Baliwaves: Helping Balinese orphans
BaliWaves is a surf website that has been around since 1999. They have started doing their bit to help Balinese orphans, so I thought I’d give them a plug.
A while ago I talked about doing something, to help Balinese orphans, I don’t know whether I’m telepathic, or there are a doxen peope already doing this, but Baliwaves has started their own thing. Sponsoring a child to get education is a wonderful thing and the International Humanity Foundation helps to do that. Good on the surf rats for putting that link on their site.
For me I was thinking aout something more local, that did not involve cash money. More like helping foreign teachers come here to volunteer their time, getting experience themselves. Who knows, maybe I should start a neighborhood recycling program. I meet so many foreign guys out here, who are single and who have nothing to do, apart from drink and chase tail. Maybe I should round some up and get them into action. Plenty of things need fixing around here. That’s another can of worms, ‘do we have the right to go around fixing things in another country’?
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I don’t think fixing would be looked upon in the same light as giving/donating.Theres a thought though some of these foreign guys are bound to have trades/talents ect–why not start up group sessions where the locals can be taught to fix things themselves.
Cheers Laurs
Hi NIck ,It is Kim again ,you helped me with info on the dual citizenship for campur children .I have just read your plug on Bali orphans .Our children are studying in Bali in 2007 and I wanted to do a bit of volunteer work at an Orphanage close to Legian/Seminyak .If you have any details of one or a contact No.could you please let me know .I read your blogs everyday ,keep up the good work .
Thanks Kim
Hi Nick, Happy new year,
I read your blog regulary as i enjoy keeping up to date with my favourite place in the world. Im coming back over at the end of jan, for a couple of weeks to visit some friends, living there. My question kinda relates to what Kim wrote on nov 23rd 2006. I am also keen to do some kind of volunteer work, whether working with orphan’s or just helping out the community. Do you have any contacts, or any suggestions?
Keep up the wonderful work with your site
Thanks Leah
Yes, cleaning up the rubbish would be an amazing thing to do.
Good on you for that idea.
Stop worrying about being an imperialist colonist do gooder, you arent trying to foist some completely foreign way of life on innocent peaceful natives. Clearing up the rubbish, would be repairing the damage foisted on innocent native people by marauding western colonising savages.
Jenny D
Hey Nick, i just found your baliblog few days ago, this is one of the best thing i found on the net!! plus, it help alot coz i\’m about to visit Bali this December for Bali Reggae Fest 06, hope i could see you there!! Peace Out!!!
Adia