Gemma Lombok Looney
Number of posts : 591 Location : Kuta Lombok / Jimbaran Bali Registration date : 2008-07-01
| Subject: Bali Life Foundation - Children's Home - Jimbaran, Bali Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:22 am | |
| The orphanage is located in Ungasan near Jimbaran it is home to 21 children, 6 girls and 15 boys aged from 5 - 15. The home welcomes visitors and should anyone like to visit they can message me here for the contact details. For anyone that would like to make donations to the home but who does not wish to visit please contact me to arrange a pick up of your donations from your hotel anywhere in south Bali. You can see some photos of a recent visit here. Bali Life PhotosI have a pdf with more detailed information and photos which I can forward to anyone who is interested and will post the content of it here also. | |
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Gemma Lombok Looney
Number of posts : 591 Location : Kuta Lombok / Jimbaran Bali Registration date : 2008-07-01
| Subject: Re: Bali Life Foundation - Children's Home - Jimbaran, Bali Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:23 am | |
| Info from Bali Life Foundation - contact me if you would like the pdf version.
Bali Life Foundation is committed to rescuing children and raising them to have HOPE PURPOSE & DIGNITY by supporting them in their basic needs in a loving family environment. Founded by Brad & Siska Little. Brad is a landscape Gardner from Australia and has been in Indonesia eight years doing social/charitable work. His wife Siska is from Sumatra and they were married in 2004 after she finished doing her Business Degree. They have two daughters Caley 4 & Indah 2.
How it all began
Bali Life began when Brad met a nine year old boy living on the streets of Kuta, begging for money. They got to know each other and the boy asked Brad if he could move in with him and start going back to school. Siska was pregnant at the time with their first baby and they felt that it was unwise to take this young boy in. Brad met the boy again and had to explain the situation, this left Brad & Siska with a real desire within their hearts to do something more tangible for the street children of Bali, Indonesia. As a result Brad & Siska now run an eight bedroom house in south Bali which is fully staffed by Indonesia workers, taking in children who need love, care and a place to call home & family. Sadly to this day Brad has not found this young boy to tell him about Bali Life Children’s Home. But this legacy means that now many other children in need have been given a hope and a future and a family that loves and protects them.
The Bali Life Vision
· To provide a loving home full of life for orphaned abandoned and rejected children of all faiths.
· To provide physical, spiritual and emotional guidance, as well as education to the Children of Bali Life. Empowering them to become independent, responsible and successful citizens who can influence change in their own community, in Bali, in the nation of Indonesia and throughout the world.
· To reach out to the broader community through social programmes and training initiatives – to set an example to those around us through the sustainability and environmental consideration of our methods.
Current Projects
Our current facility is at capacity with 21 children in our care and four full time staff. We constantly have to turn children in desperate need away because our current building is not able to take more children in. Bali Life Foundation currently owns 3000m2 of land and has plans to build the following:
Childrens Home - A purpose built home for our children which will be a much bigger
than the facility we currently rent, with enough room to house up to 60 children plus staff.
Training Center - This will be used to enhance the workshop programme that already operates (see below) with additional training in sustainable technology and recycling e.g. hydroponics and aquaponics (fish farming).
Community Centre -This will be used for community events and will also allow us to offer the training workshops to the wider community.
Workshops
We have set up workshops to equip the children with life-enhancing practical skills and knowledge that
also aim to improve their future employability. They include: English, IT, farming, cookery, craft, music
and traditional Balinese dance.
Farming
In order to improve our sustainability we use a large proportion of our site for the farming of fruit and
vegetables such as chilis, cucumber, papaya, cassava. We also have a chicken farm where our aim is to provide an egg a day for each of the children in our care.
Local Partners
We have linked with local partners such as the Alila resort who donate basic food stuffs to the orphanage and who we also partner with for our recycling programme.
Street kids
Due to our current house being full we have had to pull back from some of the work we were engaged with on the streets of Kuta. However, we still remain a major supplier of clothes for street kids and once our new building is complete, the doors will open again for many more street kids to start a new life with us. We also seek to set up a more permanent base in Kuta where kids can come and go to recieve counselling, clothes, food and a place to sleep. This program will allow us to identify the children whose circumstances are such that they really need a place in BaliLife Children’s Home. | |
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