Balivillas.com is cooperating with YKIP (Yayasan Kemanusian Ibu Pertiwi or "Mother Earth Humanitarian Foundation") and supporting the "YKIP KEMBALI Program" to help impoverished children whose parents cannot afford to send them to school.

"KEMBALI" means "RETURN" in the Indonesian language – and YOU can help us to help many unfortunate kids to "RETURN" TO SCHOOL!

One of the roots of poverty is the lack of basic education but it is difficult to send your children to school if you cannot afford the fees. Since the economic downturn in Indonesia in 1998, many families have found it difficult to the pay school fees for their children. The difficulties following the terrorist incident in Bali in October 2002 further increased their financial problems. Too many children have dropped out of school even before they reached the end of Junior High School; some are even quitting in Primary grades.

The "KEMBALI – Return to School Fund" is a scholarship program established in October 2004 by YKIP to assist impoverished children in Bali with their educational costs.

This program was launched in the regency of Gianyar where 5,731 families live below the poverty line. In the Gianyar region alone over one thousand children aged 5-16 are in danger of becoming school drop-outs.

You can help by sponsoring directly or indirectly a child's education – either just one year, until he or she graduates from Junior High School or until graduation from Senior High School.

The cost is about US$165 per year to educate a child in primary school and about US$260 a year for Junior High School (this includes the administrative costs). Please visit www.ykip.org/kembali.asp for details.

How can I sponsor a child?

You can contribute directly by sending funds by wire transfer to YKIP (instructions below). To make it more easy, you can use your credit card by downloading, printing and completing the KEMBALI Sponsorship Form (PDF file, 90KB) which you then have to send by fax to YKIP.

What do I receive as a Sponsor?

When YKIP receives your donation, they match you with one child (or several children in case of higher donations). The child's photograph, name, age and grade level will be sent to each sponsor electronically or through the mail.

For an additional US$50 to cover administrative costs, YKIP will also send you twice a year the child's report cards as well as photographs of his/her family and living situation. If you come to Bali YKIP will be happy to arrange a visit.

Thank you for your interest and help !

Donations by Credit Card – either one-time or monthly – can be made by downloading, printing and completing the "KEMBALI Sponsorship Form". Click here to download the Form.

Please send the completed Form by fax to +62-361 755-024:

YKIP Office
Jalan Kediri No 38
Kuta, Bali 80361, Indonesia
Phone +62-361 759-544
Fax: +62-361 755-024
Email: info@ykip.org
Website: www.ykip.org

Donations by Wire Transfer – please send funds to YKIP's General Account with a note that these funds are for the "KEMBALI Program":

Bank Permata Tbk
Denpasar Branch 601
Jl. Dewi Sartika Kav. 88
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
SWIFT CODE: BBBAIDJA
US$ Account No. 2802 163 330
Rupiah Account No. 5801 261 460

Please advise YKIP via email of your transfer (info@ykip.org) so that they may verify and acknowledge the receipt of your donation. Please include the following information with your donation: