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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

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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!!

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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 [...]

EBPP Music Programme Latest Developments – First Recorder Classes in EBPP Schools

Edi, one of our dedicated music teachers, assists students from the EBPP Cegi School during their first lesson with the recorders.

By Elia Simantov

One of the EBPP Jatituhu School’s students demonstrating what she has learned in Bang’s first music class in the village.

28th November, 2010 – 20th January, 2011: On Thursday, 11th January, our good friend and brilliant musician Bambang Sri Handoko (aka Bang) joined us at the EBPP Jatituhu School for [...]

EBPP Music Team’s November Workshops – Developing Guitar & Performing Skills

Bang and Wayan play together after the workshop at the EBPP Cegi School

By Elia Simantov

Members of the music team listen attentively as Bang explains to them about the basics of playing a solo on the guitar.

On Friday, 26th November, EBPP’S music team came to our Denpasar office for a hands-on weekend workshop to immerse them in many new and valuable training and musical experiences [...]

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