Construction Update
Do you remember our last visit to Pak Nyoman, when he shared his dream of building a proper kitchen and bathroom for his family? Well, just one month later, thanks to your incredible generosity, his dream is now one big step closer to becoming a reality! Your donations made it possible to provid...
New Project - New Challenges
Today, we met Ibu Wayan, her brother Pak Nyoman and her husband Pak Made, who recently suffered a stroke and, as a result, is still unable to work and provide for his family. Thanks to the generous support of more fortunate family members and neighbors, this family was able to build their own ho...
New Kitchen for the Family
New Mattresses for the Family
After upgrading uncle Made’s bedroom, it was finally time to enhance the family’s bedroom as well. Can you believe that 4 people had to sleep on this old and worn-out mattress? It wasn’t just uncomfortable - it was damp and covered in mold - definitely time to get rid of it. Just when we thought...
New Shelves for the Family
How can you keep your home tidy without any storage space? Thanks to the generous donations from Julia Fehlbaum we were able to provide two large wardrobe shelves for Pak Nyoman’s family and his brother’s bedroom. Now they can finally organize their belongings and enjoy the comfort of a beautiful...
New Windows for the Family
Every renovation project we undertake involves careful research to find the best deals on the materials we use, ensuring that we make the most out of your generous donations. Today, we reached a significant milestone by completing the window installations in Pak Nyoman’s family’s house. This bri...
Trash Toys to Play With
Isn’t it random that in the 1st world a Waldorf education is considered a privilege, where children are encouraged to play with natural and hand-crafted toys? Meanwhile, here in Bali, many children have to play with whatever they can find, often making do with bits of trash - because they grow u...
Dismantling the Old Kitchen
Today we finally began our new project. Komang, the family’s son, was super thrilled to have so many visitors at his house and was eager to help us. When we first met this family we thought they weren't doing too badly - since they had new floor tiles everywhere. However, we later learned that th...
Planning the Project
We are excited to kick off our new project: building a decent kitchen and renovating the bedrooms for this deserving family - to ensure they can cook and sleep with dignity. To make this project a reality, we need your generous support. Your donations will help us transform their living conditio...
Meet Pak Nyoman
Today we were asked to check on Pak Nyoman! Who lives together with his wife, their three children and his brother in this family compound. He and his brother both suffer from a genetic eye problem that makes it difficult for them to work. His second child Kadek was born mentally handicapped and ...
Little Kadek Returns Home
After two long weeks of recovering from his cleft lip surgery at the Smile House, today it was finally time for little Kadek and his mother to come back home. Full of anticipation he immediately went to his new bedroom, which we had renovated while he was away. Look, how happy he is! And how bea...
The New Bunkbed Arrives
New Bedroom for the Kids
Material Delivery
Thanks to your generous donations we were able to buy the first building materials for little Kadek and Komang’s own bedroom today. Thank you to all our donors for sharing your happiness with people in need ? Thank you for your support - we are better together!!
Coming Up with a Plan
Toys for the Kids
We are often afraid of showing up for others in our lives - we think that it costs us too much of our own energy - energy that we would be better off spending on ourselves. What if we told you that you will get so much more back in return - once you start giving - giving without the fear of not...
Planning the Project
Meeting Little Kadek
When we visited this family for the first time we wanted to figure out what support they need in order to fix their son Kadek’s cleft lip. This loving mother told us that they can’t even plan for a surgery, because if she was to go to the hospital they wouldn’t have anyone to look after Kadek‘s y...
PDAM Public Water Access
Normally one has to wait several months for a PDAM water meter to be installed, but due the urgency of this family’s situation PDAM was kind enough to prioritize our request. The large PDAM water pipeline is close to the main road however Pak Nyoman’s family’s property is far away from this road ...
Waterfilter for the Family
Like most people who live in poverty, Pak Nyoman’s family can not afford filtered drinking water. So they drink rainwater, which they collect in dirty buckets. We teamed up with the @socialimpakt whose mission is to provide underprivileged people with access to clean drinking water. Their Nazava...
Installing the Gas Stove
Many poor families in Bali still cook over an open fire and have to collect firewood every day. Can you imagine always having to make a fire just to heat water for a cup of tea, for example? We were surprised to learn that this family actually already has a working gas stove.However, they can’t ...
New Bathroom for the Family
Do you remember the bathroom situation of Pak Nyoman‘s family? Well, they basically didn’t have a bathroom, but just a few buckets with dirty water. This renovation project would not have been possible without the amazing work of our local foundation partner Atha, who has spent every day of the ...
New Mattresses for the Family
Last week we discussed with this family how to best rearrange their home - today it was time to implement this plan. It was important for 14 year old mentally challenged Putu to have his own room. So we moved his bed out of his uncle’s room and set it up in an empty room, where there used to be a...
Meet our Tukang Bagus
We have finally found the perfect tukang to work together with us. Pak Bagus will help build the toilet for Pak Nyoman and his family and help us with the renovations. See for yourself what a joyful and sweet man he is ?✨
Septic Tank and Water Pump
Thank you to everyone who has donated for this family in need - we are overwhelmed by your generosity. Thanks to your donations we will be able to improve the life of this family. It was not easy, but after a long search we finally found our perfect tukang match. This warmhearted man, who shares ...
Making Plans with the Family
Planning the Project
There are so many constructions projects going on in Bali right now that it’s hard to find affordable labor. After meeting with several construction teams we finally found two tukangs who agreed to dig a septic tank for this family at a reasonable price. Normally we only show you the day we firs...
