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 Listiani

Current Grade: 11
Years of Sponsorship Required: 1 years and 7 months

18 year old Kadek is in grade 11 or the second year of senior high school. This means she has one year and seven months left at school until her graduation. She goes to a vocational senior high school of tourism in Gianyar.

Kadek Listiani is the older of two children in her family. She is supposed to have an older sister but she passed away when she was a baby. She only has a little brother who is in grade 9 or final year of junior high school. Her younger brother is already sponsored through BCP.

Kadek’s parents and brother live in Bangli regency.
Due to her family’s poverty, Kadek has been raised by her maternal grandmother who lives in Gianyar, so Kadek lives in Gianyar as well with her grandmother and goes to school in the area. Kadek’s parents decided to put her with her grandmother to ease their financial burden. Kadek goes back to her parents’ home when they have religious holidays. Then she will help her parents with chores and their labor work when she is home.

Due to her grandmother’s old age, her grandmother is not as productive as when Kadek was still in primary and junior high. Now Kadek is in senior high, where the expenses are a lot more than the junior high. Kadek still owes her school USD 60, which to her family is a lot. She will have to drop out by the end of this semester if she cannot pay her school fees.

Kadek’s parents dropped out of school in junior high. So, Kadek is the most educated in her family by attending senior high. It would be a shame if she has to give up on her dream and follow her parents’ footsteps.

Kadek actually has a dream of becoming a professional running athlete. Running is her hobby since it’s free and liberating for Kadek. However, she knows that being an athlete in our country will not pay much.

So, Kadek would like to go into the hospitality field where she will be able to earn at least more than being a laborer like her parents. Her parents work in the field, taking care of plants. As laborers, they don’t get to work every day since their job is based on demand.

Kadek really wants to continue her school, graduate from the senior year, then earn her diploma, so she could get a decent job in the future. She would like to break free from the cycle of poverty.

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Wayan Hapi

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 7 months

Fifteen year old Hapi is in grade 10 or first year of senior high school. This means she has two years and seven months left at school until her graduation. She goes to a regular senior high school in Bangli.

Wayan Hapi is the oldest of three children in her family. She has a little sister in grade 4 and a little brother in grade 2 of primary school. Wayan Hapi almost dropped out of school after graduating from her junior high this June. Fortunately, we found her and could negotiate with her school to pay half of her entrance fee using our emergency fund, so Hapi could still enroll into her new school. Hapi goes to a regular government school in another district, but still in the same regency as her hometown.

Hapi’s father had permanently injured his right hand, which is his dominant hand. So, Hapi’s father cannot work as a laborer and can only work as a handyman who fixes and repairs electronics. Unfortunately, he rarely gets customers and cannot earn enough to even feed the family. Hapi’s mother is the sole breadwinner in her family. She works as a daily worker or laborer in the field. She also does not get to work every day, as her work depends on the demand.

Hapi’s family cannot afford her senior high expenses, but they want her to become successful unlike her parents, who dropped out of school in primary school. Hapi also wishes to break the generational poverty that has been haunting her family by getting a good and better job than being a laborer. In order to get a decent job, Hapi would have to at least graduate from a senior high school.

Hapi almost dropped out when she graduated from primary school as well, almost following her parents’ footsteps. Fortunately, her primary school teachers supported her after seeing how Hapi had a talent in the athletic field. Hapi’s shoes are already torn but she still wears them since she does not have anything else. Currently, Hapi has a school debt of USD 190, as her parents also still owe about $200 in the village bank to cover Depi’s junior high school expenses and their basic living expenses.

Hapi dreams big. She aspires to work abroad so she could earn and save a lot of money for a few years, then she plans to come back to Bali to open a business or settle down afterward. Hapi likes playing sports and she likes playing badminton the most, although she always borrows her friends’ equipment to play.

Hapi also helps her family with extra money by working as a daily worker like her mother when she has a day off from school or a school break. She could earn USD 4 per day and she gives the money to her mother to buy their staples and other daily needs.

