Building Wells in West Sumba

Western Sumba is generally deprived of access to potable water and access to water becomes particularly limited during the dry season from April to October. The Kodi Belagar area has a particular water issue as there are no hills in the area hence natural springs are nearly non-existent and people have to walk long distances to get to deep wells or spend money getting the water trucked in from deep bore wells or local rivers. Further the population in Kodi is the poorest on Sumba island and also the least educated.
This project aims to raise support for the construction of three hand-dug water wells in the Kodi Belagar area to provide potable water for around 1,000 people in need. The project timeline has been revised twice now due to CoVID-19 pandemic and the El Nino year which has brought heavy monsoon rains to the island. We hope to be able to start soon.
Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead in CA, USA has donated IDR 22,984,000 and Rotary Club of Wauchope in NSW, Australia has pledged AUD $4,900 through a District Grant.
We need fund as the project cost will be IDR 100 million, please support us.

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Permaculture Project, Besakih Karangasem

CoVID-19 Food Care Programme

Rotary Canggu's fight against Covid 19: we have been busy since the start of the pandemic, initially supplying PPE to hospitals and clinics here on Bali but also Lombok and Sumba. Due to the knock on effect of zero tourist to Bali caused by the worldwide flight ban which has caused thousands to be laid off with no pay, benefits or support due to bureaucratic bungling, our focus has now switched to providing basic foods in the form of food bags to as many people as we can on the island. This will be ongoing until the situation stabilises.
The tireless efforts of our small team are a great testament to our members no nonsense approach and dedication to make a difference and get stuff done.
We received huge support and donation from RC Melville District 9465, RC Wauchope District 9650 as well as RAWCS (Rotary Overseas World Community Service). We also like to mention private donors, Nick & Jaclyn Norris, David Green, Lisa Perry and Pascal Steenbakkers of Bodywise Chiropractic.
Any generous support is always appreciated. Consider sending us a donation to the club account:

Rebuilding/Renovating a House in North Bali

To rebuild/renovate a home in the north of Bali, for an economically challenged family. With donations received from Rotary Club of Melville, WA and Rotary Club of Wauchope NSW, Australia, in July 2020 we were able to completely demonlish the old house and had the new house with kitchen and toilet area rebuilt. On 26.10.2020, we finally handed over the house in Gerokgak, Pemuteran to the family who needed most. Without the support and donations from Rotary Club of Melville and Rotary Club of Wauchope this project would have been possible. Special appreciation must be extended to Solemen Robert Epstone.

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Engaging a local contractor/biulder

Rotary Disaster Response CoVID-19

Besides taking part in our District 3420 response to supply personal protective equipment to medical staff around Indonesia, our club together with the help of Rotary Club Mataram Lombok, has stepped up supplying additional items to hospitals in Bali and Lombok. We have delivered in total 500 pieces of suit with mask, 150 pairs of gloves and 150 pieces of face shield. Our appreciation goes to RC Wauchope District 9650 as well as RAWCS (Rotary Overseas World Community Service) for contributing in our fund for this project.
Hospitals benefited from this batch:
RS Universitas Udayana
RSU Propinsi NTB
RSU Mataram
RS Universitas Mataram
RSUD Lombok Utara.
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School Supplies for Lombok

2 major earthquakes hit Lombok in July and August of 2018. Many schools were completely destroyed. We started an education project to bring backpacks full of supplies to schools in Lombok. Cost of each backpack $10 we were very honoured to have Bonito Jewelry with a donation of 200 backpacks, for which our club were to match this amount. We have already collected AUD1,000 worth of school supplies through private donors. Distribution of books, writing materials and backpacks for school and recyclable material, in favor of the non-use of plastic, to more than 300 students among the three schools in the area hit by the tremendous earthquake in the north of the island of Lombok. During the meeting we wanted to highlight the more educational version of the project: the non-use of plastic to the students.

Rebuilding Lombok after the Earthquakes

The earthquakes of 2018 resulted around 80% of houses in north Lombok area completely damaged and people found nothing left after going back to what might be left of their homes. In addition to our District Disaster Relief effort, our club has also been rebuilding houses at a cost of IDR 2,500,000 each. We have already built 45 houses with donations from Sister Clubs (i.e. RC Wauchope District 9650, RC Redland Sunrise Inc. District 9630, RC Misbourne Matins District 1090, RC Zagreb Maksimir District 1913, RC Melville District 9465 with a contribution of AUD4,000) and private donors, e.g. Mr. Indraneel Datta of Boho Bingin Beach, our Rtn. Daphne, Rtn. Patricia and Rtn. Dr. Claus. Our Rotarian Lucienne Anhar of Tugu Hotels has built over 900 homes in Lombok. This project is on-going and with our recent Gala Dinner, we have more fund to build more houses.

Programme for Coffee & Cocoa Farmers

Our 1st Gala Fundraising Dinner

Salam Orphanage new toilets & bathrooms

Nippers to Lifeguard Certification

Through Nikki's Melbourne Cup Event that was organised at the James Cook Sports Bar in November 2018, some fund was raised and was used to sponsor 2 teenagers from Canggu area to attend a 10-day Balawista Badung (Bali Surf Life Saving organisation) Lifeguard Certification Programme. They were from our previous Nippers Balawista Programme and we are so proud of Agus and Prema.  Photos click here