Mission: Background. The East Bali Poverty Project (EBPP) is a non-profit organisation established in 1998 by a British resident of Bali after an appeal for help by an isolated 7,200Ha mountain village, forgotten by time and progress. Participatory community surveys in 1998 with 1,056 of the 3,000 families in 19 sub-villages revealed thousands of people living in abject poverty without water, sanitation, roads, schools, health facilities and electricity. Illiteracy was up to 100%. Malnutrition and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) were endemic, iodine being the essential nutrient for healthy child births, brain and body development. When interviewed in November 1998 to determine their priorities if EBPP could help, over 1,000 families requested children's education as a foundation for a better future. An inspiring and productive collaboration then began with the most disadvantaged communities. From education as a foundation, followed by comprehensive health outreach, safe water and sanitation facilities we have grown and are running various environmental initiatives that harness human and natural resources for mutual benefit to improve living ecosystems, provide sustainable food sources for thousands of people, provide sustainable livelihoods for the present and future, and ensure the preservation of the local environment and ecosystems. With the philosophy of “helping people to help themselves”, all programmes are designed as models that can be replicated, and executed by local people who directly transfer knowledge and appropriate technology within their communities. Vision.
•That every child in rural Indonesia has access to good healthcare, nutrition, education, clean water, sanitation and opportunities to achieve his/her full potential and empower othersMission.
•To create sustainable solutions to poverty in rural Indonesia mountain village prioritizing the health, nutrition and education of children.

Results: Since 1999 up to now, EBPP manages 6 remote schools in the hamlets of Bunga (1999), Cegi (2000), Pengalusan (2000), Manikaji (2001), Jatituhu (2005) and Darmaji (2007). EBPP manages programme for Elementary, Junior High and Senior High School level in these 6 hamlets of Village Ban. More than 1,160 school-age children educated: 375 have graduated primary school, 186 children graduated Junior high school AND 76 children graduated senior high school. Some continue to university and vocational training course on scholarship or self-funding. For more information please visit our website: https://www. eastbalipovertyproject. org/#

Target demographics: community & children in rural Indonesia to have access to good healthcare, nutrition, education, clean water, sanitation and opportunities to achieve his/her full potential and empower others

Direct beneficiaries per year: more than 15,000 people in 4 villages in East Bali

Geographic areas served: Kubu District, Karangasem Regency, Bali - INDONESIA

Programs: integrated children's education, extra-curricular youth empowerment, sustainable community health improvement, WASH, social business development, dirt road improvement facilitating access for over 3,500 families, sustainable organic farming, Bali volcano (Mount Agung) crisis response, emergency earthquake response in rural East Bali, bamboo reforestation and socio-economic development