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Budinarta

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 7 months

Eighteen year old Budi is in the first year of senior high school or grade 10. So, as of December, Budi has two years and seven months left at school until his graduation. Budi goes to a regular senior high school in Bangli, majoring in the Linguistic Program.

Budi has a little sister in grade 6 and a four year old little brother. His family is so poor that they received housing support from the government in 2018 since they previously lived in a shack.

Budi’s parents only graduated from primary school. Meanwhile, Budi was late in enrolling into the primary and junior high school due to his family’s extreme poverty. That’s why Budi is older than his school peers. Usually, students who are as old as Budi would have been in grade 12.

Budi’s parents only work as laborers in the field when there is a job demand. Budi sometimes works along with his parents in order to afford his school supplies. Budi’s former teacher even had to buy him a pair of shoes since his old ones were already broken and torn. Budi’s mother could only give Budi allowance money to buy a meal or drink for USD 13 cent.

Budi aspires to become a police officer since he thinks the job would grant him a stable income with benefits. However, the probability of Budi getting accepted into the police academy is very small. So, Budi would be happy if he could land any kind of decent job that will pay him better than being a laborer like his parents.

Budi joins the sports club at his school for his extra-curricular activity. His hobby is playing soccer with his friends at school. His family only has one old motorbike, so Budi often hitches a ride with his friend who rides a motorbike and goes to the same school.

Budi’s family already has a debt in the local village bank around $200. They cannot take any more loans, so Budi almost dropped out of school after he completed his junior high in June. Budi still owes his current school $195 and will have to drop out if he cannot pay it by the end of this year. So, we negotiated with his school and paid half of the school entrance fee using our emergency fund in order to keep Budi at school.

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Kadek Dwi

Current Grade: 7
Years of Sponsorship Required: 5 years and 7 months

Thirteen year old Dek Dwi is in grade 7 or first year of junior high school. This means she has five years and seven months left at school until she could earn a senior high school diploma. She goes to a government junior high school in Bangli regency.

Dek Dwi is the middle child. She has a younger brother who is in grade 6. She also has an older sister who has been sponsored through BCP and is in grade 10. Without a sponsorship, her older sister would have to drop out of school.

Dek Dwi is on the brink of dropping out of school as well. She barely could continue to grade 7, which is the first year of junior high, when school fees are starting to get too expensive for poverty-stricken family like Dek Dwi’s.

Both of Dek Dwi’s parents work as laborers, earning way below the standard minimum wages. They dropped out of school in primary grade as well, so they have extremely limited skills to find a better job.

Dek Dwi lives in a shack in an extremely remote area with cliffy terrains at the bottom of the hills. When it rains, Dek Dwi’s family would be stuck at home, as the dirt road would be filled with water. So, on rainy days, Dek Dwi’s parents would not be able to go to work.

The family shares one room to sleep. They also own one old motorbike for their work needs and to take the kids to school. Dek Dwi always helps her mother with her work as a daily laborer during her day off school.

Dek Dwi shares the same dream as her sister, which is to become a teacher. She lives in a really remote area and the only good role model that she has seen and known is her teacher.

Dek Dwi does not have any particular hobbies. She considers studying as her hobby. Her family will have to make her drop out of school if they keep accumulating debt for Dek Dwi’s school next year as they have been.

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Made Novianti

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 1 year and 7 months

Novi, soon to be 18 years old, is a second-year senior high school student or 11th grader from Gianyar.

Novi has an older brother who just graduated from senior high school. Her brother has not gotten any stable job so he could not help with Novi’s school fees. Meanwhile, he also still has debt to pay from his senior high school expenses. Novi’s little sister is still in kindergarten.

Novi’s parents dropped out of school, so they could only work as laborers. They earn less than the minimum wage by doing miscellaneous labor work such as working at the rice-field or construction sites.

Novi has never paid her school fees since she began her senior high school as a freshman last year. She still owes her school $350 and she will have to drop out of school soon if she does not pay it.

