She wishes to work abroad, so she can bring home more money than her parents could ever have. She loves her sisters and would like to support them, so they do not have to drop out of school. Novi is worried that she would not be able to continue school and end up like her parents. That is why Novi gives her best both at home, by helping her mother with various chores, and at school, by diligently learning and studying the subjects.

SPONSORED BY MADELINE

Linda

Current Grade: 7

Years of Sponsorship Required: 5 years and 2 months

Linda is the youngest of three. She has an older brother and an older sister, who were sponsored through BCP in the past and had graduated. Although both of her older siblings are currently working, they have their own bills and debt to pay, so they cannot help to afford Linda’s school expenses. Meanwhile, Linda’s mother struggles to barely provide the bare minimum, such as food and clothing, for the two of them since she is a single parent. Linda’s father passed away from brain stroke when Linda’s mother was pregnant with her. That is why Linda’s older siblings were sponsored through BCP.

That is why Linda’s older siblings were sponsored through BCP. Linda had been receiving BCP’s Backpack Program as well in the past when she was in primary school due to the severity of her family’s poverty. Her mother still owes money to the village bank for Linda’s uniforms, entrance fee to junior high, electricity bills, and their other living expenses. Her loan has reached its limit so she cannot take any more loans to keep Linda in school.

Linda always helps her mother in making offerings, which is the only way her mother could earn money since she dropped out of school and does not have any notable skills. Linda’s mother is afraid that Linda will have to follow her footsteps in dropping out of school, while Linda herself is a bright and determined kid.

After seeing how her older siblings could at least pay for their own needs and make their own money, they at least do not burden their mother anymore, Linda wishes to be able to do the same. Linda actually wishes to become a doctor since she experiences how hard it is to lose a family member from an illness. However, Linda is aware that it is almost impossible to pursue a career in medical field without a full-ride scholarship, which is rare and the competition is fierce. So, Linda hopes that she could work in any field that will allow her to earn a stable and above the minimum wage income. She would like to support her mother back in the future when she is older and could earn enough money.

Since Linda spends most of her time with her mother, she learns to cook from her mother as well, that it has become her hobby. So, she thinks pursuing a career related to culinary would be good as well. At school, Linda joins the dance club as her extra-curricular activity. She often performs Balinese traditional dances at her village temples as well. Naturally, she loves learning art & culture subject the most at school.

SPONSORED BY MADELINE

Komang

Current Grade: 7

Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 2 months

Komang is the youngest of three. He has an older sister and an older brother. Both of his siblings work as daily workers, a position that gives little stability and low wages. They cannot help to pay for Komang’s school fees, as they have their own lives to afford. His mother is the main breadwinner for the family since Komang’s father death a while ago. His family still owes a lot of money to pay for his father’s cremation ceremony.

When Komang had to enroll into a junior high school last year, his mother had to borrow money again to afford his uniforms, books, and entrance fee. Unfortunately, his mother is at her limit with the debts, as they also had to buy another second-hand motorbike and her mother is still paying the interest every month. They used to only own one motorbike, and that was being used by his late father. After his father’s passing, his mother had to work, and his siblings also need a motorbike to find work, so they took the loan.

When Komang’s father was still alive, they could at least afford enough food for the family. However, now Komang and his mother have to be extra-frugal and their diet is mostly rice with tofu or tempeh. His mother works as a keeper for a small warung with 12 hour work-shifts. His mother dropped out of school, so she does not have enough skills to land a better paying job.

Despite his family’s struggle, Komang is really determined and diligent with his education. Komang feels sorry for his mother for having to work so hard so much more with no significant pay increase, plus the added financial burden from the loans. Komang wishes to work in the tourism industry, so he could help and support his mother in return for all she does for him. He has seen his neighbors who get decent salaries and better quality of life from working in tourism, so he wishes to get the same opportunity in life.

