The generosity of our in-kind donors, whatever the extent of their donations, has been invaluable in helping us to help the people who live on Bali.
We would especially like to thank:
All of the YKIP board members and volunteers for their invaluable advice and support.
All of the organizations and individuals who helped to shape YKIP in that first formative year, including Bali Rotary Clubs, PMI (the Indonesian Red Cross), Bali Hati Foundation, Adopta and Opal International, among others.
Mitrais (www.mitrais.com) and Mitrais CEO David Magson, for providing computers, networking equipment and programming expertise as well as logistical support and warehousing for the medical supplies donated by overseas organizations and for providing the YKIP web site, and IT services, office space and accounting services to YKIP. Additionally, Mitrais developed and donated a K-MS clinical information system to the YRS clinic to enable the clinic staff to better manage the information required to provide quality health services to the local community.
Additionally, heartfelt thanks go to the following individuals and organizations (in alphabetical order):
Adam Vilardi, who is part of the VOW OF POVERTY group supporting kids in Seraya Barat, came up and gave lots of free haircuts in 2006.
Adrienne Oberoi from America, who has donated her services in leading support groups for the teachers and parents of hearing-impaired children at the SLBB school in Jimbaran.
Agung Wirasutha for donating his services as MC and singer for numerous YKIP-YKIDS gathering parties.
Amandari and the Bali Hotels Association for used towels, sheets and staff uniforms that were distributed to YKIP clients.
Andy Sanderson (whose brother, Greg Sanderson, perished in the 2002 bombings) participated in the London marathon in 2009 where pledges were donated to YKIP.
The Annika Linden Foundation has put in four libraries on Bali, one in Sanur and three in Abianbase. These libraries are for elementary schools and are equipped with colorfully painted tables and benches and 120 books per school.
April Hu, Carol Chugani & family, Fanny Pemberton & family, Caroline Robinson & family, Madelaine Stellar Chiang & family, Marilyn Simon & family, Elinor Chen & the Liu family. Gloria Wysocki & family, Nancy Sun & family. Cynthia Li & family. Selina Shek & the Cragg family, Shahilla Shariff & the Jetha family, Karolina Chan & family, Gisele Baker & family, and Anna Leung & family from the Chinese International School in Hong Kong (www.cis.edu.hk) for donated clothing in June 2005.
Ardilles Rante who has given us permission to use his photographs from the Bali Bomb Memorial in 2006.
The Australian Business Volunteers (AVB) provided YKIP in 2009 with a volunteer to assist with financial and administrative planning in YKIP and its’ partners. Gillian Welstead was with us for three months and brought a wealth of knowledge to all of us.
Yani and Nigel Mason, of Bali Adventure Tours for a morning (April 25, 2004) at the Elephant Park in Taro for the YKIP/YKIDS families.
Bali Dreaming Pty. Ltd for permission to copy the DVD that they created on the KEMBALI program entitled Bali Dreaming .
Bali Hotels Association for supporting the KEMBALI scholarship program by placing the information on KEMBALI on their website and in every hotel room. BHA also donated the printing of 40,000 KEMBALI brochures.
Bali Hotels Association donated 12 huge boxes of hotel uniforms, towels and sheets in 2006 that YKIP has distributed among its partner organizations and many of the Special Needs Schools. A big round of thanks to all the hotels who continue to think of YKIP.
BIS (Bali International School), for giving us a free booth at their 2006 holiday bazaar.
The Bali International School orphanage/ YKIP CAS (Community And Services) group has raised enough funds to support six primary school students (in 2010 already in Junior High School). These students live in the Sanur area and participate in twice monthly music classes with the BIS students.
BIWA for giving us a free booth at their 2005, 2007 and 2009 annual bazaars
Brad Purser of Bound2Please medical supplies in Perth, Western Australia, who brought over a box of medical supplies that was given to YRS clinic.
Brooke Nisbet, who currently live in Japan, has been looking after a hearing impaired child, Putri, since 2005. She has been assisting with hearing aids and speech therapy fees and is now taking care of her school fees and want to ensure that she gets the best education that is available to her. In 2009, Putri began modeling lessons and within a month had already brought home a first place trophy! They also bought the SUSHRUSA PLAYGROUP two brand new computers and a webcam which the teachers are eagerly learning how to incorporate into their classroom.
Cempaka Belimbing Cottages and Al Purwa for donating a hotel room in September 2006.
Carmen Doyle is a schoolteacher at Beechboro PS in Western Australia. Her school has been raising funds annually for our KEMBALI program since 2006. In 2008, they gave us funds to put in a small health clinic and garaden at SD 6 in Singakerta.
CHIS (Cahaya Harapan Indonesia Sejahtera) School for greatly reducing the school fees for Kiola and Jay Juniardi, whose father perished in the Bali bombings of 2
Charlie Lyon (a fifth grader at Tanglin Trust School in Singapore) on his own initiative in 2006, wanted to support a charity and chose YKIP-YKIDS. In 2007-2008 they donated Sing $4,373 and in 2008-2009 Sing $3,849. They obtain these funds by selling postcards, paintings, washing cars, etc. The students in Charlie’s class made a CD in 2009 with the children of Tanglin singing commercial as well as ORIGINAL songs they have composed and used that as a fundraising scheme. They also have beaded bracelets made her in Kuta that they sell in Singapore (and they gave us two, which we proudly wear!)