Novi majors in Culinary Arts since she aspires to become a chef in a vocational senior high school of tourism. Cooking has been Novi’s hobby since her parents often have to work during the day. Although her passion is in the culinary arts, Novi chose Spa Club as her extra-curricular activity. She likes learning how professional spa treatment is being curated and delivered.

Since her family only has one motorbike, Novi always hitches a ride with her friend to go to school.

In order to help her family to earn some more money, Novi works by making offerings and babysits for her neighbor, but she does not always get to do that job. On average, Novi earns $1 per day and it is nowhere near enough to afford her school expenses.

 

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Nyoman Suka

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 7 months

Nyoman Suka, age 14 and in grade 8, is the youngest of three.  Nyoman’s previous sponsor stopped, meaning he is now likely to drop out of school.

Suka could go this far in school thanks to his previous sponsor, who unfortunately had to stop. So, Suka will be forced to drop out of school if he does not get re-sponsored soon. His sister and mother earn just enough to afford their living expenses.

His father passed away in 2011 from a liver disease. He’s been living only with his mother, sister, and grandfather. His mother is a laborer, working at the rice-field for other people and gets paid $5 per day when she gets to work. She also makes offerings to be sold in nearby warung or the market.

His sister had not been able to find a stable work as well due to the recession caused by the pandemic. She’s currently working as a daily worker and sometimes takes labor work as well. She has been applying to get another job for a better income and is currently waiting for any offers that will give her a better salary.

His grandfather is too old to work now and he also has asthma. His mother also suffers from a uric acid condition, which often results in swollen kneecap, rendering her unable to work oftentimes.

Suka has been helping his family by doing various chores when he’s not studying. He feeds the livestock that his family raises, although the livestock are owned by another person, so they would only get half of the profit later.

Suka aspires to become an architect after witnessing how the tourism industry was suffering during the pandemic. He wants to be successful and to earn more money so he could afford things and not live in poverty anymore.

Komang Suka likes to play play any kind of sports as his hobby. He is part of the futsal club at his school as his extra-curricular activity. His favorite subject is Bahasa Indonesia.

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Linda Adnyani

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 7 months

Linda, who will turn 16 years old next month, is the younger of two siblings in Badung Regency.

She has an older brother who graduated from a senior high school and currently works as a daily worker. Her brother was able to go to senior high school because her parents took quite a hefty loan to afford the brother’s school expenses. They are still paying off the debt to this day and they cannot take any more loans to afford Linda’s school expenses unfortunately.

Prior to the pandemic, they could still take some loans and pay them off bit by bit, also hoping that the brother would work and pay off the debt for his school fee, repairing their house, and buying the brother an affordable motorbike so he could go to school. The family planned to have the brother work so he could also help in paying Linda’s school fee. Unfortunately, the pandemic happened. They now can only pay the interest fee by month just to avoid the penalty.

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Puspita

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 7 months

Puspita, 16, is the youngest of four sisters in Buleleng. Puspita is an orphan since both of Puspita’s parents passed away when she was young, so Puspita has been raised by her sisters ever since.

Puspita almost dropped out of school in the beginning of the pandemic since her sisters could not afford her school expenses anymore. Fortunately, Puspita was sponsored for a while and this is why she could go this far in school. Unfortunately, her sponsor had to stop and Puspita will have to drop out if she does not get sponsored soon.

Two of her oldest sisters already graduated from senior high school thanks to scholarships at Bali Mandara. It used to be the best municipal senior high school in Bali and extremely competitive. The oldest sister is married, while the second oldest works as a shopkeeper. Puspita’s other older sister just graduated and is still looking for a job, so she cannot help with Puspita’s school expense. Currently, Puspita lives with her second oldest sister who rents in a room in North Bali near her workplace. Puspita always helps with her works when she is not busy with her studies. She also sometimes babysits her niece to help her oldest sister.

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Kadek Juli

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 7 months

Juli, age 15, is the younger of two. He has an older sister, who’s sponsored through BCP and already graduated from senior high school. They live in Karangasem.