Unfortunately, Komang’s mother already struggles a lot to afford their basic needs. She is afraid that she won’t be able to continue support to Komang’s school fees, as it keeps getting more expensive to have Komang attend high school. At this rate, Komang probably will have to drop out next term if he does not get sponsored.

Komang is an active boy. He enjoys any kind of sports, and is particularly fond of playing soccer with his friends at school. Physical Education or Sports is also his favorite subject to learn at school. At home, Komang always helps his mother to do various chores, so his mother can go to work without having to worry about tending to their home.

SPONSORED BY TRACY

Ardiasa

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Current Grade: 8

Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 2 months

Ardiasa is the older of two. He has a little sister, age 3, and he lives with his parents in Bangli. Both of Ardiasa’s parents dropped out of school, so they could not find any decent job with their limited skills. They mostly work as laborers in their entire lifetime. As a result, Ardiasa has been raised under extreme poverty. Their parents did not plan to have anymore kids after Ardiasa, but they had a mishap and his little sister was born. It has become even harder to feed four mouths, and Ardiasa’s mother cannot work as much as she used to since she has to take care of Ardiasa’s sister.

His parents plan to make him drop out of school, following in their footsteps, as they do not have the financial means to keep him in school. Even now, his parents still owe money to the bank for Agus’ uniforms and entrance fee when he began his junior high in grade 7.

Without a sponsorship, the cycle of poverty in Agus’ family will continue. Meanwhile, Agus has would really like to become a soldier. Agus is aware that it is nearly impossible to pursue his dream, as the competition to enroll into a military academy is fierce and strict. So, Agus will be content if he could at least graduate from a senior high, landing a job that offers a stable income in any field. He sincerely wishes that he would be able to break his family’s generational cycle of poverty.

Agus likes to go fishing with his friends when he has a day off from school. He likes it since he can bring back home some food for him and his brothers for their dinner. Agus is an active boy, and he has sports club at school as his extra-curricular activity, such as playing basketball, his favorite kind of sport. On the other hand, Agus’ favorite subject to learn at school is Religion, or Hinduism. He loves the philosophy, and his teacher is also great.

Since Agus’ family only has one motorbike, Agus has to use public transportation to go to school. The cost, although not much for an average income family, is too much for his family, which is one of the reasons why his parents do not plan to continue his school. Agus is a diligent boy. He helps and supports his family in any way he can by doing various chores or helping to take care of his younger brothers. He loves his brothers and parents, and would love to become successful to support his family.

SPONSORED BY DYLAN
SPONSORED BY DYLAN

Joni

Current Grade: 7

Years of Sponsorship Required: 5 years and 2 months

Joni is the older of two. He has a little sister, who is in grade 2 of primary school. Joni lives with his parents, sister, and grandmother. Both of Joni’s parents dropped out of school and can only work as laborers. With their limited skill, they earn way below the minimum wage, as they do not get to work every day. His grandmother is elderly and cannot work anymore, she mostly stays at home and makes offerings.

Joni’s family is deep in debt from the cremation ceremony of his grandfather and to repair their house. Their debt is about $4,800 and they cannot take any more loans in the bank. When Joni advanced to his current school, he had to wear his primary school uniforms for a few months until one of his neighbors kindly lent some money to his parents. They just completed paying off the debt for his uniforms this month. Joni’s parents are going to make him drop out of school since their situation is really bad. They can barely afford food for the family and if Joni drops out of school, he will at least be able to work as a laborer and contribute to the family. However, Joni pleaded to his parents to let him continue school. Joni really needs a sponsorship in order to keep him in school. The reason why Joni is really determined to finish his education to a senior high at the very least is that he dreams of becoming a mechanic. Automotives fascinate him and he hopes he could work in that industry. Joni is an active boy, as his hobby is bicycling with his friends. His favorite subject is, no surprise, physical education or sports. He also joins the Kabaddi club at school as his extra-curricular activity.
SPONSORED BY DYLAN

Luh Meri

Current Grade: 6

Years of Sponsorship Required: 6 years and 2 months

Both of Meri’s parents dropped out of school, hence their limited skills to earn money. Their combined income is way less than the minimum wage, so they struggle to feed and clothe the girls, much less keeping them in school. More often than not, the family share one package of instant noodle with rice for their dinner due to how short they are with money.

