BOOKS FOR BALI PROJECT

Please help us at Ganesha Bookshop to support local schools and libraries in Bali by donating books from our website.

Our aim is to foster literacy, learning and a love of reading throughout the Balinese Community. Customers can purchase books at the store or on-line (click here) and ask for the purchase to be donated to the school or library of their choice.

We recommend dictionaries, picture books, stories, folktales and children's books for ages 4 to 12 years. We have a selection of bilingual (Indonesian/English), Bahasa Indonesian and English books from which to choose.

We are currently donating books to:

Pondok Pekak Library and Learning Centre
The Suta Dharma School Ubud
The East Bali Poverty Project
SD Kelabang Moding Elementary School
SD 3 Pejeng Elementary School
SD 4 Singapadu Elementary School
The Bali Hati School Mas
The Bali Children's Project Penestanan

Pondok Pekak Libaray and Resource Centre

Pondok Pekak Library, on the east side of the soccerfield in Ubud, has been working tirelessly to foster education, literacy and learning amongst the young people of the village of Ubud. The library has a wonderful collection of both Indonesian and English Books as well as games and puzzles. It runs with a committed group of volunteers and is open three afternoons a week.


The East Bali Poverty Project

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 mountain community, forgotten by time and progress. This project is working to reduce poverty and to empower illiterate and malnourished children through education. They have established a small library which is being well used by the local children.

The Suta Dharma School

Suta Dharma, which opened in 1997, has an enrolment of 170 students ranging from kindergarten to age 12. About half the students are Balinese, with the other half evenly divided between Indonesians from other islands and Western children from six countries. The school's financial resources are constantly challenged due to the economic crisis and political change in Indonesia, making it increasingly difficult to provide a rich education for its students. Donations of children's books in Indonesia and English would be very welcome.

Kelabang Moding Elementary School

This very typical local Balinese School has 130 students over a range of classes from 1 to 6. During 2005/6, and with the help of a group of very dedicated American families, this school has been partially renovated to include a brand new library room and shelves of new educational and fictional books. The library now consists of 400 books in both Bahasa Indonesia and in English – some bilingual. The staff and students at the school have been very excited by the library and are keen to keep adding in new books in both languages.

Bali Children's Project : Escaping Poverty Through Education

Although each village in Bali has its own individual character, the schools all share common problems. Classrooms are uniformly basic, and all too frequently in poor physical condition. Roofs often leak, and with desks, doors & windows broken. Teachers struggle under rudimentary conditions with few, if any, educational materials or teaching aids. Even so, many of these dedicated individuals long for more training and better teaching tools. The children respond with heartwarming enthusiasm to the smallest improvements, their minds full of curiosity and willingness to learn. Bali Children's Project and Books for Bali is working with these schools to create wonderful learning environments. One of these schools is situated in the village of Penestanan and it is in great need of new library books to feed these eager minds!

Bali Hati School, Mas Ubud

Bali Hati School was started as a kindergarten in 1999 and now offers elementary grades 1 through 6. In July 2006, at its first 6th grade graduation, the school was ranked No. 1 in Ubud and No. 7 in Gianyar Regency, in association with SDN 6 Mas, from approximately 300 elementary schools based on the students' achievement in the government's national graduation examination.

While following the National Curriculum, the school enriches its child-centered, interactive learning program with English and computer classes, class projects, public speaking, cooking, arts and crafts, story telling and field trips. A bilingual program in the elementary school began in July 2007.

PLEASE JOIN US IN PROMOTING LITERACY AND LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE BALINESE COMMUNITY by DONATING A BOOK.

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