His family could not afford any of his new school’s expenses, as they are poverty stricken. His sister’s income is used to cover their living expenses and pay off their debt. Fortunately, Juli was sponsored for a while so he could go this far in school.

As a 9th grader, Juli is supposed to enroll to a Senior High next year in July, which will be significantly more expensive than Junior High and it is so difficult for poor families to afford. Juli has three years and ten months left in school until he could graduate from the senior high.

Juli and his sister only live with his mother and grandmother. His father committed suicide in January 9, 2015 due to prolonged suffering of heart cancer. His father had been having the disease for a long time; he got checked and received minimum treatment at the hospital, but due to lack of money to cover the expenses of his medication and surgery, his father got sent back home from the hospital.

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Nyoman Cinta (Twin of Ketut Sinta)

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 1 years and 7 months

Cinta is the older twin, as well as the middle child of five siblings. She has two older sisters, a twin little sister and a little brother.

Her parents got divorced when she was a 5th grader. Komang Cinta has been raised by her grandparents and father ever since in Badung Regency.

Cinta and her twin sister are 17 years old and are in 11th grade or second year of senior high. They have one year and a year and 9 months left until their graduation from senior high.

Cinta and her twin were sponsored for a while and thanks to her previous sponsors, they could go this far in school. Unfortunately, their sponsors had to stop so they are on the brink of dropping out of school again, as their family cannot afford their school expenses at all.

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Ketut Sinta (Twin of Nyoman Cinta)

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 1 years and 7 months

Sinta, 17, is an 11th grader from Badung. She has only one year and nine months left in school in order to graduate and earn her diploma.

Only one of her three older sisters managed to graduate high school, and that was because she got a scholarship.

Sinta and her twin used to be sponsored and that was the reason why they could go this far in their education. Unfortunately, their sponsors had to stop, so Sinta and her twin are on the brink of dropping out of school again.

Her family has no means to afford their school expenses at all since they also have their own debt to afford their living expenses during the pandemic.

Her parents got divorced when she was a 5th grader. Sinta has been raised by her grandparents and father ever since.

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Komang Anggraeni

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 7 months

Komang, age 14, is the third child out of four. Komang is in grade 9 or the final year of junior high school and is supposed to begin her senior high school next year in June.

She has about four years left in school until she could graduate from senior high school.

Senior High will be significantly more expensive than junior school and a lot of the poorer children drop out after completing grade 9, which is the fate that will be shared by Komang as well if she doesn’t get sponsored.

She has two older sisters and a little brother who’s still in primary school. Her oldest sister is currently working as a daily worker in a small restaurant in Gianyar. Due to the pandemic, her sister could only earn around $80 per month, which is way below the minimum wage. The oldest was sponsored through BCP and graduated high school. Before the pandemic, her oldest sister could earn at least the minimum wage.

Her other sister just graduated from senior high school as well and was also sponsored through BCP. Both of her sisters would have dropped out of school after finishing primary school if it weren’t for their sponsorships. Her older sister could only work as a daily worker and her income is only enough to cover for her own living expenses. Neither of Komang’s sisters can help with her school fees.

Her father is sickly and can’t work as much as he used to, being a laborer. Her mother only sells offerings and forages veggies.

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Ketut Putri (Sister of Nyoman Sri)

Current Grade: 8
Years of Sponsorship Required: 4 years and 7 months

Putri, age 13, is the fourth child out of five. She is the younger sister of Nyoman Sri. She has a little brother and three older sisters.

She lives only with her brother, older sister, and father. Her mother passed away four years ago. She and her older sister often help their father work in the rice-field in Tabanan.

Putri is in grade 8, the second year of junior high school. This means she still has four years and ten months left in school until she could graduate from the senior high school and earn the diploma.

Currently, her father still owes $450 at the local banks to afford their living expenses, including paying for her uniforms. This prohibits him from paying school fees as he can’t get a loan.