Twelve-year-old Meri Meri is the older of two sisters. Her little sister is not of school age yet, so her mother mostly stays at home to take care of her, while regularly cooks fried rice to be sold in the warung by temple when there are special events or ceremonies. Meanwhile, Meri’s father is a woodcarving laborer, whose job relies heavily on the custom-made order, so he does not get to work a lot in a month.

Meri is supposed to graduate from primary school this June, then advance to the junior high or secondary school in July. Unfortunately, without a sponsorship, Meri will have to drop out of school and wait for a year or two until her parents could save up enough money to afford her new uniforms, entrance fee, books, and other supplies.

Despite the hardships in her life, Meri remains cheerful and bright. She diligently goes to school, as she loves learning and studying. Her favorite subject is Bahasa Indonesia, and she joins the girl scouts as her extra-curricular activity. Meri’s motivation to stay in school is so she could pursue her dream and career in working abroad as a chef. She has seen some people from her village who work abroad and become financially successful. She wishes the same for herself and her family. Meri is desperate to break free from her family’s generational poverty.

Meri goes to school with her friend when her father cannot take her to school. Her hobby is playing slime with her friends, although she rarely buy it and always borrow her friends.’

SPONSORED BY ADELE

Arya

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Current Grade: 6

Years of Sponsorship Required: 6 years and 2 months

Arya is the third child out of four. He has two older sisters and a younger sister. His oldest sister is in senior high and is sponsored through BCP. Arya and his second older sister need a sponsorship to continue their education since they are fatherless. His little sister is still in grade 5, so she does not need a sponsorship until another year. Arya and his siblings live only with their grandparents, as their father passed away when Arya was merely 6 years-old. Meanwhile, their mother left the four siblings behind to go back to her maiden hometown and remarry in north Bali.

Fifteen-year-old Dinda is the second child of four kids. She has an older sister, who is in grade 11 and already sponsored through BCP, and a younger brother in grade 6, who is also in our current waiting list named Gusti Ngurah Arya, and a little sister in grade 5.

Dinda and her siblings have been raised by their grandparents, ever since her father passed away when Dinda was in grade 2. Their mother left the children to go back to remarry in her hometown in north Bali. The kids have never heard from or are not in contact withtheir mother for years.

Dinda’s grandparents are already at their retirement years. They are not able to work much and earn enough money to provide basic needs for the kids. Since Dinda’s grandparents only graduated from primary schools, they do not have notable skills, and are limited to work as construction laborers. Due to their age, they cannot do hard work as well.

Dinda has a noble dream. She wishes to become a doctor. She even joins the Youth Red Cross club at school as her extra-curricular activity in the hopes that her medical knowledge would be of help anytime her family or anyone need medical assistance. However, Dinda is aware that it is impossible to get into medic school unless she gets a full-ride scholarship, and the competition of it is strict, as her family does not have the financial means to fund her high school, much less a higher education in the university.

Dinda’s hobbies are drawing and singing. They do not cost much and she enjoys them a lot. Art & Culture is her favorite subject to learn. Her teacher is also great in teaching the students. Like her brother, she has dance practice in a studio in her village every Sunday.

SPONSORED BY DORIS

Dinda

Current Grade: 6

Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 2 months

Dinda is in a dire need of a sponsorship, as she will graduate from her current junior high school in June. Afterward, Dinda is supposed to continue her basic education to a senior high school. However, without a sponsorship, Dinda and her family cannot afford the senior high school expenses, which are much more expensive than her current school. Even now, her grandparents struggle to feed and clothe the four siblings. Dinda could go this far in her education because her grandparents took personal loan in the local village bank. Unfortunately, they are at their credit limit and cannot incur more debt to cover Dinda’s and her siblings’ high school expenses.

