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Teaching First Aid in the East Bali Wilderness

Aaron’s Wilderness First Aid training to enthusiastic EBPP staff in EBPP Ban office

By Lindsay White and Aaron Fishman – Volunteer Health Advisers

Aaron’s Wilderness First Aid training to enthusiastic EBPP staff in EBPP Ban office

November 27, 2011 – What do you put on a wound to stop bleeding?  Cobwebs?  Leaves?  Gasoline?

During our 2 months working with EBPP, we taught the staff quite a bit [...]

Foreigners’ Perspective of Indonesia’s 66th Independence Day by EBPP Family

Ceremony

By Andres Rico, Stijn Segers and Vinu Narayanan: MBA Volunteers from Vlerick Management School, Belgium, August 2011

Hundreds of children and families are gathering around the Indonesian flag for the morning salutation

Little imagination seemed to be required to picture a celebration day like Indonesian Independence Day. Many years had passed and with these [...]

Tackling Deadly Tuberculosis through Awareness Video & Brochures to Thousands of Children

Scene in the “doctor’s surgery”, Pengalusan & Cegi ‘stars’

 

By Aris Harianto, EBPP Marketing & PR

EBPP students from Cegi and Pengalusan learning their script before the TB drama shooting session

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most serious diseases in Indonesia and the problem is that communities, such as those in mountainous East Bali, have little chance of getting it identified [...]

EBPP SOON-TO-BE GRADUATES: FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Wanna be boy cooks try their hand into the juicer..

By Julita Mekaria, EBPP Secretary

11th May 2011 BaliEpicure presentation in EBPP Bamboo Centre

On Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 6.15 am, I went up to Daya with David Booth, Elia Simantov, (EBPP volunteer Music Teacher) and Aris Harianto (EBPP Marketing & PR) with 2 key objectives

To prepare 2 of EBPP best young [...]

POTENTIAL LOCAL BUSINESS FOR EBPP CHILDREN & COMMUNITIES: MAKING HIGH QUALITY BAMBOO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

300x300 LOGO EBPP JPG

By Elia Simantov, EBPP volunteer Music Programme Developer

30th June 2011: Towards the end of the year 2000, just over two years after David started working to alleviate the extreme poverty and dire conditions at the mountain villages of Desa Ban in East Bali, one of his visions was for the children who [...]

My East Bali Adventure

An amazing view of a dream village on a river at sunrise

By Jackie Blight

Group Photo: Jackie Blight with EBPP's art teachers and students

How the heck did I end up here?

A tiny village, waaaaay up on the side of Mount Agung Volcano on the island of Bali in Indonesia, with 15 expectant faces looking at me waiting for me to say something.

Ok [...]

3 EBPP schools Host ODFM Lombok Music Trainees in Exciting Teaching Practice Workshops: A good example of the true meaning of Terima Kasih (receive give), the Indonesian phrase for “Thank You”

The EBPP Music Team and trainers from Lombok begin the workshop at EBPP’s Cegi School, on the slopes of Mount Agung, Bali

By Eliya Simantov, EBPP volunteer Music Program Developer

The EBPP Music Team and trainers from Lombok begin the workshop at EBPP’s Cegi School, on the slopes of Mount Agung, Bali

 

7th April 2011: [...]

EBPP Music Team Join ODFM Music Workshop & Bring The Lombok Team to Ban!!

YSOI logo FINAL

By Eliya Simantov, EBPP volunteer Music Program Developer

Group Photo: Raoul Wijffels, (extreme right) EBPP's Edi & Wayan (next to Raoul)

27th March 2011: We are thrilled to tell you that the EBPP Music Team is currently participating in a very exciting training project, initiated by our good friend Raoul Wijffels and One Dollar [...]

An Amazing First Visit to East Bali Poverty Project

Photo group participants and Global Vision 2020.

By Julita Mekaria

Photo group participants and Global Vision 2020

Let me introduce myself: I am Julita Mekaria, from Jakarta, and joined EBPP on 31st January 2011 as Secretary to David Booth MBE, Founder of EBPP, with key roles to support  David, EBPP Board & EBPP team.

Working in NGO is truly my passion [...]

EBPP Music Programme Receives New Percussion Instruments from Drum Factory & Toca Percussion

Gusti and our students our having a great time as Gusti devotedly teaches them another useful percussion technique.

By Elia Simantov

David introduces Gusti at the EBPP Bamboo Learning Center in Daya, and proceeds to conduct an important motivational talk with our top students from all six EBPP schools.

8th February, 2011: After the initial visit to Ban of Ed Balma, Gusti and Bawa of the [...]

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David J Booth, Founder & Chairman

East Bali Poverty Project
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Bali - Indonesia
Tel: +62 - 361- 410071; Fax: 62 - 0361 430785