Event Calendar - all Singapore Special: With Kids in Singapore! Kuala Lumpur Visa Run: A fun trip with kids! Kecak Fire and Trance Dance in Taman Kaja Ubud - 19/08/2006

Health Corner - all Going to the beach with kids - 22/06/2008 The Power of a Gentle Birth - 22/07/2008 Have a good sleep, my Darling... - 22/08/2008

HEAL THE PLANET FOR OUR KIDS! - all Water - Source of Life... or Sickness? - 20/05/2007 A field trip to the Orangutans in Sumatra - 22/04/2008

ADD-KIT - all SIP BALI DANCER SEA TREK ADVENTURE KUDA P STABLES ROLE FOUNDATION

Book - Corner (4) Ubud Reader and Writer Festival 2007 - 22/10/2007

Life Wise Learning - all Meeting Dr. Lawrence Blair - 22/11/2007

HEALTH CORNER

Sleeping is very important to to all of us. For children sleeping is as important as play and the right food. Ni Zain put more facts about sleeping together and we hope to help that more children will get a better sleep in the future... So read a not at all sleepy article on:

"HAVE A GOOD SLEEP TONIGHT MY DARLING..."

Please still keep this warning up: A few months ago we warned all of you of the temporary tattoos you can get everywhere around town and beach. Well, another child has now marks on his legs forever because of them. Please, to all of you, pass it on how dangerous these tattoos are. Please do not use them at all. Please read the article on: www.baliforkids.com/health_corner.htm. Please, if you are doing these tattoos think twice if this is the right way to earn your money. People can be harmed for live. Thanks to all of you in spreading the word, just to save a few more kids from this dangerous temporary tattoos and the harm they are doing...

 

YKIP PROJECTS IN BALI - KUTA INTERNATIONAL DISASTER SCHOLARSHIP - Article by Rucina Ballinger from YKIP

The idea of the Kuta International Disaster Scholarship (KIDS) partnership was formed at a meeting of the Bali Recovery Group at the end of 2002. Yayasan K.I.D.S. had been started by staff of the chain store, COURTS, and was formally registered in December 2002 as a charitable non-profit organization to support the education of children who had lost one or both parents or had a parent who had been permanently injured in the Kuta bombings in October 2002. David Wood, Sara Pramana and a number of volunteers from COURTS instigated the idea to provide scholarships to these children. Mark Keatinge of YKIP had the same idea and a partnership was formed.The shared mission of the two organizations was to ensure that the children of the bomb victims could continue their education as long as they wanted (and funds permitting). A new joint organization called YKIP- YKIDS was formally established on 23 June 2003 with a Memorandum of
Understanding signed by both sides. Based on this agreement, YKIP handles the major fundraising and finances while YKIDS is mainly in charge of outreach. The YKIDS volunteers from COURTS searched for data on the children, visiting all of them in their homes and trying to assist them both morally and materially as well as giving them the courage to think positively and get on with their lives. Other organizations did this as well, and their efforts were consolidated in a database, stored originally with the Bali Hati Foundation, that is now with YKIP. This was organized through the Bali Recovery Group. “ KIDS’s mission is to ensure that the children of the bomb victims could continue their education as long as they wanted ”

Photos: top to bottom:  KIDS’ gathering party celebrating birthdays; Sherly and COURTS volunteers with a donor; victims from the 2002 and 2005 bombings at Australian Consulate’s Memorial Court, Oct 1, 2007

Since this project began in 2003, YKIP has have supported 132 children whose parents were either killed or injured in the bombing. The children of injured parents who have since recovered and returned to work are no longer supported by YKIP-YKIDS. The number of children supported decreases as they graduate from school. This program is intended to continue until all children have graduated from university in 2026. In order to keep communications open with all of the bomb victim families, in the beginning YKIDS held “Gathering Parties” every two weeks. This gave the families an anchor to hang onto and a place to get news and support. These meetings then became monthly, quarterly, and starting in 2004 biannual (at the end of every semester) and currently once a year (requested by the victims themselves to save money that would be spent on the party for education). In 2003, on October 13th (one year and one day after the bombings), an International Family Day was held at the Inna Grand Bali Beach Hotel in Sanur. All of the victims and their families from all over the world who attended the first memorial services were present. Games were played, teddy bears distributed, and souvenirs exchanged. This was a very moving event for all involved.