All the siblings have been raised by their grandparents so far. Now elderly, the grandparents are no longer as strong or productive as they once were. Having only completed primary school, they are limited to working as laborers. With their modest income—below the minimum wage—they struggle to provide enough food for Arya and his siblings. To help make ends meet, Arya and his grandmother prepare offerings to sell whenever labor jobs are unavailable.

Without a sponsorship, Arya will have to follow his grandparents’ footsteps and drop out of school this June, after completing primary school at grade 6. As a boy, Arya loves dancing and playing gamelan as his hobbies since they tie him to the root of his Balinese culture. He enjoys the practices and performances with his friends every Sunday in a studio in his banjar or village. He even won a couple competition in Balinese story telling in his district and school.

Due to Arya’s creative nature, it is natural that he loves learning art and culture the most. His scores are pretty good at school. Arya also joins the dance club at school as his extra-curricular activity after school.

SPONSORED BY DORIS

Bagia

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Current Grade: 9

Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 2 months

Bagia is the oldest of four. He has a younger brother, age 11 and is in grade 5 of primary school, and two little sisters, age 6 and 4. His family is extremely impoverished. Both parents quit school due to poverty, and they are planning to make Bagia quit school as well after he graduates from his current school in June. They totally cannot afford senior high school since they cannot even get Bagia new shoes and school backpack that are already worn out.

They also still have $150 loan from their neighbor for their living expenses, as they do not have anything to put into the mortgage for the bank. His parents can only work as laborers, earning less than the minimum wage every month. Meanwhile, Bagia is a boy with good ambition. He wishes to continue his education until he graduates from the senior high at the very least. Bagia really hopes that he could one day pursue a career at the cruise line since he has seen other villagers who work there and earn a good amount of money. Bagia wishes to be able to help his family break free from the cycle of their generational poverty. Due to his high motivation to stay in school, Bagia even works as a laborer and makes some bamboo skewers to earn extra money when he does not have classes. However, the money mostly is given to his parents to buy more food and essential supplies. Bagia is an active boy as well. His hobby is playing volleyball at school with his friends. He also joins the volleyball club at school as his extra-curricular activity. Bagia is older than his peers since he started school late, as his parents had to save up some money first to put him to primary school.
SPONSORED BY CAGDAS

Wira

Current Grade: 9

Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 2 months

Wira is older than his peers of the same grade because his family could not afford to enroll him to school in time. Wira is the third child out of four. He has two older sisters and a little sister. All of his siblings are sponsored through BCP as well due to their extreme poverty. BCP has known this family since the children were quite young. The parents have always been very loving and kind to the children, but the poverty is excruciating.

His oldest sibling graduated a couple of years ago, and currently works, but she has to pay off her debt and support the family a little. His older sister is still at school, same as his younger sister. Wira lives with his parents and his father is the sole breadwinner, even with his limited skill as a laborer, earning less than half of the minimum wage to feed their family.

Neither of Wira’s parents completed their basic education. His mother could not even read and write, and she has a disability with her hands so she cannot work at all. Fortunately, all of the children are passionate about their schooling and are desperate to change their lives through education. Unfortunately, without a sponsorship, Wira will have to drop out of school, especially since he is going to continue to a senior high school in July, where school fees are much more expensive than his current school.

Wira likes learning physical education or sports at school the most. Naturally, he scores best in said subject. He is an active boy, so he joins the marching order club, whose activity revolves around march walk practice like trooping for flag raising ceremonies. There is a marching line creation competition every year for high schools and he aims to join it with his club team.

Wira’s hobby is running, as it is free and liberating for him to run as fast and as much as he wants. He enjoys the competitive streak of the activity as well. Wira’s dream is to work for a cruise line. His sister works abroad and makes a good amount of money, and he wishes to be able to do the same. His long-life dream is to enable his parents to live worry free without any financial burden.
SPONSORED BY STEPHANIE