Projects
As individuals and as Rotarians, we feel very fortunate to be living in Bali. Bali has been good to us, and we want to reciprocate by helping Balinese find solutions for the challenges they face. Lots of people talk about making a difference. Our club really does.
Rotary is about people helping people. Bali seems prosperous to the casual visitor. But once away from the tourist centres, the story can be very different. Yes, there is poverty here. Many children don’t go to school. There are communities without access to clean water . Many people live in inadequate housing. There are schools without books, schools with substandard toilets. There are many bright, hard-working young people with no hope of a job. Bali’s environmental issues include waste management and declining rice production. Our club’s projects address these issues and more.
Our Projects That Need Funds Before We Can Begin
All our current projects are funded.
We are pleased that all our current projects are funded. Keep checking here, however, in the near future we will have new projects that will need your support and funding.
Our Projects in Process
Our club’s major focus for the year, this project will provide a reliable water supply to five elementary schools in the mountainous district of Payangan (read more).
Villagers preparing rebar for new toilet facilities
New water tank waiting to be unwrapped
Water Project in Temukus
This project brings water into a remote village and ensures year-round water availability (read more).
New water tank is celebrated with prayers & offerings
Water source for the village, high on Mount Agung
This project provides teaching and learning materials for two Ubud elementary schools and water projects in four Ubud schools. Budget $18,150. Funded by RC Kelowno Ogopogo. Matching Grant
(Left: Children receive box of new learning materials)
RCBUS accepts funds for poverty level children who are screened and selected through Yayasan YKIP. In this case a child named Carmi was chosen so she could continue her elementary school education. Private donation Budget IDR 2,500,000
Left: Carmi will be able to join her friends at school.
Our Completed Projects Now Helping People
A mobile community rice mill allows farmers to mill their own rice near their fields, retaining the money they would otherwise spend on transporting their rice to a commercial miller and paying high fees. RCBUS has implemented three mobile rice mills in nearby communities. Budget: IDR 43,160,000
Nest Box for Bali Starling
In Nusa Penida, an small island off Bali, the Bali Starlings being revived from near extinction have a new nesting place high in the trees thanks to the donation of $100 from our club. The boxes were conceived and installed by Friends of National Parks Foundation.
Teaching and learning materials are provided to a residential high school for disadvantaged teens in Peliatan, Ubud. These students come from poverty level families in remote areas of Bali and are studying for high school and tourism diplomas simultaneously. We are pleased that a great percentage of graduates find gainful employment after the training. Funded by RCs Ignacio, Novato, and Central Marin. Budget IDR 192,309,768. Matching Grant
( Above: Students receive books from RCBUS)
Pilot Waste Management and Recycling Training
Children learn to separate waste
A one year program to train students and staff of a high school plus the staff of adjacent warungs (local eateries) in recycling. Training, monitoring, bins and collection supplied by EcoBali Recycling. RCBUS sponsored two bins and will assist with monitoring. Neighbors have sponsored other bins. Private Funding IDR 4,400,000 from Bali Buddha: IDR 490,000 from RCBUS
This project will provide water to the villagers in Bayung Gede, a community of 2500 with no access to water during the dry season. The project provides piping, a generator, a pump and 2 water storage tanks. The villagers provide labour. RC Seaside District Simplified Grant. IDR 98,161,000. Funded by RCs Seaside, Warrenton, Tillamook, North Tillamook, Forest Grove Daybreak, USA, RC Manningham Australia, and private donations.
Funded by RCs Ignacio, Foster City, Colorado Springs, Menlo Park, this collaborative project provided a well and two water tanks to a poor village in the very dry area of Karangasam. Project carried out by RC Bali Ubud and administered by RCBUS. MG #72665 Budget $10,000.
This project enabled villagers to complete a partially constructed bridge in the area of Kerta, Tabanan, Bali, as well as providing access to the bridge via approx 300 meters of track road access on either side of the bridge. This new bridge will reduce travel time by at least one hour to fields, markets and schools for over 2,000 people. Direct donation by anonymous RCBUS member. Budget $1,000.
Left: Bridge, uncompleted state
Below: completed bridge, and right: access road
One of the steeeeep bridge access roads.