Meeting Pak Nyoman and Polos
When Sanita and her husband Simon from @traumreise_bali contacted us and asked if we could support them in helping a local family, we of course immediately agreed. But oh my goodness, we weren’t prepared for what we were about to see. We actually thought that they “only” needed a roof renovation,...
Mattresses and Shelves for Pak Uban
We truly love what we do, because there is nothing more fulfilling than spending time with the wonderful people of Bali. Today we went back to Pak Uban‘s house (please watch his story in our previous video) to build the promised bedroom shelves and to gift them the promised mattresses. Grandma K...
Toys and Food for Two Toddlers
Today we went back to Pak Uban’s Warung in Balangan. It was so heartwarming to see sweet Putu and beautiful Kadek again, knowing that we can bless them with your donations today. When we last visited them they told us that they were in desperate need of diapers for their two grandchildren, who we...
Meeting Pak Uban
When we were asked by the BaliLife Foundation - if we could donate Sembako (9 basic groceries) for the Christmas party of their Streetkids Center - we obviously said yes right away. It made us super happy that the hotel managers Javi from “Bandido” and Rita from “Ronja” joined us today and paid ...
New Gas Stove for Ibu Wayan
Do you remember when we promised Ibu Wayan that we would get her a gas stove? (please watch her story in our previous video). Today we came through on that promise.Since a gas stove needs a proper surface to sit on we went to the hardware store first to buy everything needed to build a new kitche...
New Bedroom for Ibu Wayan
Last week when we visited Ibu Wayan we promised her that we would come back to renovate her bedroom (please watch her story in our previous video). We used the last few days to organize everything for this big day. First we reopened the window to finally have some daylight inside this dark room, ...
Meeting Ibu Wayan
Whenever we are asked to help an elderly we know that it will be another heartbreaking story. It’s simply not right when old and vulnerable people live in poverty, barely having enough to survive. Ibu Wayan dreams of having a gas stove, so that she could flick a switch and have fire to cook with....
New Kitchen for Ibu Made
Do you remember Ibu Made? (please watch her story in our previous post). Like many other poor people in Bali she doesn’t own a proper kitchen and still cooks over an open fire, having to collect firewood every day. So we went to a building store today and bought the material needed for a new kit...
New Cabinet for Ibu Dwi
Today we met Ibu Dwi, another mother supported by the Bali Life Streetkids Center in Denpasar. Ibu Dwi lives with her husband and their two children in this small room. The four of them share just one mattress. Their basic bathroom and their kitchen are right next to each other. It’s a very diffe...
Presents for the Three Ladies
Last week, when we visited this sweet family we unfortunately ran out of time - therefore we continued our donation mission today. Ibu Ketut already knew that today was her lucky day - she was so excited to see us. She had been dreaming of a comfortable and soft mattress to sleep on for a long ti...
New Kitchens for the Three Ladies
Today we went back to Ibu Ketut, Ibu Wayan, Ibu Made and Pak Wayan‘s house, whom we promised two new gas stoves for their run-down kitchen - when we visited them last time (please watch their story in our old post). They were super excited when they saw that we really came back to help them. Pak ...
Meeting the Three Ladies
Please meet Bli Kadek. This kind man takes care of his grandmother, his grandmother‘s sister and his aunt. When asked how we could help them their answer was crystal clear: we need food. Thankfully we had already gone food shopping before and could provide each of them with a $17 food package (wh...
School Kitchen Mantawai Islands
Before our surftrip to the Mentawai Islands (Sumatra Indonesia) we heard about a non profit school project on the island of Siberut. That not only provides education to the children of this island, but is also currently building a new school kitchen to provide nutritious meals to these kids. Sadl...
New Mattress for Ibu Made
Ibu Made lives on her own, her husband recently passed away. There are no belongings in her house, except an old worn out mattress. When asked what would make her happy she replied: a chair to sit on, a hot water thermos and a comfortable clean mattress. So we took measurements and bought the ne...
New Blender for Ibu Nanda
Ibu Nanda is another of 11 women participating in the Bali Life Woman’s Workshop project in Denpasar. The Happiness Foundation supports each woman in this project with a 2 million Rupiah (120$) donation. Ibu Nanda used to earn her money by selling cakes and juices to her neighbors through this s...
New TV for Ibu Kadek
Ibu Kadek is one of 11 women participating in the Bali Life Woman’s Workshop project in Denpasar. The Happiness Foundation supports each woman in this project with a 2 million Rupiah (120$) donation. The family has always struggled financially and has always lived in poor conditions, but since h...
New Fridge for Ibu Ali
Today we visited Ibu Ali - one of 11 women participating in the @balilife Woman’s Workshop project in Denpasar. The Happiness Foundation supports each women in this project with a 2 million Rupiah (120$) donation. Ibu Ali lives together with her husband and her three children in this small room,...
Kitchen Setup for Ibu Ayu
Ibu Ayu is one of 11 women participating in the Bali Life Women’s Workshop project in Denpasar. The Happiness Foundation supports each woman in this project with a 2 million Rupiah (120$) donation. Ibu Ayu has been dreaming of a fan for her home - so she can sleep better at night. And of a new s...
Meeting the Three Ladies
When we told them that we weren’t only here today to bring them food, but also to make one of their dreams come true they first turned quiet and shy. But after a little chat they opened up and asked us for a gas stove, another gas stove and a mattress. So we had a look at Ibu Ketut’s current sleeping situation and at Ibu Made’s and Ibu Wayan’s gas stoves, which they wanted replaced.
The prospect of their dream coming true brought so much joy and happiness to these sweet ladies, that they were already thanking us ahead of time. We promised to come back soon - with your donations - to make their dreams come true. Please consider donating.