East Bali Poverty Project http://eastbalipovertyproject.org Help us to help them help themselves Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:13:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Teaching First Aid in the East Bali Wildernesshttp://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/12/01/teaching-first-aid-in-the-east-bali-wilderness/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/12/01/teaching-first-aid-in-the-east-bali-wilderness/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:45:08 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1814 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 [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/12/01/teaching-first-aid-in-the-east-bali-wilderness/feed/ 0 Foreigners’ Perspective of Indonesia’s 66th Independence Day by EBPP Familyhttp://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/09/28/foreigners-perspective-of-indonesian-66th-independence-day-by-ebpp-family/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/09/28/foreigners-perspective-of-indonesian-66th-independence-day-by-ebpp-family/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:44:07 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1770 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 [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/09/28/foreigners-perspective-of-indonesian-66th-independence-day-by-ebpp-family/feed/ 2 EBPP Sustenance Newsletter, Volume 10, Edition 1, July 2011http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/08/11/cat-newsletters-ebpp-sustenance-newsletter-volume-10-edition-1-july-2011/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/08/11/cat-newsletters-ebpp-sustenance-newsletter-volume-10-edition-1-july-2011/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:05:04 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1750 Dear Friends of East Bali Poverty Project

East Bali Poverty Project?s Newsletter is back reporting on our latest initiatives in our mission to empower these remote mountain communities to determine their destinies with community based sustainable social and economic development.

Children?s relevant and integrated education was the community?s first request in 1998. This year, 35 [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/08/11/cat-newsletters-ebpp-sustenance-newsletter-volume-10-edition-1-july-2011/feed/ 0 Tackling Deadly Tuberculosis through Awareness Video & Brochures to Thousands of Childrenhttp://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/19/tackling-deadly-tuberculosis-through-awareness-video-brochures-to-thousands-of-children/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/19/tackling-deadly-tuberculosis-through-awareness-video-brochures-to-thousands-of-children/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:56:54 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1687  

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 [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/19/tackling-deadly-tuberculosis-through-awareness-video-brochures-to-thousands-of-children/feed/ 1 EBPP SOON-TO-BE GRADUATES: FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENThttp://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/13/ebpp-soon-to-be-graduates-future-opportunities-for-sustainable-community-development/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/13/ebpp-soon-to-be-graduates-future-opportunities-for-sustainable-community-development/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:25:34 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1651 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 [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/13/ebpp-soon-to-be-graduates-future-opportunities-for-sustainable-community-development/feed/ 0 POTENTIAL LOCAL BUSINESS FOR EBPP CHILDREN & COMMUNITIES: MAKING HIGH QUALITY BAMBOO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTShttp://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/01/potential-local-business-for-ebpp-children-communities-making-high-quality-bamboo-musical-instruments/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/01/potential-local-business-for-ebpp-children-communities-making-high-quality-bamboo-musical-instruments/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:06:48 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1619 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 [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/07/01/potential-local-business-for-ebpp-children-communities-making-high-quality-bamboo-musical-instruments/feed/ 2 My East Bali Adventurehttp://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/31/my-east-bali-adventure/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/31/my-east-bali-adventure/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 03:35:24 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1516 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 [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/31/my-east-bali-adventure/feed/ 1 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”http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/31/3-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-%e2%80%9cthank-you/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/31/3-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-%e2%80%9cthank-you/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 03:22:04 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1473 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: [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/31/3-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-%e2%80%9cthank-you/feed/ 0 EBPP’s CORPORATE-NGO PARTNERSHIP FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION. – By David J Booth MBE & Dr Scott Younger OBEhttp://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/19/ebpp%e2%80%99s-corporate-ngo-partnership-for-poverty-alleviation-by-david-j-booth-mbe-dr-scott-younger-obe/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/19/ebpp%e2%80%99s-corporate-ngo-partnership-for-poverty-alleviation-by-david-j-booth-mbe-dr-scott-younger-obe/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 04:41:21 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1504 Press release, 6 May 2011

Reproduced with permission from Britcham Magazine UP.DATE, April 2011edition, pages 26 – 27

Click here to read more.

]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/05/19/ebpp%e2%80%99s-corporate-ngo-partnership-for-poverty-alleviation-by-david-j-booth-mbe-dr-scott-younger-obe/feed/ 0 EBPP Music Team Join ODFM Music Workshop & Bring The Lombok Team to Ban!!http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/03/28/ebpp-music-team-join-odfm-music-workshop-bring-the-lombok-team-to-ban/ http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/03/28/ebpp-music-team-join-odfm-music-workshop-bring-the-lombok-team-to-ban/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:46:39 +0000 ebppadmin http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/?p=1442 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 [...]]]> http://eastbalipovertyproject.org/2011/03/28/ebpp-music-team-join-odfm-music-workshop-bring-the-lombok-team-to-ban/feed/ 2