The YKIP-YKIDS field and admin officer, Ni Putu Sherlyana, ensures that school payments are made and all educational costs are reimbursed (such as a family purchasing school supplies for their child). She visits each of the 23 families that live on Bali at least once a semester and the seven families on Java when the opportunity arises. She knows each of the families well and helps them find the most appropriate schools for their children, lends a shoulder and a helping hand and works tirelessly to assist where she can. The project will continue for close to another 20 years and the total amount of scholarship funds expected to be disbursed by 2026 is currently estimated to be Rp. 4,840,600,224 (US$ 537,844). Suffice it to say that figure will fluctuate with inflation and the changing educational needs of the children. We currently have enough funds to ensure that each and every child in this program can continue on through senior high school (and those currently in junior and senior high school can go on to university). We still need funds to guarantee that all of these children can finish their tertiary degrees and become contributing members to their communities.

Photos top to bottom:  Melia Beach Hotel sponsored an outing in 2007; playing games; with Haji Bambang at the Bomb Memorial Site in Kuta; remembering Dad.

www.ykip.org/kembali.asp - For more information on YKIP, please go to www.ykip.org or email info@ykip.org.

ADD-KIT

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HARRIS RESORT KUTA - BIRTHDAY PACKAGE 2008 - Enjoy and celebrate a Simple, Unique and Friendly Birthday Party for your Children at Harris Resort Kuta that offers you the simply and fun Birthday Package. Come and enjoy with Harris Resort Kuta for fulfill your children happiness and joyful on their party. The Package starting from Rp. 55, 000 net per people are inclusive of sweets & snack, use of swimming pool, Harris Clown, Birthday decoration and Birthday Cake for minimum of 20 people. Other condition apply and book now at sales@harris-kuta.net or direct call to 0361 753868, fax 0361 753875

KUDA P STABLES is in Canggu and a real lovely family horse riding place. Our Bali for Kids.com test team checked out the stables and we found 7 very well looked after horses. Sauce was the pony for our test child. Sauce is 30 years old, but in perfect condition and we got told that she is crazy for small cuts of carrots, so have some with you when you go to Kuda P Stables. The 30 minutes private riding class was very well set up: Warm up with simple exercises for horse and "jockey", little easy movements on the horse, to get familiar with the feeling of being on a horse and a little ride out in the rice fields next door. All safely guided by Fran Putrawan, the Australian/English owner and trainer and her Balinese staff Koman and Ketut, who are helping her with the horses and during the classes. Fran is a so called "Horse-Woman" - She got horses and stables for more than 30 years and cannot keep her fingers off horses. I had a little 45 minutes warm up session on Pablo. Pablo and I knew we did some work after 45 minutes... It was great fun for all of us. What we loved most was the warm, familiar atmosphere in Kuda P stables. Children and adults can experience the horses in a hands on set up. Additional Kuda P is offering Therapeutic Riding for physically and mentally disabled as a form of rehabilitation. To get a ride at Kuda P, check out our Sport - Page

R.O.L.E. FOUNDATION is a relatively new Foundation started by surfers. R.O.L.E. believes we can clean up the oceans, shorelines and reefs, if we also clean up the lands, waterways and rivers that flow to them. R.O.L.E. also believes there is a direct link between Poverty and Environmental Degradation. R.O.L.E. believes by Educating, Re-Skilling and crating Eco-friendly Jobs and business, it will enable the poor and needy to make a comfortable eco-friendly income. together we can restore the balance, for the future generations. R.O.L.E. has a very alive and active website which is great to visit and see what they are doing. Find out more about the R.O.L.E. Foundation on our Social-Page.

EVENTS

Coming Events:

with Internationally Certified CNVC Trainer, Dorset Campbell-Ross
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a practical and learnable process for communicating with respect, honesty, power and compassion. Its purpose is to ensure everyone's real needs are met peacefully, without the use of blame, guilt or coercion. Through its focus on understanding emotions, NVC uses a simple four step process to quickly get to the heart of the matter, resolving misunderstandings and conflict. ~ assert yourself without hurting others ~ free yourself from destructive, negative thinking ~ transform anger into connection with others ~ eat by choice, not by habit. Dorset recommends getting familiar with NVC before attending this workshop. Visit www.cnvc.org or purchase Marshall Rosenberg's book 'NVC A Language of Life' from www.mn8love.com - Saturday & Sunday 23~24 August 2008
at Villa Gaia, Ubud

Workshops for Kids and more at the Festival - please come back for the whole program and all classes and check out our event-calendar.