Caring for the community

Community Care

We take pride in our community.  We have identified a number of worthy projects that we actively support.
You can assist us in our efforts to help others by contributing to any of all of our Community Care projects.  

Below is a summary of our projects; each has different needs and welcome any support.   If you would like to assist, or if you know of anyone who might be interested.  Please drop us a line.

NOTE - no funds are given directly to the school or orphanage projects.  Instead, we supervise construction, order, and pay for all works or materials. Ensuring that 100% of funds go directly to the projects.

Our projects for 2006 are:

Y.P.A.C - A specialist school, catering to the needs of the physically and mentally handicapped.
Desmond has been sponsoring Nyoman Purnawan and his family for the past 6 years.  Nyoman, a twin was born with Cerebral Palsy.  He was 'found' at the age of 4, living in a dugout hole with his father, twin brother and 70 year old grandmother. 

His mother sadly passed away shortly after his birth, and his father Wayan Ganti has had to support the family (One older son Wayan) ever since.  The family lived in desitute poverty, with only a sheet of asbestos roofing to protect them from the monsoon rains.

Over the years, Desmond and friends have built Wayan Ganti and his family a modest home, connected town water supply and subsidised the education for the children.

Until 2003, the local school would not take Nyoman, due to his handicap. Finally at the age of 9, he was enrolled into the specialist school in Jimbaran where he now lives 5 days a week, returning on the weekend to his father.

The school has 35 pupils, 18 of which live full time at the facility.  The age range is from 5-18yrs.  The School is in very bad need of teaching aids, sports equipment, writing materials, books, fridge for the kitchen, almost everything is needed.

Pictured is Made (left) and Nyoman shortly after the construction of their new home - 2001.  Despite efforts and payoffs, the local school would not accept Nyoman.  Finally, once he was old enough to leave the village, we placed him at YPAC - where he is now the best student in the school ! 

Had Nyoman remained in the village, he would surely have become the village idiot. Unable to speak Indonesian, read, write, count or be mobile.  The change in this little boy's life has been significant.  Help us to help him and others like him.

Panti Asuhan Salam, Tabanan - (Tabana Orphanage) We have been supporting this Christian Orphanage since 1998 - and in the beginning, we supported them with the construction of new bathrooms, new kitchen, dining facility, office and general improvement of the facilities.  The orphanage receives children from all over Indonesia, and in particular, children the far eastern islands, where poverty is most rife.

There are 46 children, ranging in age from 4-17.

Thankfully, the orphanage now has a great deal more patrons than when we first assisted them in 1998, and we now direct our assistance to other projects.  We do however still receive messages / parcels from friends who wish to send used clothing to the kids.

Donations of toys, sporting equipments, rice, books, writing materials etc are all gratefully accepted.

New for 2006 - Thanks to the many generous donations received from friends overseas, we were able to complete our plans for the new basketball court at the oprhanage this year.   The court was in excess of Rp140.000.000 of which we received over half in donated funds. 

The kids were delighted with the results of the 3 months construction - and we  were delighed to see the fun in their faces and the laughter in the air. !   What's next????  Stay tuned.

For details on any of our Community care programs, please email desmond@sourcing-bali.com