COURTS’ volunteers have been working with since 2003 to assist the children of the bomb victims in the YKIP-YKIDS program. They provide not only their time, but also donate in – kind goods as prizes for the children at the Gathering Parties. Some of these children are now going into college. To help these college students, COURTS will offer them laptops at a 50% discount.
THE DANCE COMPANY’S FANTASIA, May 31st, 2008 brought 109 dancers from age 2 – 52 onto the stage for the annual recital for The Dance Company (a Balibased dance school in Kuta). Five percent of the proceeds went to the KEMBALI scholarship program and TDC will be teaching dance in one of the Kuta schools for free. We would like to thank Tasha Allanya and The Dance Company for their support. See www.freewebs.com/thedancecompany. The concert in 2009 also brought enough funds to sponsor a KEMBALI student for one year.
Dino Hodge, an Australian audiologist has been helping our Hearing Program since 2007. He assists with training the staff at LUMINA and Sanglah Hospital.
Dr. Denny Tong, for giving pro bono treatment to one of our clients.
Drg. Retno Agung, for giving pro bono treatment to one of of our clients.
Dr. Anak Agung Ngurah Asmarajaya, for providing free surgery to one of the 2002 Bali Bomb victims.
Dyatmika School, for giving us a free booth at their 2007 annual bazaar.
EAT, PRAY, LOVE and Syzygy Productions of Jakarta donated an immense amount of equipment, office supplies and set props from the filming of Eat, Pray, Love that was done in Bali in October-November 2009. Couches, tables, air conditioners, clothing and more was distributed to our charity partners.
Ed Balma of the Drum Factory in Ubud for a drum workshop he sponsored for our KEMBALI children as well as a number of marraccas which we have given to the SLBB (Schools for the Hearing Impaired).
Eddie Goldstein is a Space Science Educator from the Denver Musuem of Natural History as well as a magician. In July 2009 he brought his magic hat of tricks to two schools in Bali (SD 12 Sanur and SD 2 Abianbase, Kapal) to entertain the troops. The kids (and teachers) whooped with laughter at the “need no translation” antics of this Space Man.
Elizabeth Magson, for donating a digital camera.
Elizabeth Pattiwael and Tri Putra Ebert Mario Manopo, for contributing their time as volunteers in our KEMBALI program.
Eva Mayasari of English First, who donated a baby scale to the YRS clinic.
Four Seasons Resort in Jimbaran and General Manager, John O’Sullivan for donating accommodation and meals to one of the bomb victim families for the First Anniversary services in Jimbaran on October 1, 2006.
Ganesha Books of Bandung, for giving our KEMBALI NORTH program hefty discounts for school books.
Graham Shearer, for the photograph of the wonderful wise woman that is YKIP’s mascot.
Harris Hotels in Kuta, for putting on a benefit for YKIP on 24 March 24 2006, where signed photographs by John Hepler were auctioned.
Hasto, who designed many of our web pages and several of our newsletters, as well as the YKIP banner used at fundraisers.
Heidi Hornberger of San Francisco, who has helped with fundraising for the KEMBALI program, including the implementation of the Bali Photo Project.
IALF (Indonesia Australia Language Foundation), for providing free General English language courses for the YKIP fieldworkers and the teachers at Sushrusa School for the Hearing Impaired.
Ibu Warti Catering, for donating a catered lunch for YKIP/YKIDS children and their parents on 25 April 2004.
Ida Bagus Pradnyana of Rip Curl Indonesia, for designing the 2006 KEMBALI brochure.
Jamie Lahindah of Mitrais, who is our volunteer webmaster and has also assisted with newsletters.
Jani Silver (Janet Malloy) and Camenae (Janice Ripley), for donating the proceeds of jewelry auctioned off at bazaars.
Jason Childs who has given his permission to use his photographs from the Paddle Out in October 2005.
Jean Howe and William Ingram brought back (in 2009) two tubs of Sunspirit Burn Cream for Ibu Chusnul, whose body was very badly burned during the bombings of 2002. This gives her great relief.
Joanna Swift (with glasses), who spent a week with YKIP doing website searches for fundraising and took photographs for the website.
John and Phyllis Palov for a laptop computer and three flash disks.
Jocelyn Duncan, a Canadian speech therapist, who worked with some of the children at SLBB to diagnose the extent of their hearing loss in 2004.
Julian Silverman from RMIT in Melbourne, for holding, pro bono, a two-day fundraising workshop for YKIP and our clients, IDEP and the Australian Volunteers International in August 2007.
Kalyana Shira Film Productions of Jakarta, for donating proceeds from a portion of the ticket sales from screenings of the film, Long Road to Heaven (2007), to YKIP and for bringing two YKIP staff and one bomb victim to Jakarta for a week during the film’s opening.
Al Purwa, of the YKIP Supervisory Board and Managing Director of KCB, kindly donated transportation for the Bali bomb victims for the October 2007 Gathering Party.