Putri is tasked with taking care of her little brother ever since her mother passed away. She helps him with his school work, while her older sister does other chores. Her two oldest sisters dropped out of school and currently work as a shop keeper and a laborer in Badung. They live separately by renting a room there.

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Nyoman Sri (Sister of Ketut Putri)

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 7 months

Sri, 16, is the middle child of 5 in Tabanan. Sri is now in 9th grade, the final year of junior high school. She will enroll into a senior high school next year, so Sri has about three years and ten months left until she could graduate from senior high school.

 

Sri has two older sisters, a younger sister, and a little brother. She and her younger sister need sponsorships in order to not drop out of school. Fortunately, Sri and younger sister were sponsored for a while, so they did not have to drop out of school. Unfortunately, their sponsor had to stop, so Sri and her sister will have to drop out of school if they don’t get sponsored soon. Both of her older sisters dropped out of school. Currently, they work as a shop keeper and a laborer in Badung. They rent a room together and live separately from Sri, her father, and little siblings.

Sri’s mother passed away four years ago. Since her older sisters moved out, Sri took the role of the oldest girl in the family to do various chores and help her younger siblings.

Sri was late in enrolling into schools due to her poverty. She’s supposed to be in the 11th grade, but due to their financial limitation, Sri went into school later than her peers. She also used to follow her maternal aunt to Sulawesi for a while, but it turned out her aunt was also incapable of paying for her school in Sulawesi.

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Kadek Puspita

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 7 months

Dek Ita, 15 years old, is a 10th grader or freshman of senior high school from Jembrana. She just started her first year as a senior high school student this month. Dek Ita’s family is so poor that they received support from the government to rebuild their home a few years ago.

Dek Ita almost dropped out of school after completing her primary school. Fortunately, she was sponsored for a while and could continue school this far thanks to her previous sponsor. Unfortunately, her sponsor passed away, and Dek Ita is back on the brink of dropping out of school again if she does not get sponsored soon. The expenses of senior high school are considered exorbitant for families like hers. They cannot afford it at all.

She has an older brother, who was also sponsored through BCP and just graduated from senior high school last month. However, her older brother has not worked yet and cannot help to pay for her school expenses. Dek Ita has about three years in school left until she could graduate and earn her diploma.

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Kadek Sri

Current Grade: 10
Years of Sponsorship Required: 2 years and 7 months

Kadek Sri (Dek Sri), age 15 and in grade 10, is the second child in a large family in Jembrana. She has three years left in school in order to graduate from the senior high school.

 

She has an older sister. Her sister could go to school because their uncle covers her sister’s school expenses, although her sister also had to work in a laundry place near their home, where her mother also works as the daily worker. Her father is a laborer and doesn’t always get to work, especially during the pandemic.

Dek Sri goes to a vocational senior high school in a different regency and stays in the dorm. She could go this far in school because Dek Sri had been sponsored for a while. She would have dropped out of school if it were not for the support from her previous sponsor. Unfortunately, her sponsor had to stop, so Dek Sri is on the brink of dropping out of school again if she does not get sponsored soon, since her family could not afford her high school expenses. Her older sister earns only enough to afford her own living expenses, and she cannot help to afford Dek Sri’s school expenses.

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Putu Diva

Current Grade: 9
Years of Sponsorship Required: 3 years and 7 months

Diva, age 14 in grade 9, is the older of two. She has a little brother age 7 years old. They live with her grandmother and parents in Badung Regency.

Diva’s family does not have their own family land due to their poverty for generations. They live on a landlord’s land where they share their crops and produce with the landowner as the payment. They also raise other people’s livestock and share half of the profit from selling the mature livestock with the owner.
Her parents also work as laborers, doing odd jobs and earn $4-6 per day, depending on their job. Her parents are junior high school graduates. They already are in debt to afford their living expenses, so they couldn’t take any more loans.
Diva will have to drop out in the next year in June after she finishes her current Junior High school if she does not get sponsored. Diva was sponsored for a while. Thanks to her previous sponsor, she could go this far in school. Unfortunately, her sponsor had to stop her sponsorship.

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