Funded by RC Paso Robles, this project provided books and sports equipment to the Bukian elementary school #1 in the district of Payangan. District Simplified Grant by RC Paso Robles Budget $1500 and donation from RC Manningham
(Left: Learning tools open a whole new world to children)
This project provided training for Balinese rice farmers in the system of rice intensification, which can increase yields while using less rice seed and water and without agricultural chemicals. Over 200 communal rice organization (subak) leaders all from over Bali have been trained and they have passed the training on to farmers in their communities. Private Funding (Funding Network UK) Budget IDR 710,000,000
(Above: Farmers learn organic cultivation techniques)
This project provided a mobile community rice mill to help farmers optimize their crop by saving on transport and milling costs and retaining the milled by-products. Two Grants: IDR 25,000,000 (Direct Action Program grant – the Australian consulate) + IDR 7,000,000 (Funding Network UK)
This project provided transportation, medical insurance and associated costs for two volunteer teachers to travel to Pulau Besar island off of Flores and teach basic literacy there for one year. Funded by RC Bali Ubud Sunset with a budget of IDR 10,000,000.
Funded by RCs Ignacio, Woodside and Central Marin, this project provided teaching and learning materials to four Ubud schools, water for one school, school supplies to Panti Asuhan and camera equipment for multimedia courses to Campuhan College. Budget US$24,633. Matching Grant
(Left: Rotaractor Rashid delivers books to elementary school.)
Elementary Schools: Literacy
Funded by RC Redding Riverview Sunset this project provided teaching and learning materials to four Ubud schools. Because of a favorable exchange rate, we were also able to provide a printer to Campuhan College. Budget US$17,525 Matching Grant
Community Service: IT support
RC Carringbah, Australia, brought IT volunteers to Bali to provide advice/support for Campuhan College. Self-funded
Funded by Diane Parker and friends, eight kindergartens in Tampak Siring were supplied with books and building blocks. Private Funding Budget IDR 5,180,248.
(Kindergarten children receive their first books.)
Mobile Community Rice Mill (#2)
Serving the communities of Payangan (650 hectares of rice fields in five subaks) and Taro (365 hectares of rice fields in five subaks (rice fields), this mobile community rice mill helps farmers optimize their crop by saving transport and milling costs and retaining the milled by-products. Grant via Australian Consulate, Australian Direct Action Program. Budget IDR 27,500,000
Funded by RC Ignacio, RC Novato and RC Central Marin, this project provided water tanks, deep wells and toilets for five Ubud schools. Budget US$15,022. Matching Grant
(Left: High tank supplies water to elementary school)
Community Service: Playground Renovation
Funded by private donations from Diane Parker and friends, Rtns Janet Molloy, Sue Winski, Lloyd Hassencahl, Alisa Chazani and Marilyn Carson, RCBUS repaired, painted and added playground equipment as a community service working with teachers and village leaders. Rtn Janet Molloy also installed a wash basin, painted the classroom inside and out, and donated numerous books. Private Funding IDR 5,238,800
Campuhan College: Funded by RCs La Jolla Golden Triangle, Alexandria, Minneapolis, and Minneapolis South, this project provided 15 Mac laptops, two external tera back-up hard drives and a dry box to Campuhan College. This equipment is used to teach technical skills in multi-media and graphic design to high-achieving sponsored students from poverty-level families. This training will allow young people to move into well-paying jobs or open their own businesses. 100% of students who complete this training have found jobs, or continued their education. Budget $14,950. Matching Grant
(Above: Teens from poor families learn livelihood skills)
Disaster Relief
Donations to victims of the Java floods, Yogyakarta earthquake and Sumatra earthquake including AUD$2,000 from RC Manningham. Total donated IDR 28,381,828.
Sumba Water Tanks/Toilets: Funded by RCs Seaside, Astoria, Portland Pearl and Lake Oswego (district 5100), this project provided 34 community rainwater catchment tanks and 196 family composting toilets in a very poor, dry area of Sumba. Budget $25,487 Matching Grant
(left, a Sumba family stands proudly in front of their first toilet.)
Rotaract Library Project: Funded by RC Ignacio via a balance from MG #69874, this project provided library books to several rural elementary schools in Payangan, along with activities and games which encouraged children to read for pleasure. IDR 9,000,000
(Left: Ubud’s Rotaractors encourage a love of reading)