Kellie Plant from Australia, for donating children’s writing books.
Kim Butler of Cairns, Australia, who came to Bali in April 2005 with over 100 kilos of used clothing to be distributed to the families of the bomb victims and other people in need.
Kue Bakery of Ubud, for supplying many of our meetings with donated yummy baked goods.
Lene and Chris Fischer, for donating children’s toys and clothing.
Liz Linden for a digital camera
Lesley Mackenzie and Susan Petrik, for their commitment in setting up the Bali Contemporary Art Fund, in which a portion of the proceeds from all paintings sold go to YKIP.
Linda LaViolette, a professional fund-raiser, with 25 years experience in the United States, and current Director of the Portland Oregon Parks, met with some of the YKIP board members in July 2005 to discuss fund-raising tactics. YKIP extends its thanks to Linda for taking time out of her vacation to brainstorm with us.
Lynn Santer for donations of her book THE MAGICAL SCARECROWS which were distributed to other NGOs.
I Made Yudistira for his photograph of Batur lake and mountain that is the new YKIP masthead. http://www.flickr.com/photos/myudistira/
Makro Hyperstore, for giving us a good price on KEMBALI school writing books.
Mark Armstrong, for donating a digital camera.
Melia Benoa Hotel. In October 2007, the Melia Benoa and General Manager Jorge Manja, put on a day of events at the hotel for the 2002 Bali Bomb victims for the Fifth Year Memorial. Games at the beach (sponsored by COURTS), a buffet supper and the Disney Cabaret made this a very special day for the families.
Michelle and Martin Dekok of Canada, for donating school supplies to SD 2 (primary school) in Lod Tunduh, where they are also setting up a library with funds raised from the Boston Bar Elementary Secondary School
Mike Fenton, Rosie Pekar, Peter Dunbar-Hall and Lynn Santer, for donating used mobile phones that have been distributed among YKIP field officers and YKIP clients.
Nadya Lurie (www.nadya.com) for giving us the run of her fabulous house in Ubud for the KEMBALI kids in the Heidi Circle to paint t-shirts.
Osaka International School for donations of hundreds of schoolbooks which were distributed to schools in Gianyar and Denpasar.
Paul Griffin (www.grif.com.au), who has provided invaluable advice and service to YKIP in the field of mass communications on a pro bono and ongoing basis.
Peter Neely (www.indosurf.com.au), for publicizing the YKIP cause on numerous websites (including his own).
Phil Gjedsted, for helping with the design of an early YKIP brochure.
YKIP is audited annually on a pro bono basis by the Public Accounting Firm Drs. Paul Hadiwinata, Hidajat and Associates which is part of the international PFK association. YKIP would like to thank Drs. Hidajat and his colleagues for offering us this service.
PMI (Indonesian Red Cross) and its head, Gede Sudiartha and fieldworker coordinator, Sutawijaya and team, who worked closely with YKIP in gathering data on the Bali bomb victims, involving an ongoing process of identification, assessment and follow-up.
Pondok Pekak Children’s Library in Ubud, for donating space for activities of the YKIP/YKIDS children and their parents on 25 April 2004.
Primavera Entertainment Event Organizers, for holding charity events for the Bali bomb victims of 2005.
Qantas Airlines, for donating over 100 pairs of eyeglasses from their Lost and Found Department (these were given to the John Fawcett Foundation) as well as waiving the overweight charges related to Kim Butler's donation of 110 kilos of clothing.
RESET for memory flash disks.
Rip Curl School of Surf, for giving free surfing lessons to some of our KEMBALI students.
Ronny Haryanto of Mitrais, who assisted YKIP staff in learning how to use the ACCESS AusAID database program.
Roxy and Quiksilver Clothing for tee shirts auctioned off at bazaars.
Seri Productions’ Jane Walters, who produced BALI: HOPE IN PARADISE about the 2002 Bali bombings, has made BALI DREAMING about the YKIP KEMBALI programme. Seri Productions is always ready to assist YKIP by waiving some of their production fees.
Taro, who held a fundraising event for YKIP at his house in December 2005.
VIASYS Healthcare, for donating two portable AudioScreeners to LUMINA/Children’s Hearing Centre that are used to evaluate the hearing of newborn babies – the only places in Indonesia where this can be done are in Jakarta and at the LUMINA clinic in Denpasar.
Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation, for 1,490 teddy bears that were distributed to orphans all over Bali.
VOLCOM, for 1,401 pairs of sandals that were distributed to all of YKIP’s clients.
YKIP website translators, Natalia Gunawan; IALF staff, including Rahman Diana Sari (Ana), Anak Agung Sudiani (Ani), Ni Putu Karmani Prena Wardani (Anik), Asianti (Arsi), Ida Ayu Wayan Sri Agustini (Dayu), Juni Widaryanti (Iik); Ketut Handayani (Han), Ni Komang Wartini (Komang), Ogi Yutarini (Ogi), and Luh Sriasih (Sri); and English First staff, including Eva Mayasari, Zahnur Rofi’ah, and Etty Rahmawaty.
Kerry pendergrast pastel painting to YAKEBA Rehab Centre.
