Ekoturin Foundation’s East Bali Poverty Project, established in July 1998 in response to a plea for help by an isolated mountain village of over two thousand families, with no water supply, roads or electricity, has focused upon education as the force to alleviate poverty. When the foundation was first conceived, most children in this isolated area of East Bali were malnourished and illiterate, and the nearest government schools and health clinics were two to five hours mountainous walk away. Interviews in late 1998 with over 1,000 families revealed a myriad of problems, yet when asked their most urgent need, the villagers requested “education for our children so that they can lead us to a better life and a self-sufficient future”.
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