Sponsor a Child for School

When Don and I first came to Bali we loved the land, the people, the colorful sights, and we made friends with one Balinese young man, by the name of Mad Widia and subsequently with his family.

On that first trip, Made took us into his home, dressed us in traditional clothing, took us to the Temple and offered us rice and vegetables to eat. And he took me to a seer, a man about 115 years old. After looking through into smoking incense through a hollow reed, he told me that we would be living in Bali someday. Now, ten years later, we find ourselves living in Bali, which he knew over 10 years ago.

On that first visit to Made’s home we were offered a meal of rice and vegetables and coconut curry. It was such a good meal which they themselves never got to eat but once a week. But they wanted to give their best to us, their guest. Later I found out that they helped Balinese people too. A lawyer now, a poor Balinese student then, once was invited to stay at Made’s house for four months during his studies, as he did not have the funds himself at that time. Although they were poor and had little extra to give, they did. Made’s family is very gracious, with a deep sense of ethics and a desire to help others, regardless of their status and means.

After a few years, we decided to help our Balinese friend Made go through training to be a Tour Guide, a training which took him one year. He now has a wife and three children, and he now can support his family with grace. He is still living in his family compound, his parents are gone and Made Widia has become the head of the family now.

We are currently working on helping children go to school and finish their education:
When we started to lead seminars in Bali, our group participants wanted to help as well. One year, our seminar group decided to collect enough money to help three children go through school and get a better education.

We now would like to extend that opportunity to help to you as well.  You may wish to help others, but you want to make sure your donation goes into the right hands.

All too often big organizations use up a large portion of the donations received, just to maintain the organization and advertisement budget for it.

SCHOOL FUNDS:

We have created a fund for children of poor families, who have a child that shows very good scholastic promises. Higher school education for the children is a way for the family to move out of the cycle of poverty. Often the poorer families are not able to pay the monthly school fees and are not able to provide for the books and the school uniform. All too often find the children are forced to end school at too early of an age.

With your donation we will find good students from poor families, and will allow them to complete their education, or even go onto higher training.

Here is how you can help:

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On this blog we will update you on the children you sponsor and add information every year about their whereabouts.

Donate here for the HELP SCHOOL CHILDREN project via Credit Card or PAY PAL or Bank Wire

  • by Credit Card or by PAY PAL for which we can send you a PAY PAL Payment request
  • You can do a bank transfer to our DONATION ACCOUNT in BALI

CHILDREN SCHOOL FUND:

Kontoinhaber Name: Made Arsa
in: Desa Bondalem, Singaraja, Bali

Bank: BCA Singaraja, KCU Singaraja
Stadt/Land: Indonesia, Singaraja, Bali
Swift-Code: BLZ: CENA IDJA
Konto Nr.: 827 031 38 42

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