In Reply to: orpahanges posted by junelli on Thursday, 23. April 2009 at 18:57 Bali Time:
this is a copy and paste from my JBR posted in March, they will certainly appreciate any help they can get:
Orphanage
By far the best thing that we did this trip was visit the orphanage at Amlapura. I had been given the details by jerryatric (Barry) on the forum. This was a fantastic experience. We shopped at Makro beforehand and bought large bags of rice, boxes of noodles, oil (that was all that they had asked for) but we also bought them sugar, tea, eggs and some other basic supplies for the kids. This was a huge eye opener for our children who are still talking about it. There are 32 children at the orphanage that Kadek cares for - she is simply an amazing woman!! They had not had any rice or noodles for 2 weeks prior to our visit, so they were extremely grateful for our visit. The children are really well cared for, but rely on donations to keep them fed. They are really struggling, so if you are thinking about visiting an orphanage while you are there, I highly recommend this one...We rang Kadek the day before we planned to go and visit to see what they were short of, we also had an Indonesian friend with us who was able to fill the communication gaps for us.. It is also worth noting that they do not at any time ask for money.
If you plan to visit, the details are:
Yayasan / Panti Asuhan,
Yasa Kerthi Karangasem,
Jln Ngurah Rai No 45.
Amlapura. Bali. Tel. 0363 21210
Kadek's mobile is 085 935 124 257 (Have someone who speaks Indonesian ring prior and and ask her what they are short of).
We will be going back in October and my oldest son (4 1/2yrs) is doing a fundraiser at school for them in September.